Parents know how difficult it can be to keep kids interested in their schooling — especially in 2020. Now that various schools across the country have closed and are moving to virtual programs, online learning is becoming an even more important option than before. Then again, your child doesn’t have […]
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The City of Denver is speeding up its Elevate Denver bond program to help accelerate recovery from the COVID-19-induced economic downturn. “Now more than ever, people in our community need access to good-paying jobs, so we’re deploying the same job-creating tools used to bring us out of past recessions by accelerating […]
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that domestic violence survivors will no longer have to spend hours or days trying to find safe shelter under a new program that can locate available space within minutes. The SoCal Safe Shelter Collaborative leverages technology to more […]
HONOLULU(KHON2) — For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Hawaii is welcoming travelers back to the islands. [Hawaii news on the go–LISTEN to KHON 2GO weekday mornings at 7:30 a.m.] The state will use the pre-travel testing program, which kicks off Oct. 15, to prevent the spread […]
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Tourists will have a quarantine-free option to travel to Hawaii, but what about Hawaii residents who are trying to come back home? [Hawaii’s Breaking News–Download the FREE KHON2 app for iOS or Android] It may not be as easy if you don’t plan ahead. One Kauai resident […]
Students in RCC’s TRAILS program get field practice on campus. RCC just received a $15,000 grant for the program from the Duke Energy Foundation. Courtesy Rockingham Community College WENTWORTH – Rockingham Community College’s TRAILS program has received a $15,000 Duke Energy Foundation Nature Grant. It is not the first time […]
SINGAPORE — First there were flights to nowhere, now there are cruises to nowhere. This week, Singapore announced a pilot program where cruises will make round trips to the city-state with no port of call in between. Capacity would be limited to 50% and passengers must be Singapore residents. The move […]
Moving from serves on Cambridge tennis courts to servers on the Internet, the College’s intramural sports program transitioned online for the fall semester. Upperclassmen at Harvard can participate in the House Intramural Program, in which all 12 Houses and the Dudley Co-op compete in sports and vie for the annually-rewarded […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –SportsEngine, Inc., an NBC Sports Group company and the leading provider of Sport Relationship Management software, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with Babe Ruth League, becoming the official provider of Babe Ruth League’s Athlete Safety Program. Hamilton, New Jersey-based Babe Ruth League, Inc. […]
(Credit: Amazon) When you think of tourism, Amazon probably doesn’t come to mind. But the company is entering the virtual tourism space with a new service called Amazon Explore. On Tuesday, the company launched a public beta for Amazon Explore as the pandemic continues to stifle tourism and travel across […]
BEVERLY, MA — Amanda Desmond remembers how trying it could be even in more familiar times. The Beverly High alumna recalls sitting down following a long day of school, attempting to work her way through her nightly assignments, when mom and dad would try to help. “I have (post-traumatic stress) […]
Josimar Contreras had been working at the front desk of a Miami-area hotel for almost two years when his hours were cut due to COVID-19. The 22-year-old found himself working just one to two days a week in what he felt was a dead-end job. He knew two things: he […]
Jorge Carnicero is a blue man. Many of the numerous cars he owns are blue. His daily uniform is a blue button-up Ralph Lauren shirt, blue jeans and a blue baseball cap. And in June of 2018, as he was sitting in the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, surrounded by […]
Click here to read the full article. With summer camps closed throughout the U.S. due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, The North Face has found a way to virtually bring the outdoors to kids everywhere. This month will mark the debut of The North Face Summer Base Camp, a free two-week virtual […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Stepping into a new world at the touch of a button, Sportsability Alliance is launching a new virtual reality program for kids with disabilities. The alliance helps provide recreational activities to people of all abilities. This week, it’s launching its new virtual Sportsability Park. The park […]
BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ As of 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 5, online and in-person registration will begin for Bernards Township’s popular summer recreation program for grades K-5. There will be three program locations this year, at Southard Park, Pleasant Valley Park and Dunham Park. The program is scheduled to be held daily […]
Three communities in West Virginia have been chosen as hosts for a remote worker program that includes funding by the founder of Intuit. Lewisburg, Morgantown and Shepherdstown are part of an initiative to lure and retain new residents to West Virginia. The program is supported by the state, as well […]
Officials in Wrightsville, York County, have positioned the borough to take advantage of economic development opportunities that could attract bikers, hikers and history buffs to the river town. Borough Council unanimously approved joining the Trail Town Program on March 15 after a presentation touting the economic impacts of trails by […]
Hotel and restaurant workers and others in Michigan’s hospitality industry will begin receiving grant payments of nearly $800 this week, the state announced Thursday. Payments have been mailed to more than 55,900 Michigan residents who applied for the grants program, part of the Employee Assistance Grants program. The program was […]
OREM — Want to make money, go to college and see the country? A new program from Utah Valley University and Breeze Airways is offering Utahns the chance to do just that. The UVU “Flight-Study” program is now accepting applications for full-time, online students to become flight attendants for Breeze, […]
With many Tucson school districts returning to some form of in-person learning in the coming weeks, the popular city-run KIDCO program is gearing up to resume its usual after-school program at its school-based sites. Registration for the after school KIDCO program starts at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 12 online […]
The mayor also confirmed that the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade would be canceled for the second straight year due to the pandemic. “I also want to be clear that there should be no large gatherings of any kind for St. Patrick’s Day,” Walsh said. “We are so close […]