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Russellville’s Shelton Lane will soon see a base repair and resurfacing as the city’s council focuses on one of the busiest industrial routes in town.

May 27th 2021, 15:01 Get the latest on Iceland’s fiery volcano, new spa experiences and hiking across a glacier as Mark Stratton finds out what it’s like in Iceland right now Viewed from a glacially shattered hillside, an hour south of Reykjavik, I’m utterly awestruck by the fury venting from the coal-black cone of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland’s newest volcano. It began erupting on March 19 and is set to become the star of Icelandic tourism this summer. I’m 400 metres away and my face pric...

With more and more New Yorkers getting their COVID-19 vaccines, Saratoga County school administrators wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the dedication of more than 50 school nurses who participated in closed PODs for educators over the last two months. These PODs, which stands for Point of Dispensing, are temporary sites in the community where vaccines can be quickly administered to people in large numbers. Recently, several PODs ran through a partnership between Saratoga County Public Hea...

Share During the fall 2020 semester, BUILD members at Texas A&M University converted six shipping containers into four Texas Aggie Medical Clinics (TAMCs) and two Texas Aggie Educational Units (TAEUs). The student-led organization with the help of fellow Aggies logged more than 9,000 volunteer hours. BUILD collaborated with The REACH Project, which will receive a medical clinic and two of the educational units that will be used to provide medical and educational services to Texas A&M’s essent...

The places in the UK and abroad our travel experts are booking holidays this summer If youre torn on whether you should be optimstic and book, or hold on, our experts offer advice on when to book and where to go 11 February 2021 • 4:38pm Confusion reigns when it comes to summer holidays. Will we be able to go abroad, and – if so – which destinations are the best bet? Should you book now, or wait until the last minute and risk missing out on your dream hotel or holiday apartment? Here�...

Show more Brazil is going through a deadly second-wave of Covid-19 – and it’s precipitated the collapse of the health system in– Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon. The hospitals are overloaded with patients and oxygen supplies have run perilously low. Local and national leaders are now coming under scrutiny for their management of the outbreak. Katy Watson visited Manaus. We hear from Afghanistan, where there has been a recent surge of targeted killings, blamed on the...

© Asaf Kliger High up in the frozen wilds of northern Sweden, the doors to the 31st Icehotel have just creaked open. Every year since 1989, the Icehotel has been created afresh in the little village of Jukkasjärvi. Outside the mercury falls to as low as –20˚C. But inside the thermometer remains a steady, and relatively balmy, 5˚C thanks to the 563 tons of ice from the river Torne used to build the hotel.  The Icehotel is also an art gallery. In normal years, chainsaw-wielding artists arr...

For lieutenant colonel mark stratton. i try to visit marks grave every time im back to arlington. important to remember pattons old line we shouldnt just mourn the fact that these men and women died. we should celebrate the fact that they lived and the kind of life they lived. the service and sacrifice. griff: i will tell you a powerful piece there its time to bring in arkansas senator tom cotton. jedediah: senator, welcome. >> thank you. griff: we commend your duty to the old guard i must say i...