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Feb 24, 2021 Del. Guy Ward, R-Marion, posted this photo of a hallway inside the John Manchin Center long-term care facility after he and other state lawmakers toured the center Saturday. SUBMITTED PHOTO FAIRMONT — City Council held two public hearings about its Home Rule Plan at Tuesday’s meeting. “The City of Fairmont desires via it’s proposed Home Rule Plan amendment to expand it’s business and occupation tax credits to provide credits ...

Close NEWS-CAPITAL | File photoMcAlester/Pittsburg County Emergency Management Director Kevin Enloe is joining with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security in requesting that those impacted by the recent winter storm report property damages online to assist the case for further federal assistance to help with storm-related damages.  topical featured By James Beaty Managing Editor Feb 23, 2021 Feb 23, 2021 NEWS-CAPITAL | F...

On Jan. 27, President Joe Biden issued presidential Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In that order, the president directed the Secretary of the Interior to “pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands ... pending completion of a comprehensive review ... of Federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices ... .” Two days after Biden’s order, Wyoming’s governor, Mark Gordon, responded with an order of his own. It s...

The MFA tower off of Paris Road entered the starting stages of demolition Tuesday afternoon. The MFA tower off of Paris Road began demolition today, after closing its doors last year. @KOMUnewspic.twitter.com/dTNyQtm2pd— Drew Cusumano (@DrewCusumano) February 24, 2021 MFA Agri Services has closed five centers across Missouri since 2019, including: Bronaugh, Columbia, Essex, Fulton and Springfield. The land was bought by Scott Rasa, owner and operator of Earthworks Excavation in 2020. The t...

To set up an appointment, mid-Missourians can apply on the store website here.  Appointments are already booked for the next five days, but more slots will be added. Hy-Vee Public Relations Director Christina Gayman said around 500 doses on average are being delivered to Columbia locations weekly. MU Health Care Pharmacy Director Brad Myers said this may allow other vaccination sites to move to the next tier quicker. Missouri is currently in Phase 1B- Tier 1 & 2. The fight against COVID-19 i...

After working for others for more than a decade, Brian Wingert struck out on his own and has opened Shoreline Repair Services. Wingert, based in Rising Sun, will come to your location and fix your appliances, computers, laptops or gaming systems. “I had been employed with Aaron’s Rent to Own,” Wingert said Tuesday. His job was to repair washers and dryers, refrigerators and other rental items to make them ready to be rented again. However recently he decided to do it for himse...

The Lamar County Water Supply District, the City of Reno and Pattonville Water Supply issued boil notices today for their customers, according to Wednesday press releases. The City of Paris remains under a boil notice issued to city water customers Tuesday. The statement from the LCWSD reads: "Due to the issuance of a Boil Water Notice by the City of Paris, for turbidity levels being above regulatory measures, Lamar County Water Supply is issuing a Boil Water Notice for 48 hours. If customers h...

A Kernersville police officer who was shot early Sunday morning remains in critical condition but is improving, a spokesman for the Kernersville Police Department said Tuesday.

LOUISVILLE — A new operator is taking over Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay, just in time for the 2021 season, which is just 10 weeks away.

Amherst County officials are working with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to open the back side of the county’s landfill in Madison Heights, a measure that will expand the land’s capacity for as long as two years. County Administrator Dean Rodgers said during the Amherst County Board of Supervisors’ Feb. 16 meeting the move gives the county more flexibility in preparing for a transition to a new transfer center on the landfill’s site on Kentmoor Farm Road in...