For the first time in 24 years, voters in National City will choose a new City Clerk in November. Two candidates are vying to replace longtime City Clerk Michael Dalla, who is set to retire. The contenders are Luz Molina, a contract and grant officer at UC San Diego, and […]
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Cincinnati Something changed in Yana Duke this year. She came to the United States as a youth from Ukraine, and had never been involved in politics before. But during the 2020 campaign season, she felt she had to do something. “What I’m afraid is, coming to this country is what […]
FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, file photo, voters wait in line to enter the Pip Moyer Recreation Center, in Annapolis, Md., on the first day of in-person early voting in the state. Tens of millions of Americans already cast ballots in the 2020 election amid record-breaking early […]
CLOSE US Sen. Cory Booker voted for a COVID-19 relief bill in the spring but has ben against Republican bills this fall. His challenger, Rik Mehta, would have supported the latest bill. Bridgewater Courier News Union County has added two more ballot drop box locations for the upcoming Nov. 3 […]
Calling the situation in many of Seattle’s large parks “a spiraling public-health and public-safety crisis,” more than a dozen business and neighborhood groups sent a letter Monday to the mayor and City Council lobbying them to act. Scores of tents have cropped up at parks across Seattle, the letter said, also arguing there […]
No need to be frightened this Halloween — there’s still plenty of safe fun happening around Tri-Cities. Take your little goblins for some drive-thru trick-or-treating, virtual pumpkin carving, a drive-in movie or many other ghostly options. Drive-thru trick-or-treating ▪ Gesa Carousel of Dreams is having a drive-thru trick-or-treat event 2 […]
(WXYZ) — There is just one week until the 2020 general election, and 7 Action News is making sure you have all the information you need before voting absentee or going to the polls to vote. What time are the polls open? If you are voting in-person, polls will be […]
TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A 133-year-old railroad roundhouse in Hazelwood is on its way to becoming the Pittsburgh location of a global entrepreneurship platform for economic development. Leaders of the regional foundations that are working […]
HARRISON — Students at the new Kennedy School in Harrison will have a wealth of technology at the tips of their tiny fingers when they finally get into the classrooms. Town and district officials held a ribbon cutting last week for the school — which will be home to the […]
York County, SC If 2020 feels more trick than treat, then Halloween falls right in line. Many holiday celebrations and fall events have been canceled or modified throughout the York County area due to COVID-19. Clover won’t sponsor Halloween events this year, like its annual pumpkin carving contest, and police […]
The Ward 2 race for city council pits two candidates against each other who have extensive experience in city operations. We asked them to describe their experience, and what they would do if elected. Here’s what they said: PETE VOLZ, 57, insurance agent Experience & qualifications Past public offices: […]
CLOSE Shane Vrankin, a lifelong skateboarder and the owner of Atlantic Skateboard Company, is pushing for a proposal to have a skate park built in Hanover Borough. For the past several years, support for a proposal to build a public skatepark in Hanover has ramped up significantly. Now, a local […]
When Betty Rutt remembers life before the pandemic, what she misses most is her family. “That’s the hardest thing for all adults this age, if you don’t see your family,” Rutt said. “Because that’s almost what you live for.” Rutt, who is 92 and a resident at Brethren Villages’ Village […]
Jersey City Council President Joyce Watterman hit the nail on the head during last week’s virtual public hearing on plans to restore and open 234 acres of Liberty State Park’s interior section. “You have a task before you,” she sympathetically told officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection, which […]
After a successful first year studying Canada lynx in Glacier National Park, Washington State University graduate student Alissa Anderson was excited to continue her research this summer. Little did she know a global pandemic would bring her an extremely unique chance to study animal behavior without human interference. Anderson began […]
Harley-Davidson Inc. HOG 1.93% is going back to the basics of making big, expensive motorcycles for its most devoted customers, abandoning a decadelong quest to reach new types of riders. New Chief Executive Jochen Zeitz, a German-born former head of Puma SE PUM 1.91% and collector of African art, is […]
EAU CLAIRE — Already beloved by tubers, kayakers and fishermen, the 4.2-mile stretch of the Chippewa River that runs through the heart of Eau Claire recently was designated a national recreation trail. The Chippewa River Water Trail was one of two Wisconsin trails to receive the designation last week by […]
The last day to vote in the 2020 general election is Nov. 3. But ballots may not be counted for several days, if not weeks, after that date, experts said. Due to an anticipated record amount of mail-in voting this election season, combined with ballot counts that won’t start until […]
The “Game of Thrones” tagline “winter is coming” is especially ominous for small businesses in this COVID-19 battered year. A new report from online payroll and benefits platform Gusto predicts dire outcomes if more government relief funding is not made available to help businesses through the cold weather months. The […]
Deemed a racist, developer J.C. Nichols’ name only months ago was stripped from the fountain on the Country Club Plaza he built. Cast as a slaver responsible for the deaths of thousands of American Indians, Andrew Jackson’s statues may soon be razed from in front of the courthouses in the […]
A survey done to help Grand Junction develop its Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan shows strong support for a community center, but that the community has questions on how to fund it. Pat O’Toole with Greenplay LLC, the consultant helping the city with the plan, presented the findings […]
Teri Ooms, Institute executive director at The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development at Wilkes University, said The Institute realizes regional leaders will need reliable information, unbiased fact-based analysis, and real-time data to make the tough decisions necessary for a successful economic recovery. “These decisions will need to be […]