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By: Devin Stewart Locally, The Watauga Democrat reports three men from New York are in custody at Watauga County Jail after attempting to obtain property by false pretenses. Boone Police officers were called to the Verizon store on Highway 421 Sunday for a report of two people using stolen credit card information in an attempt to purchase cell phones. Courtney Lawerence of Rochester, New York and Xavier Alecia of Far Rockaway, New York were detained on scene. A third suspect, Matthew Pitt of Far

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By sharing the stories behind the numbers, an Emory College student spotlights gaps in health care access for undocumented migrants in Morocco due to the current realities of global policies and the pandemic.  Madelyn R. Haden’s honors thesis illuminates how European Union (EU) policy and funding affects individual sub-Saharan migrants’ lives and experiences, including health care access and societal integration in Morocco. She received highest honors for the thesis and graduates this spring with a bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern and South Asian studies and a minor in human health....

Mar 12, 2021 Yugen Padhye, an 11-year-old student at Tokyo YMCA International School, won the 12th Japan Spelling Bee on March 6, after correctly spelling the winning word — “dodecahedron,” a three-dimensional, 12-faced shape. Padhye will now have the chance to take part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, for which the top 10 to 12 spellers from across the globe will gather in person in Orlando, Florida, on July 8, according to organizers. But he will first need to go through the screening process — the preliminary, quarterfinal and semifinal — which will be held...

Board approves contracts, retirements By Melanie Speicher - mspeicher@sidneydailynews.com SIDNEY — Retirements and approval of staff for the 2021-22 school year were approved during the Sidney City Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Following an executive session at the beginning of the meeting to discuss personnel, the employment of one staff member was pulled out of the personnel matters to be acted upon separately. The motion to vote on the employment of Jason McLain was made by board President Jason Schaffner. McLain, who is currently the business manager for the district...