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ELIZABETHTON — The Carter County Commission’s Budget Committee began the annual process of developing a county budget for the next fiscal year during its meeting on Monday night. The process started with the annual review of requests from the various independent and outside agencies that receive donations from the commission. Several agencies requested increases this year, bringing the total request this year to $1,254,367. That is a $225,026 increase over this year’s contributio...

BOISE — On Monday, the Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho organization spoke to a joint House and Senate committee about its desire to have part of Oregon join Idaho. It would make Idaho the third largest state in the country. This invitation to present to Idaho legislators in an official capacity may have been the movement’s biggest win so far in terms of gaining legitimacy. Rep. Barbara Ehardt, R-Idaho Falls, was the driving force in making the meeting possible. Ehardt is...

ONTARIO The latest application for a city committee triggered a review of the city’s policies regarding residency. During the Ontario City Council work session on April 8 while considering an application from Justin Kearns to serve on the airport committee, Mayor Riley Hill pointed out that Kearns was from Nampa. Councilor John Kirby said he thought the committee only had one person with an Ontario address, however City Manager Adam Brown confirmed that the airport committee membership com...

HANNIBAL — In an effort to better utilize Hannibal Regional Airport, as well as other city-owned land that is located near the airport, the city and board of public works are pursuing the development of an airport business plan. “We have been working on this for quite some time. There have been numerous meetings,” said Andy Dorian, the city’s director of central services, during the April 6 meeting of the Hannibal City Council. According to Dorian, the plan will also include...

Growth, collaboration and infrastructure were topics brought to the forefront by candidates vying for New Braunfels City Council seats during a forum Monday at the McKenna Events Center. The event was hosted by the Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership New Braunfels Alumni Association, which consists of more than 700 individuals who have graduated from the Chamber’s prestigious Leadership New Braunfels program. The forum featured the four candidates running for seats ...

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation has announced that Grant Round 32 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund is now open. The LWCF State and Local Assistance Program of the National Park Service is intended to preserve and enhance opportunities for public outdoor recreation. Various levels of local government including cities, towns, counties, and school districts are eligible to sponsor projects and apply for financial assistance. Awarded grant funds are availabl...

The chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party warned local party members Monday that Democrats and forces in the “woke culture” are now hard at work preparing for the 2022 midterm elections. Speaking to the East Tennessee Republican Club at the Carnegie Hotel, Scott Golden said progressive advocacy groups and “dark money” played a role in former President Donald Trump’s defeat in November. The state GOP chairman said President Joe Biden raised $11 billion in his race f...

All three of the big bills passed the House at the end of last week. Senators in the Committee for Marijuana Law heard supporters and opponents on one of three recreational marijuana implementation bills, HB 670.   "It appears to me that 670 is attempting to strike a decent balance between regulation and allowing businesses to do what they need to do," a supporter said. "Why we are here today is just to ask you to use some of this revenue to fund our very popular and very over used pub...

COLUMBIA - The CPS Board has voted to reinstate Helen Wade as President in a vote that took place during Monday night’s meeting. Additionally, Dr. Della Streaty-Wilhoit has been elected as vice-president, succeeding from Susan Blackburn who did not seek re-election. Wade has been a member of the CPS board since 2011 and has served as president since 2019, while Dr. Streaty-Wilhoit has served since 2019. No other board member was nominated for either position. Prior to the meeting, new boar...

In this era of ideological polarization and perpetual partisan warfare, it’s difficult to grasp the collegial, bipartisan ambience that once prevailed in California’s Senate. Democrats usually occupied most of the Senate’s 40 seats, but Republicans were accorded virtually equal opportunities to carry significant legislation and even chaired major committees. Leaders of the two parties maintained the clubby atmosphere with an informal prohibition on partisan challenges of incumben...