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Updated March 18 at 9:58 PM Facebook couldn't finish connecting a trans-Pacific telecommunications cable before a key permit was set to expire. The company ran smack into a state-imposed March 26 deadline as it sought to connect the cable to on-shore facilities on a residential lot it owns in Tierra del Mar. The social media giant originally hoped to finish the project last spring, but its effort to drill a horizontal shaft to a "punch-out" spot half a mile offshore met with failure. Facebook's contractor belatedly told state permitting agencies it had left 1,100 feet of drill pipe, 6...

Looking forward to Parks and Rec events Community clean up and fishing derby are on the event docket for this coming spring Winter tends to feel like it will never end. The rain, snow, clouds, cold: It can get rather depressing. My sister recently told me that she has finally figured out that she is solar-powered! When the sun is out and hot, the batteries stay charged up, and when it's not, well everything is just harder. I totally relate to this. The cold weather definitely keeps me indoors more, and I really have to try harder to work up the mental energy to get much done.

Participants will be picking up litter on Highway 90. “We are excited about the Cumberland Falls Cleanup,” said Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White. “They are planning on proceeding with it with some adjustments to the normal event to be safe during COVID.” Last year’s Spring cleanup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are thrilled that we are going to be able to do the Spring Cleanup this year,” said Maggy Kriebel, the director of Corbin Tourism. “As you can imagine, where we had to can the event last year due to Coronavirus, the amount of trash and litter th...

Executive Editor ELKINS — The newest phase of the city of Elkins’ sewer separation project has gotten off to “a little bit of a rocky start,” a city official said. In last week’s Elkins City Council meeting, Operations Manager Bob Pingley gave an update on the project, which got underway Feb. 1. “Phase II of the sewer separation project … got off to a little bit of a rocky start,” Pingley said. “It’s a very deep trench, with very poor soil in South Elkins. “We had some problems with close proximity to water lines. But I think we’ve worked through these problems, and no...

JIM COCHRAN The Marshall County Health Department has received word that it will be receiving 738 first dose COVID-19 vaccinations to be given from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Chevron Building at the Marshall County Fairgrounds. Although this figure is less than this past week, health department director Tom Cook said he was pleased, adding that this will bring the figure for the two week period to 1,998 vaccinations given. This past week’s vaccinations went very smoothly, according to Cook. “This past week’s distribution was a teamwork effort, we couldn’t have carried this o...