Philip Isley, chairman of the Centennial Authority, could barely hold back his emotions on Thursday morning. Seated at the head of a long wooden table, his voice trailed off as he spoke to his fellow board members. It was hard not to get choked up as he relished in the fruits of his labor, manning […]
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School districts scramble to finalize budgets, calendars amid uncertainty
May 6—If Wagon Mound Public Schools were to shift to a five-day school week, Superintendent Anita Romero anticipated she would lose all but one of her district’s six high school teachers. She said she’d expect only two of her nine elementary school teachers to weather the transition. The others would quit rather than make the […]
BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas
Public lands in the Montana Mountains provide access to the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Nevada. (Bureau of Land Management photo) The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a news release from the Interior Department said. The rule, which […]
US State Dept ‘fully expects’ to finalize new AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Friday it fully expects to finalize new trade exemptions for the AUKUS defense project with Australia and Britain in the next 120 days, signaling a further delay in the move, but offering the prospect of a positive outcome in the project to counter China. […]
BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas
Public lands in the Montana Mountains provide access to the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Nevada. (Courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management) The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a news release from the Interior Department said. The […]
BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas
Public lands in the Montana Mountains provide access to the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Nevada. (Bureau of Land Management photo) The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a Thursday news release from the Interior Department said. The rule, […]
BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas
Public lands in the Montana Mountains provide access to the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Nevada. (Bureau of Land Management photo) The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a Thursday news release from the Interior Department said. The rule, […]
BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas
Public lands in the Montana Mountains provide access to the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Nevada. (Bureau of Land Management photo) The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a Thursday news release from the Interior Department said. The rule, […]
Haitian leaders finalize political accord for proposed transition government
Haiti’s leaders have finalized a political agreement to serve as the framework of a 22-month transitional government that will be charged with returning order to the gang-plagued capital and pave the way toward elections for the swearing-in of a new president in two years — on Feb. 7, 2026. A nine-member ruling council, made up […]
Trump is set to finalize his RNC takeover, installing a key ally and his daughter-in-law as leaders
HOUSTON (AP) — Donald Trump is set to complete his takeover of the Republican National Committee on Friday when GOP officials vote to install the former president’s hand-picked leadership team — including his daughter-in-law Lara Trump. Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican who has echoed Trump’s false theories of voter fraud, is set to be […]
Ukraine, Denmark finalize long-term security agreement
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen signed a 10-year agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and Denmark on Feb. 23 in Lviv, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva said. The U.K., Germany, and France have earlier signed similar deals to help Ukraine repel Russia’s aggression based on a pledge made […]