Tala Brown smiles while accepting the drum adorned with two hand-painted eagle feathers. It’s Tuesday, May 21, and the 18-year-old is one of dozens of students being celebrated at the Indian Education Program’s graduation ceremony in Tacoma. Brown is an enrolled member of the Athabaskan Tribe who’s part of the program’s class of 2024 at […]
HARTLAND — A small group of metal drums housed by the Hartland School District have been deemed to have no danger to the community and are slated to be removed in the near future. The drums are located behind the district’s maintenance building, located roughly 100 feet east of Hartland Village Elementary, according to Superintendent Chuck […]
The last of three men charged by state authorities with illegally dumping 55-gallon drums around parts of western Erie County in 2019 was sentenced to a year of probation on his guilty plea to a felony charge in the case. Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender ordered 56-year-old Richard J. Gomolekoff to serve the first 30 […]