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Amazon To Create 800 New Jobs In Alcoa Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Amazon officials announced Wednesday that Amazon will establish a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Alcoa. The site, which is anticipated to launch in 2022, will create nearly 800 new, full-time jobs with benefits and opportunities to engage with advanced robotics. Amazon employees at the more than 634,812-square-foot fulfillment center will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics a...

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright has assumed leadership of a House Appropriations subcommittee, a promotion that he thinks means more federal dollars for Northeast Pennsylvania.

One of the COVID-19 pandemic’s results is an added spotlight on the trials and tribulations of essential workers, officials say. That group includes health care professionals, those working in mail delivery and law enforcement. Like so many other workforces, for example, local law enforcement agencies been forced to adjust their methods and practices on the fly. How well have Blount County’s departments responded to this year’s adversities, and what takeaways can be gleaned from ...

Dear Editor: In many American cities, public libraries — once quiet, safe places for ordinary citizens to read and study — have been converted into de facto homeless shelters. When libraries allow, or even encourage, hygiene-challenged bums, vagrants, drug addicts and mentally ill derelicts to “use” their facilities, they “bathe” in the restrooms, watch porn on the computers and sleep while pretending to read, surrounded by their plastic bags of detritus. For ordin...

Sauk to present holiday radio drama online [Hillsdale Daily News, Mich.] Dec. 15—JONESVILLE — The Sauk, Hillsdale County’s community theatre, is taking their holiday production online with a live radio drama adaptation of “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.” The performances are at 8 p.m.Dec. 17-19 with a 3 p.m. matinee on Dec. 20. “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus: A Radio Play” will be performed live, with each actor performing from their home. The production is sponsored...

Remembering Pearl Harbor To the editor: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which is annually on Dec. 7, commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, during World War II. Many American service men and women lost their lives or were injured on Dec. 7, 1941. Many associations, especially those linked with Pearl Harbor survivors or those who died from the attack, participate in special services to commemorate the event. Memorial services are held at venues such as the USS  Arizona  Mem...

You had no idea how important it would be to the history of the country. do you think we have a sense yet of how important or not important these proceedings may turn out to be? >> well, i think we do. a lot of people think it is going to be very important from the standpoint of being against president trump. but a lot of people clearly think just the opposite. you know, lets look at nixon and trump. similarities, they both lie about the charges theyre being investigated about them. they both in...

Appreciate your language. here again some of the language coming from the trump administration they win. but, you know, there are differences, anderson. i think they are very important. the guys and gals showed up. the nixon people, they came and testified before committees. i mean, the treasury secretary, ed mitchell himself the attorney general, pat buchanan the aide at the white house in nixons day who prepared and helped prepare the enemys list. he came and testified. that was the difference...

This lonely planet is only 80-90 light years from earth. martha: they are fighting to open the smoky mountains national park. jonathon, what exactly is the mayor hoping to do here? >> reporter: you can seat road leading into the great smoky mountains national park remain closed to vehicle traffic though rangers are allowing people to venture in on foot. mayor ed mitchell is offering local resources to keep park road such as this one open during the shutdown at no cost to the federal government. ...

Lawyers to take action. >> so why didnt he have that action taken before today though. >> you have to work out a process, unless youre willing to write the check, ed. it takes -- >> who would write the check. >> it takes some time and are you suggesting we dont, ed? >> im say people who care about it who want to get it done quickly. >> it is getting done today. >> why wont you when he learned about it? was it yesterday, day before? >> when the president found out he was disturbed and asked his l...