Page 21 - Alan Olson News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) In one of his first official acts after taking office, President Joe Biden revoked the federal permit for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline that would have traversed eastern Montana on its way from the Alberta oilfields to the Gulf of Mexico. The Wednesday move at least temporarily halts the construction on the highly contentious project that has seen several administrative stops and starts since its first application for state approval in 2008. It also raises the prospect that the oil could travel instead via pipeline through Iowa or on rail through Iowa, W...

jking@theintelligencer.net Photo by Alan Olson – Jenny Herbak’s first grade class at Glen Dale Elementary School settles in for class Tuesday morning. WHEELING — Both students and teachers were all smiles Tuesday when students returned to the classroom around West Virginia, some for the first time in months. Ohio and Marshall county schools welcomed back the first half of their elementary and middle school students Tuesday. In Ohio County, those in Group B returned for in-person classes. At Woodsdale Elementary School, teachers greeted their students with music and welcome signs ...

JOSELYN KING Staff Writer WHEELING — The Ohio County Board of Education voted Friday morning to return to a hybrid or blended method of educating its students, utilizing both in-person and remote learning opportunities. The county largely will return to the plan it implemented at the start of the current school year, with just half of the students attending school on Mondays and Thursdays and others on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays will remain a day for remote learning In grades kindergarten through eighth grade, half of the students — or Group B — will return to the classrooms Tuesd...

PHOTOS YOU LOOK AT AND THEN NEVER FORGET It is either El Chucacabra or the Abdominal Snowman out testing. You’re guess is as good as ours.   Not only does MXA always park in the exact same spot every week at the races, but it is valet parking. And you thought electric bike stands were only for bikes and that girls didn’t know how to work on trucks. You can find Motocross Action logos in the strangest places, but you never expect to see it at an air show on a Sbach 342 Thunderbolt aerobatic plane. This kid has a lot of BMX trophies! He also has seven AMA Supercross Championships and the ...

Some Montana petroleum engineers making it work during pandemic By: Phoenix O'Connor and last updated 2020-12-16 19:56:36-05 HELENA — Montana Tech in Butte graduates some of the most promising petroleum engineers in the nation. But the pandemic has created uncertainty for students preparing to enter the field. MTN's Phoenix O'Connor talked to experts about how graduates can continue to grow their skills, while waiting for the industry to rebound. Alan Olson, the Executive Director for the Montana Petroleum Association says 2020 has been a bust for the oil industry. "I thi...