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James (Jim) Edward Johnson passed on May 1, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born to James and June (Schuman) Johnson in Camp Douglas Wisconsin on

Though official candidate filings do not occur until March, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising. A look at what funds Northern Nevada candidates have going into the election.

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In northern Minnesota’s Aitkin County, just north of the tiny town of Palisade, construction workers are clear-cutting a wide path through the forest near the Mississippi River, heavy equipment rumbling, to make way for the new Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project.  And Tania Aubid, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is there to try to stop them. "They want to ship the tar sands, toxic oil. … And when that pipeline breaches, it's going to go into the waterways here," she said.  Aubid has come to this place every day for more than a week, part of a group of people wh...