Federal agencies have finalized a plan that will keep the Snake River Dams in place. It allows for more springtime spill over dams to help juvenile salmon migrating out to the Pacific Ocean. After four years of study, the Record of Decision makes the federal agencies’ preferred option official. Managers […]
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EPA On The Beach is refusing to back down on its decision not to refund flights if customers cancel holidays to Spain as a result of a change in the Foreign Office (FCO) advice. The online holiday company has said that it will refund travellers’ accommodation and transfer costs but […]
(Bloomberg) — Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision on whether to reopen New York City’s schools is among the most consequential he has had to make in months of grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond the risks to public health, at stake is the education of 1.1 million students, the livelihoods of […]
Students could return to school either virtually or two days a week under a proposal presented Monday evening to the Newport News School Board. The board will decide Aug. 4. They are not considering bringing students back full-time. “We were well aware that we would not be able to accommodate […]
Mar. 19—Glacier National Park has unveiled plans for a possible ticketed entry system for the 2021 season that will apply to those traveling the congested Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor. Park Superintendent Jeff Mow went over the details of the plan Thursday evening during an online community presentation that drew hundreds of […]
When the coronavirus pandemic first started, John Costa, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, lost sleep wondering if the bus drivers that his union represents should be pulled off the job to avoid getting sick. Nine months later, with multiple COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon, a different question keeps Costa […]
Will you get a good deal? Perhaps. Screenshot by ZDNet On the more turgid days, I practice booking flights. I go through all the motions of booking a trip to Lisbon in April, only to stop myself just in time. Who knows what the world will look like then? Who […]
“My team has worked to reopen testing at Union Station on Tuesday,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) said in an early-morning tweet Tuesday. “The 504 Angelenos who were scheduled for a test there can visit the kiosk as originally planned or any of the other 14 City sites, where […]
The city of Akron delayed making a decision on plans for the residential development of 43 acres of wooded area and wetlands near Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) in order to consider an alternative. The city now will solicit plans for conserving the property. The original plan called for the […]
The NBA might be returning to New Jersey. The Toronto Raptors could need a temporary home for the 2020-21 season due to Canadian travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, and Prudential Center in Newark is being considered one of the potential possibilities. A person with knowledge of the situation told […]
For Tom Strickler, serving as Columbia Borough School District’s lame duck superintendent just wouldn’t work. The school board earlier this month hired Ashley Mercado, principal of Wickersham Elementary School in Lancaster, to replace Strickler. Instead of sticking it out until the end of the year when his contract expired, Strickler […]
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Gina Cimarosti, manager of the London Tavern Hotel, stands outside her empty pub in Melbourne By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) – Victoria state, Australia’s COVID-19 epicentre, on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne, prompting warnings […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Victoria state, Australia’s COVID-19 epicentre, on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne, prompting warnings that residents were at a “financial and mental breaking point”. FILE PHOTO: Gina Cimarosti, manager of the London Tavern Hotel, stands outside […]
Retro gaming fans, rejoice: It’s 2020, and NHL ’94 is back. Electronic Arts announced in early October that the beloved game that often finds itself in the “Mount Rushmore of sports video games” conversation is officially getting the remaster treatment. Entitled NHL ’94 Rewind, the game will feature updated teams […]