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LONACONING, Md. — Despite a large payday, things have mostly gone back to normal at Coney Market.

Beginning Monday, Xcel Energy crews will relocate a natural gas line on First Street between Ouray Avenue and Grand Avenue, according to a news release. Crews will use trenching and drilling methods to move the line, and will drill beneath ground to reduce traffic impacts. Crews will also stage equipment along First Street between Gunnison Avenue and Belford Avenue. That’s not all of the work Xcel is doing, though. “In the coming weeks, additional natural gas relocation work will take...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The Department of Veteran Affairs currently gets 125,000 vaccine doses per week. But now the VA has confirmed an increase in doses to help reach more veterans and staff. Rising 5x to 600,000 doses.  "Its really gratifying and were always really appreciative of support from congress and Dr. Stone and his team and all of our community stakeholders," Dr. Judy Hayman, executive director of the Montana VA Health Care Systems said.  Nationally the VA gives out doses base...

The easing of COVID-19 socioeconomic restrictions in North Carolina had several Triad business owners and operators expressing gratefulness, but also longing for more.

UPDATE as of Saturday, Feb. 27:

Like shoes that pinch a growing kid’s toes, the walls were crowding in on Once Upon a Child. Highchairs and bouncy seats were crammed into one end of the store. Racks of pants, shirts and dresses seemed to brush the ceiling and pajamas and sneakers jostled for room in the back. “We knew we were outgrowing it,” said Don Deimling about the 2,650-square-foot space for the store he owns with his wife, Wendy, and son, Cody. Once Upon a Child had been tucked into a corner of Valley Pla...

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University-affiliated startup NutraMaize is featured in a current national advertising campaign called “Make a Different Future.” The campaign, presented by GoDaddy, champions real customers, such as NutraMaize CEO Evan Rocheford and the company’s brand, Professor Torbert’s Orange Corn, driving change to “Make a Different Future” for themselves and for others. Following the challenges of 2020, the campaign states, “The future isnâ...

Unity Aluminum Unity Aluminum CEO Don Foster talks about the future of the company in the headquarters conference room in July. AARON SNYDER | THE DAILY INDEPENDENT ASHLAND Given a granted extension request for the state to keep its investment in Unity Aluminum — formerly Braidy Industries — is the proposed mill at EastPark a boom or a bust? In a recent letter to Commonwealth Seed Capital LLC — the state’s startup investment fund — acquired and first reported by WDRBâ�...

The Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurial Success Award recognizes business owners and entrepreneurs who have dared to dream, taken risks, and contributed to our regions economic success.

Johnson & Johnson is expected to get an Emergency Use Authorization as early as this weekend for its vaccine candidate, which is likely to mean an extra 15,000 doses for