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A $90 million price tag for replacing three school buildings covers only part of the upcoming educational facility needs in Roanoke County, and expenses build while the county does not, said a school board member pressuring county supervisors to move quickly on funding. “Sort of where we’re at right now is a bit of a stalemate,” said Roanoke County School Board Chairman Donald Butzer. Most urgently, the school board wrote in January it wants $50 million to build a new Burton Cent...

LAGRANGE — Telling the commissioners Monday morning that people keep forgetting that the LaGrange County Office Building is more than 37 years old, Gary Mast, the county’s maintenance supervisor started outlining the upgrades he hopes to make in the structure. “It’s time to start thinking about a facelift, inside and out,” he told the commissioners. Mast made the comments during the commissioners’ regular meeting. He sought the commissioner’s approval to repla...

The largest oil and gas operator in western Colorado’s Piceance Basin has further expanded its holdings in the basin. Terra Energy Partners has bought the Piceance Basin holdings of Grizzly Energy, which according to Grizzly’s website entail more than 900 wells south of Silt. Terra closed on the assets March 1. Terra now produces about 710 million cubic feet of gas a day from around 7,316 wells, Bryan Hotard of Terra told Garfield County commissioners Monday during operational updates...

Community supports stabbing victim Benjamin Sánchez Nieto is reminded of that night every time he takes off his shirt and sees the jagged scar where the knife went in — on the left side of his chest, not far from his heart. “I don’t understand why this happened,” Sánchez Nieto told the Jackson Hole Daily through a translator in a phone interview. “I am happy to be here talking to you and happy to be alive.” The longtime Jackson resident was stabbed Dec. 30 ju...

This story was updated after the North Carolina Senate voted to pass the bill.  RALEIGH — A new school reopening bill backed by Gov. Roy Cooper is making its way through the North Carolina House and Senate on March 10. The bill allows middle and high schools to move to Plan A, which allows for five days a week in the classroom with minimal social distancing. Currently, only K-5 is allowed to move to Plan A as announced by Cooper on Sept. 18. Avery County Schools has maintained a hybrid ...

Editor’s note: This is one of an occasional column by Visit Napa Valley. As our tourism businesses come back to life, so does the wanderlust of our Napa Valley residents. That makes now the perfect time to safely explore and enjoy the world-renown attractions in your own backyard. To make your daycation or staycation planning easier, Visit Napa Valley has reopened the Napa Valley Welcome Center and improved its website, VisitNapaValley.com. You’ll find the Napa Valley Welcome Center i...

BELFAST — Despite another round of discussion at the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals March 12 meeting as to whether the nonprofit Upstream Watch attained standing to contest the city’s permitting of Nordic Aquafarms project permits, the board’s decision remained a firm ‘no.’ But Upstream plans to take its arguments, as it procedurally can do, to Waldo County Superior Court. “We absolutely are filing an appeal,” said Amy Grant, a cofounder of Upstream Watch, and a staunch opponent...

This past year has been one of vast extremes for business owners. Depending on the industry, it seemed that 2020 was either an unexpected boon, or a total disaster for the majority of businesses. For those whose companies experienced severe interruption, whether voluntarily or due to state mandates, questions quickly arose about whether their business interruption insurance coverage would step up to provide relief. Unfortunately, most business owners ended up disappointed as they discovered how...

San Mateo County moved to the next phase of reopening on Tuesday after reporting reduced COVID-19 case rates for the past two weeks. Improving numbers pave the way for restaurants, gyms and retail to expand indoor operations starting at midnight. State numbers show the county now reporting 5.6 new cases per 100,000 people, with a 2.8 adjusted case rate. The positivity rate fell to 1.1 percent. The positivity rate in the lowest-income counties sits at 1.9 percent. Under the orange tier, business...

More than 93,000 Wisconsin households could lose electricity, gas or water service next month if regulators allow a yearlong moratorium on utility shut-offs to expire, though recent federal aid packages could provide some relief. Data collected by the Public Service Commission show that as of Feb. 15, as many as 121,633 households met the criteria for disconnection, which in most cases means they were at least 60 days past due. Utilities reported that 93,263 households and 4,810 businesses woul...