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Jason W. Selby Press News (Editors note: The assertion that there were signs on almost every street in town has been changed to many streets.)  Across Osage, campaign placards from the previous month have been replaced by blue and white ‘Bring Haganman Back’ signs. They can be seen on many streets in town. On the road to Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage, Bring Haganman Back signs can be seen in some yards. Jason W. Selby, Mitchell County Pr...

West Texas helicopter crash leaves 2 dead 12 Dec 2020 Gulf Today Report Authorities said two men were killed when a helicopter crashed in a field in West Texas. Mitchell County Sheriff Patrick Toombs said on Friday night that the helicopter crashed on Thursday about eight miles (13 kilometers) southwest of Colorado City, which is about 250 miles west of Dallas. Toombs said the pilot, Zane Whitesides, 31, and the passenger, Zack Pfeuffer, 32, were killed. Both were from Colorado City...

Family. >> boothe made the four-hour trip to raleigh half a dozen times. last year she spoke to her neighbors, nearly one in five of whom lives below the poverty line at a moral monday demonstration. how do you neighbors feel about whats happening in the state? >> ill be honest, its hard for people to follow it. politics. theyre angry. sometimes they dont know who sure to be angry at. they know its not fair, but thats an honest answer. >> but its not just in yancey county the moral monday moveme...

>> mitchell county is 97% white. yancey county is almost 97% white. in may, the naacp officially opened a mitchell yancey county branch. one of five new the chapters in the state that are majority white. reverend barber found you can organize across race and party if you focus on what matters to people where they live. you a democrat or republican? >> republican. >> lifelong? >> all my life. >> consider yourself a conservative republican? >> absolutely. >> adam oneal is the republican mayor of b...

They know its not fair, but thats an honest answer. >> but its not just in yancey county the moral monday movement is finding allies. its neighboring mitchell county, too. >> after 15 weeks of moral monday last year, i got an invitation to go to mitchell county. at first i said im not going to mitchell county. in 1920, all the blacks were run out of mitchell county because of an alleged rape, okay? put on a train, get out of here. in my practical mind, it says thats a waste of time, its a strong...

the supreme court in a unanimous decision, ruled president obama lacked a constitutional authority to appoint three members to the national labor relations board while congress was effectively, though not officially, in recess back in 2012. the ruling, which puts into question hundreds of decisions the labor board issues after those appointments, was hailed by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell as a rejection of obamas brazen power grab. by house speaker john boehner as the victory...

by house speaker john boehner as the victory for the constitution and against president obamas aggressive overreach. now, the supreme court did not actually strike down the presidents ability to make recess appointments. a presidential power that is explicitly written into the constitution. what the high court did do is deem legitimate the procedural gimmick republicans had used to keep the senate technically in session when most lawmakers were, in fact, out of washington and straight ...

by house speaker john boehner as the victory for the constitution and against president obamas aggressive overreach. now, the supreme court did not actually strike down the presidents ability to make recess appointments. a presidential power that is explicitly written into the constitution. what the high court did do is deem legitimate the procedural gimmick republicans had used to keep the senate technically in session when most lawmakers were, in fact, out of washington and straight ...

Its important that we frame the issues, not necessarily republican and democrat, but who is immoral versus moral. who is extreme versus who is constitutional, that we root it in our deepest biblical values and our deepest moral values. thats why were seeing republicans and democrats coming together. we were in mitchell county a few weeks ago, talking about these issues, not just voting, but attack on medicaid, the attack on poor, the attack on public education. and in a county that is 89% republ...

0 it may fire upp their base, but its a heartless thing to do, and its wrong. joining me now is congresswoman karen bass and nia-malika henderson. thank you both for coming on the show. you know, congresswoman, bill oreilly and his ilk say that poverty is a result of poor decision making. i mean, what do you say to that? >> you know, on the one hand, i do think its cruel and all, but i also think its profoundly ignorant. and thats the thing that is so shocking, that my colleagues on the other si...