July 2021

Minneapolis voters in November will have a chance to decide whether to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The ballot question indicates that the new department would take a "comprehensive public…

The Anderson and Cherokee Counties Crisis Center is looking for…

Ten Mahoning Valley arts organizations are among Ohio's 746 recipients. Ten arts organizations in Mahoning Valley are among the 746 grantees from the Ohio Arts Council. In total, the OAC is distributing a record $ 18,479,247 in…

Mohamed Musse graduated from SDSU this year with a bachelor's degree in psychology. This is an incredible accomplishment for someone whose life has been filled with uncertainties. He was born in Kakuma refugee camp, established in 1992,…

Since Arkansas ended the Emergency Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program supplements on June 30, healthy eating has only become more difficult for Tammy Benton and her family.“We paid $ 7.05 for a gallon of milk the…

Law360 (July 21, 2021, 9:35 p.m. EDT) - A cannabis company and its shareholders have filed a lawsuit against its founder in a New York state court, alleging he embezzled at least 1.1 million dollars dollars and possibly up to $ 4…

Volunteers are needed for the next Redwood-area Audubon Society work day, Saturday 9-11 a.m. at Eureka. “The Wigi Wetlands is an area along the Waterfront Trail, behind the Bayshore Shopping Center. The Redwood Region…

PEORIA - When Mary Reising learned that the East Bluff News The Facebook page was in danger of closing, her first thought was "oh, no". Reising had just read that page admin Willa Lucas had decided that the 24/7 tasks required to keep the…

On Thursday, residents of Port Arthur will have the opportunity to express their wishes for Rose Hill Park - one of three approved for renovations in May by voters. The proposal to improve Rose Hill Acres Park, Adams…

A Texas federal judge recently ruled that the DACA program was illegal. The order has left some Arizona DACA recipients with an uncertain future. PHOENIX - They say tomorrow is not guaranteed and that for…

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Franklin County Volunteer Fire Services have spoken out against plans to build a new fire and emergency station in the Glade Hill area.“We do not support this station as it is designed…

Jack Abraham, Atomic VC Gustavo Fernandez via Atomic OpenStore accepts applications from Shopify merchants looking to sell their business. On its website, OpenStore boasts: “Sell your business in 3 easy steps. Jack…

Governor Laura Kelly traveled to Spearville today to celebrate the announcement of the placement of three members of the American Connection Corps in Kansas, who will work to increase broadband access and digital literacy in the state .…

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SANTA FE - Thursday was the day of trial for the founder of a large umbrella and financial services company convicted of stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable customers to satisfy, in the words of a Santa Fe judge , his "incredible…

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Uploaded:, Monday 19 Jul 2021 By press release By Dianne Hellrigel, Steve Messer With the recent reopening of the 3N17 Forest Road, the Community Hiking Club is looking for volunteers to help…

Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Health, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Commerce and the Rhode Island Foundation announced today that 5,000 more Rhode Islanders have…

Yin Wu, a three-time alumnus of YC, is the founder of Pulley, which offers capitalization table management tools that help companies better understand and optimize their capital. I have…

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WINCHESTER, Virginia. - Temperatures in a city can vary by up to 16 degrees per neighborhood, according to…

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA / KFTA) - The latest court ruling that declared DACA illegal is having repercussions in the natural state. A Texas federal judge ruled on Friday that the Obama administration broke federal administrative…

Maple syrup waffles are a welcome breakfast treat, or pair them with fried chicken for an irresistible savory dish. The flexibility of the popular food helped spark the imaginations of two National University of Singapore (NUS) students…

Lewisville City Council hired nationally renowned sculptor Madeline Wiener to create and install a public…

Local News Thrive Alliance is looking for volunteers for the program Thrive Alliance is hosting a virtual session to find participants in Volunteer Advocates…

DALLAS - Alejandra Olvera is a dreamer. She arrived in the United States illegally from Mexico with her mother, who started a flower business in 1989. “It was work. She wanted to give us the best possible…

KISUMU, Kenya - While completing his Masters in Creative Writing in England two years ago, Troy Onyango remembers with his friends lamenting the lack of literary publications devoted to black writers, poets and photographers like them.For…

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The majority of Americans today are anxious; they believe their democracy is under threat. In fact, democracies easily deteriorate. As feared since the days of the Greek philosopher Plato, they can suddenly succumb to the rule of the…

