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Second Gifts of Hope campaign was a huge success The Bemidji Alliance brought back the Gifts of Hope program for one week and the community responded in full force, with $212,000 going back to the local economy. 12:14 pm, Dec. 24, 2020 × BEMIDJI -- The Gifts of Hope program returned in December and once again, it was a success. After a solid run in spring, the Bemidji Alliance brought back the Gifts of Hope campaign to assist hospitality businesses that were closed because of Gov. Tim Walz's shutdown efforts to mitigate the coronavirus. The first campaign ran in the spr...

Pennsylvania’s political lowlights and highlights of 2020, a year we don’t want to relive | Opinion Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 Armed Trump supporters attend a rally protesting the election of Joe Biden at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Nov. 7. Facebook Share By John Baer News and politics in 2020 hit the Keystone State like a pair of tag-team brutes. It was a year of body-slams. A novel coronavirus, contagious and deadly, wasn’t enough. There was racial and civil unrest. A contested presidential race drawing the world’s attention. And more anger, sorrow...

Tracking Santa’s route; Christmas Eve weather alert; more: Good Morning, Pennsylvania PennLive.com 12/24/2020 Janet Pickel, pennlive.com © Justo Smoker has been charged in her death.\nMark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com/pennlive.com/TNS NORAD is in its 65th year of tracking Santa's Christmas Eve Journey. What you need to know for Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Weather Photo of the day Christmas Eve Tracking Santa: Kids (and adults) can still track Santa’s route tonight via NORAD, which put pandemic safeguards in place to keep the tradition alive. Read more. © Justo Smoker ha...

From DC to Harrisburg, government is flunking crisis management | Opinion Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 People sledded down the steps on the Capitol building in Harrisburg after the arrival of a snowstorm Wednesday. Facebook Share By John Baer I was struck by recent reports that 30-plus U.S. corporations have committed to creating 1 million new “family-sustaining” jobs for Black Americans, primarily those without college degrees. The effort, run by a nonprofit startup, “OneTen,” already raised $100 million. It comes in response to this year’s focus on racial inequalit...

Airport designates CARES expenses Columbus Municipal Airport has decided which expenses it plans to have reimbursed with its $69,000 allocation from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. The aviation board approved a pay request to seek CARES reimbursement from the Federal Aviation Administration for the following items: Gate 1 replacement — $6,590 Fuel farm relocation — $5,900 Round top hangar gutters — $3,980 Round top hangar siding — $7,530 Round top hangar roof — $11,500 Grade and roll runway approach — $10,950 Airfield crack sealing — $5,169.98 Precision Ap...