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There is bad news for fans of signature Coastside events that draw untold visitors and serve as vital fundraisers for area nonprofits and opportunities for local business. Organizers confirmed on Thursday that there will be no Pacific Coast Dream Machines this spring and no Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival in the fall. The news is no better in Pacifica, where the Fog Fest is off as well. The reason is the ongoing pandemic that has eased in recent weeks but appears far from over. Late last...

Christiansburg businesswoman Marie March announced Thursday that she is seeking the Republican nomination to run for the state House seat that Del. Nick Rush, R-Christiansburg, is leaving. March’s announcement came after Rush, who has served five terms as the 7th District representative, announced Wednesday that he won’t run for office again in November. March, 43, owns the sister restaurants Due South BBQ and Fatback Soul Shack, located on Christiansburg’s Roanoke Street. She al...

Tuesday the election staff met during a brief Hot Spring County Election Commissioners meeting at the Election Office Building to discuss preparations for the upcoming school board elections in May

Medicaid expansion is again before the Wyoming Legislature, but this time it comes with an incentive of $120 million. President Biden’s latest COVID-19 relief package includes about $6 billion in direct payments to states that expand Medicaid, including $120 million that could go to Wyoming, to offset state costs of expanding the federal health insurance program. States also could use the money to shore up flagging revenues. “This is money we can use to invest in our essential workers...

The Millsap ISD board of trustees Monday night voted to accept modification to guidance from the Texas Education Agency on making masks optional.

Benefits for some unemployed state residents provided under an aid program targeting mostly self-employed and gig workers will be capped at 50 weeks instead of 57, Illinois announced Wednesday.

(The Center Square) – Colorado’s Senate confirmed Gov. Jared Polis’ first five appointments to the revamped Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission this week as a part of the implementation

Megan Thee Stallion is helping to rebuild her hometown of Houston, Texas, with the Hotties Helping Houston fundraising drive.

A proposed bill in Tallahassee that would reverse the new cruise ship restrictions in Key West was approved by a tourism subcommittee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, clearing the way for the bill to move to the next step. In a surprise move, the bill was amended to apply to only four of the state’s 15 seaports — including Key West — putting those four under state, not local, control and letting the others remain status quo. The amended bill now goes to the full Hous...

TIM KIRSININKAS Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she is hopeful outdoor events can return as early as this summer with large indoor events such as conventions and trade shows beginning in the fall. Speaking during a Senate Tourism and Hospitality Committee hearing, Mendoza said that the return to holding events would be gradual and based on a number of factors, including COVID-19 transmission and vaccination rates. “We’re on...