In 2009, Kris Bickell and Geraint Phillips of Cheshire began to think about the future of rugby in the city. Four years earlier, the Cheshire Rugby Club had been established to allow high school athletes to play the sport through the…

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Robert Croom, program director for air conditioning, building automation and commercial refrigeration at GPTC (left), and student Adam Lovell are collaborating on a building engineering project at the college's DeKalb campus in…

The Westchester Country Club is looking for volunteers to work on and off the course during the 121st US Women's Amateur Championship, which runs August 2-8.There are two stroke play qualifying rounds with the best 64 players advancing to…

The second episode of a new podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Brooke Wingo '17, co-founder and president of Zone Swimwear, a company offering fully customizable suits for…

A backgrounder provided to those attending a meeting on Tuesday to discuss how the town of Gadsden should spend around $ 24 million in US bailout funds, said local tax recovery funds and d The State of the Coronavirus is providing eligible…

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Department of Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried disagree on who deserves credit for funding school nutrition assistance. / File photo by Nathan…

Funding, one of the biggest challenges for founders of black tech startups, has quadrupled in the past year according to new data. This is great news for black entrepreneurs, but funding is still relatively low. Crunchbase…

PLEASANTON, Calif. (KGO) - The Alameda County Sheriff's Department concluded Tuesday night that there were only two possibilities in the search for missing jogger Phil Kreycik.After four days of intense search efforts, officials say he's…

The Grandview Fire, pictured July 11, 2021, in central Oregon.Central Oregon District - Oregon Department of ForestryIt's only mid-July, but Oregon fire season is already in full swing. The Bootleg fire in Klamath County is the largest in…

The Biden administration is assigning more immigration officers to review deferred action child arrivals (DACA) deportation assistance program requests in response to a growing backlog of applications, according to the information sent to…

Jasmine De Moya, 17, has dreamed for years of working in the medical field, and she yearned to spend time with elderly people, missing her grandparents, who live in the Dominican Republic. A program sponsored by the New Jewish…

Entrepreneurs working in the circular economy see both the financial and environmental benefits of rethinking e-waste. Atlanta entrepreneur Stephen Wakeling has observed the transformation of space over the past decade while creating…

Mitch Harvey; photo by Stefan Gosatti Co3, Perth's contemporary dance company, is delighted to have secured significant financial support for its commission fund. Established in May 2021, the Commission Fund directly supports Co3's…

Community Cares: Arizona Helping Hands Needs Volunteers FOX 10's Anita Roman reports. PHOENIX - A Valley nonprofit that gives a helping hand to foster children now needs it itself - Helping Hands Arizona is looking for volunteers…

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HOLLAND - Holland Public Schools is asking its community to share their views on the district through an online survey.Posted with a introductory letter from new Superintendent Shanie Keelean, the survey is available on the district…

Small businesses in Columbus that received low-interest loans from a city-funded program designed to help keep businesses afloat during the pandemic have started repaying what they borrowed. The program, called Columbus…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A proposal from the group Citizens for a Safer Cleveland would rewrite part of the Cleveland Charter to give oversight of the police department to the citizens the officers have sworn to protect.The proposed modification…

DALLAS - Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers, was spotted by a reporter from the Salon Friday night walking the halls of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in…

Pressed for more disclosure, the Small Business Administration on Friday released a list of 101,004 companies that have received more than $ 28.6 billion in grants from the Restaurant…

Volunteer Columbia, the city's volunteer program, celebrated a milestone on Thursday - its silver anniversary.While the volunteer program began 25 years ago, city departments used the help of volunteers long before that date, said Leigh…

As we celebrate July 4 while shyly emerging from the worst pangs of the COVID-19 epidemic, it's hard not to…

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - The Buffalo Public School District has unveiled a draft plan to spend $ 289 million in federal funding under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Plan (ESSER).The district proposes to spend $ 175…

Michigan's Department of Natural Resources has awarded more than $ 4 million in grants to 23 communities across the state to boost boating. Projects in Charlevoix County have been designated to receive a total of $ 639,100, while an…

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - After 16 months, Franciscan Health in Lafayette is once again welcoming volunteers. However, due to the…

Karla Altmayer was a third-year law student in 2012, helping Illinois farm workers who are victims of gender-based violence. Sheerine Alemzadeh was a lawyer at the time and, like Altmeyer, was trying to help low-income workers facing…

