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1. ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ Angelina Jolie stars in this adaptation of Michael Koryta’s novel as a smokejumper who helps a young murder witness evade two assassins pursuing him, as well as a forest fire started to try and root them out. The film is directed by Taylor Sheridan, who’s had a string of successes between his screenplays for “Sicario” and “Hell or High Water,” the series “Yellowstone” he co-created and his 2017 directorial effort “Wind River,” with Koryta...

Pine View director Christopher Mink “taught me pro bono for six years out of the goodness of his heart, so I owe any skills that I have to public education entirely,” Mingus said in a recent Zoom chat. There’s a lot more to the young student and musician than one instrument or one cabaret performance might indicate. He picked up the cello – or the baby bass, as he calls it – when he showed up at State College of Florida and discovered there were nine double basses but only two cellos...

Once again, students from Pine View School finished ahead of most students their age in mathematics. A team of five students ended up in the top 10 teams nationwide in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, which challenges students to use math modeling to solve a global issue. Each year, Pine View teacher Mark Mattia creates two teams of five students each to compete. “We’re taking the students that are highly intrinsically motivated,” Mattia said. “If they’re doing this, it’s not ...

By Drew Apr 27, 2021 The numbers are in and the top BEST high schools in the country have been reported by NBC Miami. After reviewing over 24,000 schools in the country, the U.S. News and World Report ended up putting 602 Florida schools on the list of "best." And you know how we do, Miami! Turns out 6 out of the top 10 schools from the 602 Florida schools are right here in Dade County! Check out the list below. Did your school make the ranking? 1. School for Advanced Studies (SAS) - Miami, ...

2. Pine View School - Osprey, FL Pine View School comes in second in Florida. It teaches grades 2 through 12 and has a total enrollment of 841 students. The student-teacher ratio is 17:1 offering more one-on-one time for students. Pine View ranks #29 in the country. 3. Westshore Junior/Senior High School - Melbourne, FL Westshore Junior and Senior High School comes in third, ranking #58 in the country. It has a 100% graduation rate, and caters to 610 students from 7th to 12th grade. 4. Archime...

Most Utah residents know the majority of the water supply in northern Utah comes from snowpack. This means that lackluster winters result in lighter spring runoff. Reservoirs used to store water for drinking, irrigation and agriculture suffer because they are unable to fill and recover from the previous years water use. In Utah, snow is the lifeblood of our economy and quality of life. Weber Basin Water Conservancy District provides water to a service area with nearly 700,000 residents in Davis...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Justices Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Alabama attorney generals office filed a civil suit against Republic Services yesterday, seeking divestitures across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas in order to approve the companys pending acquisition of Santek Waste Services. A proposed settlement would see two landfills, two transfer stations, four collection facilities and multiple small container commercial waste (SCCW) collection routes in the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On paper, Dixie State shouldnt be competitive with any team in the Football Bowl Subdivision. A newcomer to the Football Championship Subdivision a year removed from their last season in Division II, the Trailblazers 63 full scholarships havent even seen the ink dry on all of them by the start of the truncated spring season. Compare it to the 85 scholarship limit of any FBS team, and its easy to see why any bigger school — even New Mexico State, the Trailblazers opponent Su...

AROUND THE FCS — Big Sky schools (and Dixie State) opened the truncated 2021 spring football season Saturday, the same day that No. 1 North Dakota State saw its school-record 39-game winning streak snapped. The top-ranked Bison fell to Missouri Valley rival Southern Illinois, 38-14 for NDSUs first loss since 2017 and worst loss since joining Division I in 2004. The Bison are now 2-1 and 1-1 in Missouri Valley play, tied with the Salukis in the conference standings. Elsewhere in the FCS top 25...

On August 2nd, 2013 I wrote a column about “Moose”. Below is that column which is in italics He’s proud, passionate, and prominent. Glen “Moose” Scott is a “one-of-a-kind” colorful character who takes his sports seriously. On the surface, “Moose” appears to hold a gruff, overpowering, and even intimidating personality.  However, underneath this rough facade lays a committed family man, with a big heart who enjoys everyday living, such as watching lacrosse or hockey at the Co...