Eric Rader News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

This year, 27 students, including three veterans, received scholarships totaling $73,500.

An atmospheric river brought extra rain to Mason County on Tuesday, causing flooding along the Skokomish River.

Born in Alabama, Hill and his family moved to Michigan when he was 6 months old. After graduating from Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, he began his education at Kellogg Community College, where he completed coursework in general studies.

“Claiming Our Power, Protecting Our Democracy.” That was the theme of this year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference in Washington, D.C., and an impressive lineup of speakers showed exactly how it’s done. From young union workers describing how they “claim their power” at Starbucks and Amazon, to workshops on how to “protect our democracy” from voter suppression, the conference inspired hundreds of unionists to learn about and act on building a stronger union and a better world.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two people have together been awarded $10.4 million at trial after a jury found they suffered hearing loss and emotional trauma when they narrowly escaped a natural gas explosion in Portland.