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COVID-19 reversed years of slow but steady progress against poverty in the United States; according to researchers at Columbia University, the poverty rate rose from 15% in February 2020 to

SHREVEPORT, La. - The ArkLaTex should be warming up a little on Friday, but your home might still see some cold weather problems. Home improvement expert and co-founder of Angies

AUGUSTA — Maine has been awarded $1,215,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to continue to combat identity theft unemployment insurance fraud through identity verification, according to a news release.  The U.S. Department of Labor awarded a total of $49 million in grants to 28 states and territories. The grants are divided between Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) funding – Maine was granted $1,020,600 in PUA funding and $194...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS - Lake Regional Health System is administering the COVID-19 vaccine at the site of what used to be a Pier 1 Imports. The owners of the former store donated it to Lake Regional Health System as an appointment-based vaccination site.Elyse Schoenig, KOMU 8 Reporter The site is appointment-based only for those in eligible tiers. Two second-dose clinics scheduled for this week on Monday and Wednesday were canceled due to weather conditions. Those who originally signed up on either...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - While many businesses, schools and government agencies in the state closed one or more days this week due to snow and ice storms, there is one

The Monroe County Commission has laid the groundwork to set up community taxing districts to pay for expensive neighborhood sea level rise mitigation projects throughout the unincorporated areas of the Florida Keys. The commission on Wednesday did not set an exact fee or location for each district but only approved the ability to levy a property tax “for road elevation and improvement projects to be constructed due to the sea level rise and flood mitigation program and authorizing the crea...

Multiple property developers gave updates on their projects at the Greater Fremont Development Council’s Housing Forum Feb. 11.

The Georgia Department of Public Health received notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that due to the temperature, all Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that would have arrived

UPDATE According to MSHP Troop F, five people were arrested for DWIs after 57 vehicle stops after a DWI saturation over the weekend. Three warrant arrests were made, and 21 citations were given.  The Mardi Gras Pub Crawl DWI saturation conducted by the MSHP this weekend resulted in 57 vehicle stops. This produced 21 citations and 69 warnings issued. Five people were arrested for DWI and 3 warrant arrests were made. pic.twitter.com/x9CwZjamoK— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) February 22, 2021 ...

JOHN DAY — Environmentalists, working alongside timber industry professionals, helped end the ban on logging trees over 21 inches. Instead of fighting in the courtroom, with environmental lawsuits halting timber projects, the former adversaries joined together in forest collaboratives to find areas of agreement using science, and the most recent result is the end of an era of prohibition on logging trees larger than 21 inches in diameter — a result the collaboratives believe is mutual...