HANCOCK COUNTY - Christmas arrived early for 38 local nonprofits this summer, as the Hancock County Community Foundation handed out more than $ 160,000 in grants as part of its 2021 annual grant campaign.Recipients stopped by the…

Renee Edel discovers that she doesn't need to lead the wild horses of…

LOMPOC, Calif .-- Lompoc City Council seeks public input, as part of a city redistribution process, and is required every 10 years. "The idea here is that after every census there has to be a review process to make sure that…

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (WAFB) - There are over 3,000 children in the foster care system in Louisiana.Advocates say the pandemic has prevented many children from finding permanent homes, but there is a way to help."Now that everything is…

The University Library has announced the creation of a new community archiving program that will build on the foundations of its decades-old Regional History Project (RHP). With the retirement of longtime RHP Director Irene Reti, the…

Greater Sydney Police are working to ensure compliance following the extension of public health orders announced by NSW Health today.State Emergency Operations Comptroller Assistant Commissioner Gary Worboys said with the extension now is…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Charlottesville Salvation Army has worked tirelessly to ensure the safety and food of the homeless in our community during the pandemic. These efforts are not stopping yet, but they join many others in…

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Hoosiers who needed a lifeline during the pandemic are now being told they have to pay back all the money. Several people contacted News 8 for help. Indiana's Pandemic Unemployment…

DOH PRESS RELEASE: NEW DATA PROVIDES A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF VACCINATIONS IN HAWAII'I - Vaccination rates by county and age now include federal doses Posted on July 6, 2021 in Latest News, Press Room HONOLULU - COVID-19 data from…

Brian Boles could barely contain his excitement. The Army veteran had been without his support dog, Ruby, for two days after being frightened by fireworks and running away from their home in Fullerton. The Pit Bull / Lab Mix was one of 80…

Local For every 5,000 more people who receive a first dose of a vaccine, an increasing amount of money will…

Cochlear implants (CIs) work differently from a hearing aid by bringing sound to the brain in new ways, allowing recipients to hear speech and environmental sounds more clearly than they could hear with hearing aids. Assistance may be…

The Scott Fire Department is currently looking for people who want to help their community by taking on the role of volunteer firefighter. SFD, a volunteer department, is accepting applications until Saturday July 10. The department is…

By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES - The community building of the Generation II Dream Playground in Port Angeles was a great success thanks to the hundreds of volunteers, and now is the time to give the final push to…

Tuluksak lost its water plant in a fire on January 16, 2021. (Olivia Ebertz / KYUK) Long-awaited water plant has arrived in Tuluksak after a fire destroyed the only running water source for the Southwest Alaska…

PSD PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19 UPDATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Posted on July 6, 2021 in Latest News, Press Room HONOLULU - The Hawaii Community Correctional Center (HCCC) has received test results from 44 inmates. Of these,…

BOSTON (CBS) - Holding a high powered rifle and bragging about his arsenal on his YouTube channel - Jamhal Latimer, also known as Jamhal Talib Abdullah Bey, the self-proclaimed leader of the Rise of the Moors - suggested he would shoot an…

Juneau officials will discuss the community's latest COVID-19 developments in an update at 4 p.m. today on Zoom. You can watch here over the city The Facebook page, or listen by calling 1-253-215-8782 or 1-346-248-7799 with webinar ID 985…

December 18, 2020; Los Angeles, California, United States; Oregon Ducks defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) celebrates after being selected as the Pac-12 Championship…

Sterling Regional MedCenter volunteers awarded $ 1,000 scholarships to six recipients. The SRM Volunteer Scholarships are awarded to students who are pursuing a study in the medical field at a two-year college or university. The six…

An Iowa District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit against the planned stadium of Des Moines Public Schools at Drake University. a one-vote stadium project. Save Our Stadiums said the new stadium would eliminate…

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WVLT) - The city of Knoxville has kept its promise to help end gun violence among youth after five teenagers were gunned down this year. Their efforts include a new pilot program for young people that has started…

In April, when the Oregon Institute of Technology set its tuition fee for the new academic year, the university's board agreed to a 4.9% increase. But, the board said it wouldn't increase tuition fees that much if Oregon's public…

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - In about a week, nearly 2,000 teens, their families and their horses will descend on Lincoln for the National High School Rodeo Finals.Preparations are underway at the Lancaster Event Center, which is hosting the…