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Van Buren County Sheriff Abbott says a tip about Justin Ryan’s alleged activity came into their office over two months ago.

After several elections, no problems with the Maine-made collection boxes were reported by the Maine Secretary of State’s Office, according to their designer.

Immediately after the tragedy in late February, the county’s Critical Incident Stress Management team has been by the family’s and colleague’s sides, helping them cope.

Dangerous winter weather is ravaging the nation from California through the northern Plains. The storms have trapped drivers on icy roads, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and grounded hundreds of flights. For the first time since 1989, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning through Saturday for Southern California mountains. Forecasters predict as much as 3 to 5 feet of snow could fall in the Sierra Nevada region on Thursday. They said the intense moisture in the air also raises the risk of flash floods across Southern California.

Winter storms are sowing more chaos across the U.S. The weather shut down much of Portland after the city experienced its second snowiest day in history and paralyzed travel from parts of the Pacific Coast all the way to the northern Plains. The nearly 11 inches of snow that fell in Portland stalled traffic during the Wednesday evening rush hour and trapped drivers on freeways. Some spent the night in their vehicles or abandoned them altogether as crews struggled to clear roads. The storms brought heavy snow to places that rarely see it, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and ...