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Former Republican State Senator Jerry Apa passes away Former Republican State Senator Jerry Apa, who served in both the House and in the Senate, passed away on April 1st with funeral services this weekend in Spearfish: Jerry began his political career with his election to the Lawrence County Commission, serving from January 1979 to December 1986. He was elected, once again, to the Lawrence County Commission from January 1993 to December 1996. Jerry also served in both the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1997 to December 2000, and the South Dakota State Senate from January 2001 to D...

Folks in the Fredericksburg region with wishes for serious snow had them granted Sunday in a storm that had state police responding to help nearly 500 motorists across Virginia involved in crashes or stuck on snowy roads. But as usual for snow storms in the Fredericksburg region, what fell on Sunday and what is expected again Monday wasn’t and likely won’t be as simple as pretty white flakes falling from the sky. After snow, rain and sleet fell at different times Sunday, with between 3 and 5 or more inches of snow measured in different spots around the region, the National Weather S...

This year, there are many reasons to celebrate our own Catholic school here in Portland, as well as Catholic schools around the nation, as we continue to work through the pandemic. Catholic schools offer academic excellence and faith-filled education where God is embraced and not marginalized. While some Catholic schools are challenged by declining enrollments and school closures, St. Patrick School continues to have a steady enrollment, and Catholic schools in the Diocese of Grand Rapids also

"Singularity" Book Cover Alexander, a young man, lives by the motto, 'God's blessings and hard work,' engraved on a bracelet his mother Daisy had given him. His great grandparents immigrated to America at the beginning of the 21 st century. An exceptional leader, Alexander works for the International Space Command Center, where he also has a love interest. In the devastating conditions that prevail around him, the fate of mankind rests on Alexander and his crew, who must find a new home. The future that Alexander lives in is here with us today. In "Singularity," the authors have traced the f...

Letters to the editor: Vaccine advice, beware gerrymandered courts, Kelly questioned Erie Times-News Forget Banana Split Day, pass laws to improve Pennsylvanians' lives If dysfunction were measured in fire alarms, Pennsylvania’s legislature would rightly be a five-alarm fire. Pennsylvania’s legislature, among the largest and highest paid in the country, does appallingly little lawmaking, even when the issue before them is a certified no-brainer. Our full-time legislators in the House met 69 days, and Senate members only 52 days, in the last calendar year. At the beginning of every legisl...