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Teton County commissioners wanted state senators to back off on a resolution opposing any boundary expansion of Grand Teton National Park. Some legislators mistakenly believed the National Park Service was unilaterally trying to swallow all remaining private land in the valley. Jackson Elementary School More than 2,000 people lined the track Saturday and Sunday to witness the sixth annual running of the Shrine Cutter Races. The team of Korell Olson from Lander defeated Dad’s Bar from Th...

ITHACA, NY -- The past month has been one of a lot of questions for the Ithaca City School District. On Jan. 12, Superintendent Dr. Luvelle Brown resigned from his position effective Feb. 1, and said he was leaving for a job in the private sector. The next day, allegations emerged from his ex-wife, Anjanette Brown, accusing him of abuse of power, misuse of public funds and more. At the Jan. 26 Board of Education meeting, Luvelle reversed his decision and announced he would be staying with the s...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – While new cases and deaths attributable to COVID-19 both rose on Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear says the numbers are still trending lower. He also announced an

A bill that would penalize cities and counties for reducing appropriations to law enforcement agencies is drawing criticism from groups that want less police spending, praise from a law-enforcement officers group and skepticism from local officials worried about legislative interference in local affairs. The bill, filed Monday in the N.C. Senate, would reduce revenues to local governments that cut spending on law enforcement by certain amounts.  Called the Police Funding Protection Act, the ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 6, President Trump stood in front of the White House and incited his followers to storm Congress. This was done with the deliberate intention of stopping the work of certifying the vote of the Electoral College, the last ceremonial step in validating the presidential election of 2020. Trump fueled the the crowd’s rage by iterating debunked fantasies of voter fraud. After months of relentless lying about the election, Trump’s duped supporters were only too ready to f...

Monroe County Commissioner Mike Forster wants the Florida Keys cities and Ocean Reef to have more input and be better informed when it comes to the county’s emergency management response

After the planet Uranus was discovered in 1781, astronomers realized that its orbit could only be explained if there was another, yet unseen, planet somewhere beyond it. Based on that, the great French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier publicly predicted the existence — and location — of the planet we now know as Neptune, making it the first planet predicted before it was ever seen. In that same vein, today we predict the emergence of a type of politician we have yet to see — one t...

Henry Queen | Staff Writer The resolution states that the county’s Justice and Memory Committee will determine the amount of intergenerational wealth lost to urban renewal, and make yearly recommendations to the mayor and commission for redress projects including affordable housing, economic development and public transportation. It also states that the county will work with the University System of Georgia to recognize Linnentown’s legacy and install a “wall of recognition.â€�...

Support Local Journalism Although the board approved MainStreet to spend up to $750 on the project, Executive Director Shannon Mullen said only $250 had to be spent. With a quarterly newsletter only costing $1,000 annually, Coday said he believed more should be sent out prior to meeting with the city council in November. “Some of them could be an invitation to a public meeting, or we could tell them what we’re thinking and get some input,” he said. Although the newsletter contain...

MEL LEONOR Richmond Times-Dispatch RICHMOND — A proposal to make community college free for low- and middle-income Virginians seeking jobs in high-demand fields is nearing the finish line, pending whether budget leaders can work out some differences. Titled “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back,” or “G3,” the program would cover tuition, fees and textbooks for around 40,000 students across the state. The program is among Gov. Ralph Northam’s signature camp...