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One idled Minnesota hotel-industry veteran opted for other work March 14, 2021 — 2:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: Baheru Haile, an accomplished guy who moved to Minnesota from Ethiopia in 1978, likes to work. Haile, the son of a subsistence farmer, first earned a GED through Minneapolis Public Schools. He studied with former Minnesota Twins star Tony Oliva, a Cuban immigrant. Haile then worked up to two jobs as he earned ...

Valley Metro workers receive Johnson & Johnson vaccine 4,000 frontline transit workers have continued to risk their own health to keep the Valley moving throughout the pandemic. Author: Josh Sanders (KPNX) Updated: 5:46 PM MST March 12, 2021 PHOENIX — Maricopa County Public Health began vaccinating Metro Phoenix transit workers with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine at Cesar Chavez High School on Friday.  “It means a lot to me, not only to protect my...

Submit Release First Transit Expands Innovation Leadership March 12, 2021 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News CINCINNATI – First Transit, the leader in providing mobility solutions, announces expansion of its innovation leadership team. Tina Morch-Pierre and Derek Fretheim have joined the organization as senior directors of innovation, supporting strategic innovation initiatives of mobility as a service (MaaS) and emerging transit technologies. Morch-Pierre has more than 25 years of informati...

The Regional Transportation Agency (RTA)  of Central Maryland serving Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George’s County and the City of Laurel announced the selection of Jason Quan as its new general manager. The selection was made after former General Manager, Cristin Tolen under the Transportation Management Services contract with First Transit was promoted to a new position within First Transit as of January 1. Quan is a longtime resident of Howard County with extensive fir...

Three-month transition concludes Saturday

Operator Good day, and welcome to the GreenPower Motor Company third-quarter earnings conference call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Michael Sieffert, chief financial officer. Please go ahead, sir. Michael Sieffert -- Chief Financial Officer Thank you. This is Michael Sieffert, the chief financial officer of GreenPower Motor Company. Id like to welcome everyone to our call to discuss GreenPowers third-quarter financi...

/PRNewswire/ -- GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (Nasdaq:GP) (TSXV:GPV) ("GreenPower"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero emission electric powered...

General Manager Phil Humphrey Leaves The DTA The Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) has announced that there is a change in leadership taking place. General Manager Phil Humphrey has left the DTA, but remains with First Transit. First Transit is the company that is currently under contract to staff a General Manager for the DTA. According to the press release, Humphrey is a tenured transit manager, and moves like this are common when needs change in transit properties that First Transit partners w...

Fox21Online January 28, 2021 DULUTH, Minn. – Phil Pumphrey has left his position as the Duluth Transit Authority General Manager. The Duluth Transit Authority announced in a Thursday morning press release that while Pumphrey has left his role at the DTA he will remain with First Transit, the company currently under contract to staff a General Manager for the agency. DTA Assistant General Manager, Rod Fournier, will fill in as the interim General Manager effective immediately. Aaron Bransky, P...

Submit Release First Student, First Transit and NextEra Energy Resources agree to jointly pursue electrification of tens of thousands of vehicles across the U.S. and Canada January 27, 2021 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News JUNO BEACH, Fla. — First Student, Inc., First Transit, Inc., and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC today announced they have entered into a framework agreement and are working toward a joint venture to pursue the electrification of tens of thousands of school and public transpo...