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Jay Toepke is a geochacher’s geocacher, and he would love for you to join him. The president of the North Dakota GeoCaching Association (NDGCA) enjoys hiding geocaches, finding geocaches, converting new geocachers or just talking about this recreational activity designed to get people into the great outdoors. “What do I enjoy most? I’m not sure. I don’t think I like either one better (hiding or finding). I put a lot of effort in. And I also like reading the comments,” T...

Sursa foto: Inquam Photos / George Calin The Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, on Tuesday stated that all available tools will be used to repair and strengthen the independence of the judiciary, during a videoconference meeting with the EU member states ambassadors in Bucharest. According to a press release of the Ministry of Justice sent to AGERPRES, the topics of interest were: the draft law abolishing the Special Section for Investigating Magistrates (SIIJ), the justice laws package, modify...

The Republican wins 20 awards in New England Newspaper & Press Association contest, including 5 first-place prizes Updated 8:11 AM; Today 5:02 AM Lorraine Gorham of Holyoke, director of the Ms. Massachusetts Senior America pageant, dances and sings while waiting to perform a number at the July 2019 competition at Holyoke High School. The Republican assistant managing editor Greg Saulmons photo story about the pageant won a first-place award in the New England Newspaper and Press Associations ...

jhinkley@thealpenanews.com It costs money to print newspapers, and, like any business, we care about our bottom lines, so we can invest in our people and the technology, equipment, and services necessary to improve what we have to offer. But, at their heart, newspapers exist for public service. A call to public service dragged most of us into this sometimes rotten enterprise. Knowing we’ve made our communities better places in ways big and small makes all the late nights, early mornings, m...

Free Press wins multiple awards, takes home Newspaper of the Year title Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press © Detroit Free Press Detroit Free Press logo The Michigan Press Association named the Free Press as the 2020 "Newspaper of the Year." The association also gave the award to eight newspapers with different circulation classes. Another competition by the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors gave the Free Press first-place recognition for General Excellence in D...

Brian Kaufman, Photo Story  Shawn Windsor, Sports Feature Janet Graham, Best Headline  Detroit Free Press Staff, Best Video Presentation Georgea Kovanis, Best Writing The Freep also won additional awards in other categories. Nancy Kaffer won third place for Best Columnist; Phoebe Wall Howard won second place in Business/Agriculture News; Ryan Garza won third place in News Photo and second place in Best Photo; Kimberly P. Mitchell won third place in Photo Story; Detroit Free Press Staf...

NH Business Review Publication honored for reporting, General Excellence April 13, 2021 NH Business Review won nine awards in the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Competition. Bob Sanders won four awards. He took first-place honors for Business & Economic Reporting for his article on how property taxes are often the biggest tax burden facing New Hampshire businesses and for Health Reporting for his article on the limitations of importing prescription drugs fro...

Sursa foto: Inquam Photos / George Calin The Venice Commission will rule in July on the draft law on the abolition of the Judicial Crimes Investigation Section, adopted in the Chamber of Deputies with an amendment stipulating that magistrates may be prosecuted only with the approval of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM). According to the website of the Venice Commission, an opinion on the request of the Romanian Ministry of Justice regarding the draft to abolish the Special Section is sc...

  Webster-Kirkwood Times Creative Director Amanda Zarecki won multiple awards in the 2021 Missouri Press Advertising and Marketing Executives Best Ad Contest.  The Missouri Press Association  will present the 2021 Best Ad Awards at the 155th Annual MPA Convention and Trade Show on Saturday, Sept. 25, at The Elms Resort and Spa in Excelsior Springs. Zarecki received a first place award in the Best Shared/Signature Page. She also took home a first place in the Best Special Section catego...

The Atlantic Vaccine passports, explained April 1, 2021 Vaccine passports are almost certainly in our near future. But what are they exactly? And with concerns about vaccine equity now complicated by partisan fear mongering, how should they be implemented? Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist with NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine who’s spent years thinking about vaccine ethics, joins James Hamblin and Maeve Higgins on the podcast Social Distance to explain. Listen to their conversation here: Subs...