Feb. 13—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph TAZEWELL, Va. — A Virginia Department of Transportation study aimed at making roadways in Tazewell County’s Route 19 and Route 460 corridor safer started asking Monday for citizens to share their ideas and comments. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking feedback on two Project Pipeline transportation […]
Feb. 12—The public will have an additional month to weigh in on a federal report assessing the possible impacts of the latest proposed measures for cleaning up a toxic chromium plume beneath Los Alamos National Laboratory. The U.S. Energy Department issued the 115-page environmental assessment in November, then offered a 60-day period for public comment […]
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump‘s comment that Washington might not defend NATO allies which failed to spend enough on defence is exactly what Russian President Vladimir Putin loves to hear, the Dutch defence minister said on Monday. Trump suggested the United States might not protect NATO allies who aren’t spending enough […]
Feb. 5—The public again will have a chance to comment about an environmental assessment of a planned 14-mile high-voltage line that will stretch through forests and the Caja del Rio to Los Alamos National Laboratory. The U.S. Energy Department and its nuclear security agency will hold a second hearing on the power line Feb. 15 […]
Feb. 5—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Monday reminded customers of PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) and other concerned parties about the start of a public comment period on a proposed settlement that was sparked by consumer billing issues which stretched through much of 2023. The settlement — which was proposed by the PUC’s […]
Prosecutors relied heavily on an Erie woman’s testimony as they sought a conviction against one of her co-defendants on second-degree murder and other charges in a 2022 robbery and shooting that led to the death of a city man. But one comment made by Julia Gaerttner on the witness stand Monday led Erie County Judge […]
After Skokie Trustee James Johnson walked off the dais at a village board meeting Jan. 16 to make a public comment accusing the Village Board of political hiring or patronage in the village’s legal department, Mayor George Van Dusen cautioned him. Johnson previously walked out of the Village Board meeting on Jan. 2 when the […]
An MP in the UK has had the Labour whip suspended after she appeared to say the war in Gaza should be remembered as a genocide in a post about Holocaust Memorial Day. Kate Osamor has issued an apology for “any offence caused” by the message on the eve of the day marking the murder […]
On Wednesday, Donald Trump made a pointed statement on Truth Social directed towards Nikki Haley‘s donors, writing, “Anybody that makes a ‘contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp,” and less than 24-hours later, Haley flipped the attack into a campaign merchandise opportunity. “Enough said…Grab your shirt here!” Haley […]
Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine on 23 January. The cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv suffered the most damage. So far, 22 people have been reported injured in the capital. A total of 6 people were killed and 51 injured in Kharkiv. Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life) has collected stories of those affected by the morning missile […]
(Bloomberg) — China has made “serious representations” to Australia over a statement on Taiwan’s election result by the foreign ministry in Canberra, in the latest challenge to recently improved ties between the two nations. Most Read from Bloomberg Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian said on Wednesday that his government had rebuked Australia over comments by the […]
The Republican congresswoman who drew attention at a congressional hearing for saying Hunter Biden is the “epitome of white privilege” was immediately called out for her apparent duplicity regarding her work in civil rights and for invoking the phrase “white privilege” in bad taste. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina was the one Republican congressional […]