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REST IN PEACE. Expressions of sympathy and sadness pour in after the death on Jan. 29, 2022 of Sadanga, Mountain Province Mayor Gabino Ganggangan (3rd from left), who is shown in this undated file photo. The late mayor was a strong oppositor of the CPP-NPA communist terrorist group and a staunch advocate of peace and autonomy in the Cordillera region. (PNA file photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Some government officials and friends expressed their sadness over the sudden death of Sadanga, Mountain Province Mayor Gabino Ganggangan, who openly advocated for the region's peace and develop...

A Charlotte-based developer is eyeing a $70 million project on the current site of a downtown Greenville community center. SunCap Property Group has plans to move forward with 250 apartments, more than 15,000 square feet for retail space and a parking garage along roughly three acres of land across from Fluor Field. “We really wanted to create a project that really supported and continued what’s so great about the West End,” said David Lee, senior vice president of SunCap Property Group. “We, quite frankly, consider this to be the best site in Greenville.” Lee said he’s worki...

The alarm bells went off with this 2016 headline: “South Bend neighborhood has a higher rate of lead poisoning than Flint.” Lead is a toxic, human-produced metal that can be found in soil, paint, dust, water and, as the headline indicates, children, who can be exposed to this environmental hazard. Lead poisoning takes a terrible toll on people and communities, and “once exposed, never the same,” as the neurological and health impacts can be permanent. Yet, just as lead was put into the environment by us, so it is also an avoidable hazard if we know where it is and know how...