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La diputada de 'Toma La Palabra' en la Diputación de Valladolid, Virginia Hernández, presentará la próxima semana su dimisión como diputada provincial, aunque s

La portavoz de Toma la Palabra en la Diputación entiende que debe dejarlo ante la certeza de no poder cumplir el compromiso adquirido en 2019

We need to start preparing for that happy day, which might be just three years away. Gov. Ralph Northam has proposed using $700 million of Virginia’s $4.3 billion share of federal stimulus funds for rural broadband, an amount that is said to be sufficient to get the state as close to 100% broadband coverage as possible by 2024. This calls for context, although nearly universal broadband coverage is pretty good context on its own. This is our rural electrification moment, if you’re loo...

New River Valley falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal as new variant lurks Just 46% of New River Valley adults have been vaccinated Updated:  Tags:  New River Valley wont reach 70% by July 4 NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. – While Virginia as a whole reached President Joe Biden’s Fourth of July goal of getting 70% of American adults partially vaccinated, virtually all of the communities in our region will not reach that target. On Monday, health officials reported that the New River Vall...

LIST: Which Virginia stores still require masks to enter - and which don’t? Virginia lifted its mask mandate for fully vaccinated people on May 15 Published:  Updated:  Tags:  As of May 15, Many stores have now dropped mask requirements and if you don’t see a store listed below, check the door before entering -- most have their policy posted there. Here’s a look at which stores and businesses are still requiring customers to wear mask -- and which are not: Requiring masks

Apr 7, 2021 Eugene “Smitty” Franklin Smith, 83 of Salem, Ohio, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 4, 2021. He was born on October 6, 1937 in Youngstown, Ohio to his parents; the late Eddie and Marguirite (Crook) Smith. Smitty attended school in North Lima. He married the love of his life; Nancy Louise (Needham) Smith on November 30, 1958 and together they built a beautiful life which spanned more than 62 years of marriage together. Smitty was employed at Col-Pump Co. Inc., a metal cas...

State Roundup: Maryland, jurisdictions could get $6.4 billion in federal stimulus funds The view of the Maryland Senate chamber from the desk of Majority Leader Nancy King. From Kings Facebook page VAN HOLLEN: HOW STIMULUS WILL AID MARYLAND:: U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Friday criticized the Hogan administration’s rollout of coronavirus vaccines, saying the state needs to do more to make vaccines more accessible in underserved communities. Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter interviews ...

To New Yorkers who have watched Cuomo for years, the allegations are consistent with how the governor maintains his tight grip on power — the same forceful, micromanaging, even adversarial style that appeared to serve him well in the pandemic, they say, could lead to his undoing

It was N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Emmy-winning performance of daily televised coronavirus briefings in which he projected competence and compassion, helping to calm a nervous nation. Now, many Americans are getting a close-up of a very different governor.

It was Andrew Cuomo’s Emmy-winning performance: daily televised coronavirus briefings in which the New York governor projected competence and compassion, helping to calm a nervous nation. Now, the many Americans whose positive impressions of Cuomo were formed during the height of the pandemic are getting a close-up of a very different governor, one accused of […]