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Winter motor vehicle rules on White River National forest begin Monday

**Snowmobilers ride at Vail Pass in February 2020.**
*Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives*

The White River National Forest’s winter motor vehicle use season begins Monday, Nov. 23.

Per U.S. Forest Service rules, all wheeled vehicles — including bikes — are limited to plowed routes or designated routes open through special order.

Winter motor vehicle use maps identify routes and areas designated for “over the snow” motor vehicle travel, such as snowmobiles. The maps are free and available at all ranger districts or online.

The Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area will not begin fee collections until grooming starts Saturday, Nov. 28. Day passes are $10 and season passes are $65.

For more information about winter travel in the White River National Forest, visit FS.USDA.gov/whiteriver.

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Recreation

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November 20, 2020

White River banks in Hamilton County: Volunteer clear invasive plants

Volunteers recently spent several hours taking out the invasive Asian Bush Honeysuckle along the West Fork of the White River in Noblesville.

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NOBLESVILLE — An army of Boy Scouts and other volunteers muscled out a bothersome intruder at the White River Saturday morning: invasive plants.

The workers yanked and sawed and snipped their way through a thicket of Asian Bush Honeysuckle and Garlic Mustard on 850 feet of the east riverbank near State Road 32.

Tim Stottlemyer, Noblesville’s MS4 Coordinator (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System), said the program is an effort to make the riverfront more accessible as the city develops it for recreation.

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Tim Stottlemyer, manager of Noblesville’s Clean Storm Water Program, explains to volunteers how to cut down Asian bush honeysuckle, an invasive species, along the White River in Noblesville, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. The removal by volunteers is part of a larger

Recreation

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November 9, 2020

Meet Joe Biden’s 2 Dogs, the First White House Pets in 4 Years – E! Online

For the first time in four years, and in a move that restores a centuries-old tradition, the White House is set to gain a First Pet. Actually, two.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, whose victory in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election was announced on Saturday, and wife Jill Biden have two German Shepherds, Champ and Major. The latter is also set to become the first rescue dog to live at the White House.

After the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, Joe kept his promise to Jill to get a puppy if President Barack Obama won, gifting his wife with Champ, a three-month-old pooch purchased from a Pennsylvania breeder. Obama made the same promise to his daughters and fulfilled it, bringing home their first dog, Bo.

The Bidens’ granddaughters were the ones who named Champ. The name also has sentimental significance for the President-elect. In his 2008 Vice Presidential campaign speeches,

Vacation

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November 9, 2020

Jill Biden Could Be the First First Lady to Have a Full-Time Job Outside the White House

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From Marie Claire

The role of First Lady is loosely defined, extremely scrutinized, and severely underpaid—we’re talking a salary of $0 for four to eight years of nonstop public engagements, advocacy work, and event planning and hosting duties. Despite all this, presidential spouses throughout history have made their role incredibly impactful. To name a few: Hillary Clinton was appointed by her husband to head the White House Task Force on National Health Care Reform; Laura Bush testified in Congress to support her childhood literacy initiatives and spoke out against the oppression of women in Afghanistan; and Michelle Obama established initiatives to end childhood obesity, improve educational opportunities for women, and support military families.

If Joe Biden is declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Dr. Jill Biden will undoubtedly go even further in revolutionizing the job of First Lady, most prominently by

Travel

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November 7, 2020

DC protesters organized via Zoom for months, thousands expected outside White House on Election Day

A collection of groups led by Black Lives Matter and Shutdown DC reportedly has been holding training sessions for demonstrators to protest on Election Day — and apparently, they’re planning a large-scale event across the street from the White House expected to draw thousands.

Several leaked documents and Zoom call recordings described a loose but coordinated network of activists seeking to mobilize around the country, especially if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden loses or if President Trump contests the election results. The materials purportedly showed plans to shut down federal buildings, including the White House, and to meet members of Congress at public transportation portals when they’re scheduled to reconvene in Washington after the election.

