VentureHome-Eau Claire picks class of ‘21 EAU CLAIRE — An Eau Claire-based seed accelerator announced the six fledgling businesses it will help grow this year through a five-month program. VentureHome-Eau Claire, a nonprofit startup hub that provides resources to local entrepreneurs, announced last week the business ventures comprising its new […]

TALLAHASSEE – Florida lawmakers’ latest attempt to advance vacation rental legislation narrowly cleared a House panel Wednesday, with critics condemning the move to strip away control from city and county governments. House sponsor Rep. Jason Fischer, R-Jacksonville, said his bill (HB 219) would bring “consistency” to the massive vacation rental industry, which […]

To put it mildly, 2020 was a tremendously challenging and difficult year for elected officials and their respective constituents across the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic created a multitude of serious issues for area residents and the officials representing them, starting with the obvious major health-related concerns, which eventually impacted the […]

The recreation division of the Town of Fountain Hills Community Services Department has for almost a year now been working through the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain activities and education programs geared toward serving the residents of the community. “The Community Services department had to cancel many events in 2020 due […]

Below are a list of suggestions and recommendations that are both practical and therapeutic. Try one or try them all! 1. Allow your heart to crack open. Play music that evokes passion. Write a creative story where you are the protagonist on a grand adventure. Make a list of your […]

Teaching may be a second career for Johnson Elementary School Principal Cheryl Gomez, but education is her first passion. As she pursued a degree in biology at Colorado State University-Pueblo, Gomez started her career in the business realm, where she wrote training manuals for companies and trained colleagues. She continued […]

The founder of Draper University threatened to move it out of downtown San Mateo during a Planning Commission meeting Tuesday after officials expressed continued reservation about proposed changes to the historic Benjamin Franklin Hotel where it is located. The Planning Commission remains unconvinced by the proposed changes to the university […]

William Perry Pendley was serving illegally as the Bureau of Land Management’s acting director when the agency’s updated resource management plan for the Montrose area was approved, thus, the plan should be voided, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office contends in a lawsuit. The suit, filed Friday, also alleges the plan’s […]

LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Sinfonietta reinvented itself on the fly like many performing arts organization when it was winged by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s kind of amazing to think that I’m already almost a year and a half into my tenure as musical director of the Sinfonietta, and […]