BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) —The East Baton Rouge School board’s final decision on Dr. Sito Narcisse’s contract left some feeling uneasy. However, Adam Smith will now take his place as interim superintendent and Smith could possibly be around longer than expected. “I want to offer up a substitute motion that removes any language that barriers that […]
Jan. 13—NAACP Boulder County has asked the Boulder Police Oversight Panel if it has the power to investigate the background of Interim Police Chief Stephen Redfearn, who earlier this week was promoted after Police Chief Maris Herold suddenly resigned. Members of the local NAACP branch openly called for Redfearn’s resignation late last year over his […]
Jan. 11—Only have a minute? Listen instead With the departure of Eduardo Campirano as port director and CEO of the Port of Brownsville, Brownsville Navigation District commissioners have named William G. Dietrich, the port’s chief of police, interim head as the search for Campirano’s successor continues. A national search for a new port director began […]
Jan. 10—PLATTSBURGH — Dr. Brent Carbajal, former Provost and Vice President of academic affairs at Western Washington University, will join SUNY Plattsburgh as interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Carbajal will begin Monday, August 14. Carbajal’s work at Western Washington, in Bellingham, Wash., 20 miles south of the Canadian border, spanned more […]
Dec. 26—Board has until Jan. 1, 2025 to create established ordinance for the county The Mower County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday morning passed a pair of ordinances regarding cannabis sales and use in the county. After being advanced from a previous meeting, the council unanimously adopted both a cannabis interim ordinance and cannabis use […]
Silicon Valley tech execs are an unpredictable bunch. In good times, they challenge each other to cage fights and argue over the dangers of AI at birthday parties. But when times are tough, they band together to ensure everyone stays on the job train. During Sam Altman’s surprise ouster from OpenAI last month, Airbnb’s CEO […]