The apparent goal: to continue the civil unrest from Election Day until at least later this week — and potentially until the presidential inauguration in January.

Fox News could not independently confirm the legitimacy of

Vacation

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November 3, 2020

Behind the White Door: See what awaits | News

A business that started with no money down and one fancy purse has snowballed in seven months into a women’s clothing resale store owned by two friends — both military veterans — who share a love and knowledge of “thrifting.”

Behind the White Door LLC, in Shelocta, is owned by Lisa Krouse-Gayarski, of Indiana, and Lisa Stahl, of Clymer.

Krouse-Gayarski and Stahl, who were neighbors and both single mothers years ago, used to go “thrifting” together to find clothes and “make the best of it,” said Krouse-Gayarski.

Krouse-Gayarski started the business online a week before the pandemic hit, purchasing items that caught her eye at area thrift stores and reselling the merchandise online through Facebook.

Then all the thrift stores closed.

She put the word out online that she was looking for donations, since people were stuck at home and cleaning out their closets but couldn’t offload their items to

Travel

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October 24, 2020

News Updates: Pelosi Rejects White House’s $1.8 Billion Covid Relief Package

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19, Hurricane Delta, and more ahead of the coming trading week.

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday rejected the White House’s latest $1.8 trillion coronavirus relief package, saying in a letter to colleagues that a key concern was “the absence of any response on a strategic plan to crush the virus.” Pelosi said she remained hopeful that a deal could be reached, but called the White House offer “one step forward, two steps back.” Even if the Trump administration and Democrats reach a deal, many Senate Republicans oppose another major round of aid, The Wall Street Journal reported, making passing a new deal quickly difficult.

Still, stocks may not need the impetus of a stimulus bill right now. While stimulus headlines were cited for many of the stock

Travel

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October 10, 2020

Worries behind the scenes at White House after Trump COVID diagnosis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, but aides privately expressed concern about the presidential election and showed signs of rising worry about the coronavirus.

“The business of government continues,” economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters after Trump disclosed on Twitter early in the day that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed Medical Center for treatment in the early evening. But staff members said he would continue working from a special suite there and that he had remained engaged in governing throughout the day. He did not transfer power to Vice President Mike Pence.

“We’re just trying to make sure that he takes it easy but he’s hard at work and will continue to,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox.

Trump spoke to

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October 3, 2020

Sen. Rand Paul Harassed by ‘Angry Mob of Over 100’ Outside the White House after RNC

A crowd of protestors harassed Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) on Thursday night as he left the White House, where President Donald Trump had just delivered his nomination acceptance speech on the last night of the Republican National Convention.

Videos circulating online appear to show a large group of protestors crowding the Kentucky Republican and his wife while shouting “Breonna Taylor,” “Say her name” and “No justice, no peace” as they walk down the street.

Police formed a wall between the protestors and the couple as they walked back to their hotel. Video appears to show a protestor shoving a police officer, nearly knocking him down. Paul reaches out to steady the officer.

“They were shouting threats to us, to kill us, to hurt us, but also threats saying shout, shouting ‘say her name,’ Breonna Taylor, and it’s like you couldn’t reason with this mob, but I’m actually the author

Hotel

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August 28, 2020

White House hints at new airline bailout; Pelosi, experts call new CDC guidelines ‘scary and dangerous’

The White House may provide relief to airline workers to keep them employed if Congress fails to reach agreement on a package for them, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff said Wednesday.

And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines and now says people without symptoms “do not necessarily need a test” – even if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19.

The move comes a week after the CDC updated travel guidelines that no longer mandate a 14-day quarantine for anyone who’s traveled outside of their state or the country. The revisions to CDC guidelines have been met with concern by medical experts, who caution that less testing may lead to more cases and hinder contact tracing efforts.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also condemned the revised CDC guidelines on testing, saying Wednesday it “reinforces the lack of attention and understanding that we have to have in

Travel

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August 27, 2020

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.