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Testimony on the importance of trauma informed practices and education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adversities. I know for the subcommittee. On both sides of the aisle where theres been an opportunity to withstand the witnesses be Opening Statements are limited to the chair and the Ranking Member. I want to begin by acknowledging that this morning marks 18 years since the terrorist attacks september 11. Let us please take a moment to remember the 1,799 lives lost in tho...

Greg Barksdale, a Marion district candidate for McDowell County School Board answers questions leading up to primary election.

Hundreds of mountain bikers helped improve riding conditions in McDowell County just a few short weeks ahead of the start of the summer session of McDowell Tech’s new Trail School.

Master Gardener and Pickleball enthusiast succeeds Patricia Clark

Overwhelmed federal immigration services leads Petalumans to step up for new neighbors

Hard to say goodbye During her visit to the campus last week, she returned to the schools playground where she remembered being terrified to climb the steel jungle gym, which still stands today. She recalled that instead of hesitating, she climbed the bars and carried herself across the tall threshold, proving herself to her fellow classmates.   “I felt something come over me,” Ogilvie-McClain said. “I am at the end of this road, and I don’t want it to end. My heart does not want t...

Janet E. Doughty Janet E. Doughty of Warwick, N.Y., died at her home on Dec. 27, 2020, at the age of 98.  The daughter of Sherwood M. Tuthill and Vivian A. Hallock, she was born on Mar. 31, 1922. A 1940 graduate of Riverhead High School, she attended the McDowell School in New York, where she studied fashion design and illustration. She worked for a year before her marriage in 1942 to J. Donald Doughty. Janet and Don were longtime residents of Jamesport, where they raise...