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COLUMBIA - During the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer people traveled. As people stayed home, revenue from the City of Columbia’s hotel occupancy tax has decreased. Hotel occupancies were especially low in May 2020, a time of year devoted to graduation ceremonies that never happened.  Courtyard by Marriott's General Manager Eric Lawson said that the past year has been difficult. “I think the struggles have just been people not travelling. The industry itself has just really been hit by that,” Lawson said.  The hotel industry is also dealing with labor shortages. Lawson said he i...

Victoria Young Carolina Country Music Awards’ Duo of the Year Walter Finley and April Dawn are turning what they used as a creative outlet during the pandemic into a new way of touring. When summer rolled around last year, it became clear that the pandemic wasn’t letting up. Dawn, who grew up on a farm near Concord and Mount Pleasant, said she and Finley were sitting around their house at Lake Norman and decided to pick up a guitar and start to play on their dock. While performing old favorites and even slipping a few of their original songs in the mix, neighbors and pas...

The Sonoma County town that embraced its tent city Angela Hart, Kaiser Health News April 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail From May to November, Santa Rosa spent $680,000 to supply and manage a tent city at a popular neighborhood community center. The six-month experiment charted a new course for the Northern California city's approach to homeless services. (Angela Hart/KHN/TNSAngela Hart/TNS SANTA ROSA, Calif. — They knew the neighborhood would revolt. It was early May, and officials in this Northern California city known for its farm-to-table dining culture and pumped-up housing prices were ...

Busted Kennewick Thief Used Box Truck As Getaway Vehicle Remember the infamous OJ Simpson police chase with the white Bronco? We had our own version of that police chase right here in the Tri-Cities except with a box truck that obviously couldn't go very fast. I think you know this is going to end badly for the suspect right? The incident started at the Kennewick Home Depot at 3910 W. 27th Ave and then proceeded down Highway 82 near the Finley exit. Here is what happened according to the police report filed by the Kennewick Police Department: On 01/19/21 at 2030 hours, Kennewick Police Offic...

But today's hearing is at 1:00, not 10:00. the witnesses lacked appropriate notice for the hearing today. that's a simple basic subpoena issue. but we are the judiciary committee. i can understand this -- and it will fence -- natural resources, i can understand if they get it wrong. or transportation. i don't understand how judiciary gets this wrong! this chairman wants to hold people in contempt for not showing up. try to enforce this in court. because there is no extra letter, there is no clarification of time, and when i was given a subpoenaor my client to appear in court, "what time do app...