About a year after it was first announced, the relocation by the Social Security Administration from New Kensington to Harrison is moving forward. Construction is underway inside the former CVS store in Heights Plaza, just off Freeport Road. “The move date will be confirmed as we get closer to construction
Bidding was extended for three of six reef lighthouses off the island chain for those interested in potentially purchasing one of the historic ironwork structures.
After a year of cancellations and a lack of in-person activities, local overnight and day camps are ready to open with a few operational changes like social distancing, and in most cases, masking. âI think camp is more important than it has ever been, for campers to be outside and social and with other kids,â said Heather Withrow, president of Jumonville Camp in Hopwood. The Fayette County camp is one of many that did operate last year due to the pandemic. Withrow believes this yearâs sessions will offer a sense of normalcy for children who missed out on so much in 2020.
An upcoming sale of federal land in New Mexico to the oil and gas industry was postponed by the Bureau of Land Management about a month after President Joe Biden called for an indefinite halt on new federal oil and gas leases. The sale originally scheduled for April 15 would have included about 535 acres of federal land on four parcels in Lea County and one in Chaves County. The sale was also to include a parcel in Dewey County, Oklahoma. A public scoping period for the sale was held from Oct. 5 to Oct. 19, 2020 and the BLM released an environmental analysis the following December that showed the sale and subsequent extraction activities on the proposed land would have no significant impact to the environment or human health.