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May 16 2023
News
Authorities say New Mexico gunman who killed 3 was local high school student
FARMINGTON, N.M. — The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others while roaming through his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood and apparently firing at random targets was a local 18-year-old high school student, authorities said Tuesday, noting they were still trying to determine a motive for the attack. Beau Wilson lived in the Farmington neighborhood where he opened fire on
The Press Democrat
Apr 28 2023
Opinion
Republicans Lose Out When Local News Collapses
The collapse of local news sometimes looks like a big city problem. Alarm bells rang when iconic dailies like the Denver Post and the Baltimore Sun slashed their staffs. The election of George Santos—whose many falsehoods and fabrications came to light only after he won a seat in Congress—cast a spotlight on the anemic local news in New York City.
Since Republicans are more likely to
The Dispatch
May 18 2023
News
Blaze destroys under-construction building in Northeast Portland, continuing busy week for local firefighters
A fire in Northeast Portland burned an uncompleted building to the ground early Thursday morning. Firefighters arrived on the scene near the intersection of Northeast 36th Avenue and Killingsworth Street around 2 a.m. to find the partially built, 3-story apartment building “fully involved” in flames, Portland Fire & Rescue reported. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to
The Oregonian
Apr 10 2023
News
New 988 Suicide Prevention Number Sees 52% Increase in Calls Locally - KVRR Local News
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Last July, North Dakota’s suicide prevention hotline transitioned from a 1-800 number to 988, and FirstLink officials say that brought a “dramatic” increase in calls. FirstLink is 988’s in-state service provider and serves all of North Dakota and parts of western Minnesota. They had nearly 20,000 contacts directly related to suicide, a 52% increase from 2020. Besides
KVRR
May 11 2023
News
South Africa loaded arms onto sanctioned Russian vessel, US ambassador tells local media
The US ambassador to South Africa on Thursday accused the South African government of delivering arms and ammunition to a sanctioned Russian cargo vessel late last year, local media said. “Among the things we noted was the docking of the cargo ship in Simon’s Town naval base between the 6th to the 8th of December 2022, which we are confident uploaded weapons and ammunition onto that vessel in
CNN (Online News)
Apr 01 2022
News
Local Governments Added 20,000 Employees in March
Local governments in the United States added 20,000 employees in March, according to the numbers released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At the same time, overall government employment in the United States increased by only 5,000 thousand, as both the federal government and state governments decreased their number of employees during the month.
In February, local
CNSNews.com
May 25 2023
News
The government sold her home and kept the profit over an unpaid tax bill. The Supreme Court wasn't having it.
When local bureaucrats in Hennepin County, Minnesota, seized an elderly woman's home over a small tax debt, sold it, and kept the profit, they likely had no idea they would set in motion a series of events that would cripple the practice known as "home equity theft" across the country. Yet that's what happened. The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that the government violated the
Reason
May 19 2023
News
Gas stove exception for celebrity chef José Andrés rankles local restaurant owners: 'California crazy'
Local restaurant owners in Palo Alto, California are speaking out after the liberal city granted celebrity chef José Andrés an exception to a gas stove ban at his restaurant. "I wish that they would give us a break. I haven't seen one yet. We're a busy restaurant. We pay our taxes. I don't know what the end result of this is," Rudford's Restaurant owner Jeff Kacha said on "Fox & Friends
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 24 2023
News
Early voting begins for local elections in Hidalgo County
The first day of early voting for the May 6 local entities election saw a slight uptick in voters when compared to the last local entities election in 2021. Polls were open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, and 1,563 ballots were cast at the 24 voting locations throughout Hidalgo County. For comparison, the 2021 local election drew 1,191 ballots at six polling locations on the first day of early
MyRGVNews
May 26 2023
News
Yellen estimates government will run out of cash by June 5 without debt ceiling agreement
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress Friday that the U.S. government is now expected to run out of cash to pay its current obligations by June 5, updating her previous estimate that said the day could come as early as June 1.
"Since January, I have highlighted to you the risk that Treasury would be unable to satisfy all of our obligations by early June if Congress did not raise
Fox Business