WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Sunday’s strong winds caused all sorts of problems for people in the DMV, such as a giant tree falling onto a home in Chevy Chase. Large tree falls on home in Montgomery County The 75-foot tall tree fell onto a Chevy Chase home, downing power lines and blocking a road. […]
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George Washington Carver National Monument to host next Coffee with Carver March 21
Mar. 9—DIAMOND, Mo. — The next Coffee with Carver will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 21, inside the visitor center at George Washington Carver National Monument near Diamond. Coffee and hot tea will be provided as a park ranger shares insights about Carver’s agricultural bulletin titled “Some Choice Vegetables” that taught impoverished, sharecropping farm […]
input on Bears Ears National Monument Draft Plan Wanted
(Photo/U.S. Dept. of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management) The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service are seeking public input on a draft plan to guide management of the Bears Ears National Monument, incorporating considerable input from the Bears Ears Commission, the State of Utah, other cooperating agencies, and the public. The […]
Mayor had assist from governor in wrecking monument
Feb. 29—Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber finally made a smart move regarding the shattered Soldiers’ Monument. He shut up. Webber said no comment after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham justifiably characterized him as a poor leader. The governor’s animus sprang from a recent deposition Webber gave about destruction of the monument in 2020. Lujan Grisham said […]
Monument Creek Fire briefing on response
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Monument Creek Fire at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) is now 90% contained and has consumed 168 acres. On Wednesday, fire and Academy officials briefed the community on their response and efforts to battle the fire west of the Pine Valley Housing area. “It was our good friends. The faces […]
Air Force Academy battles wildfire at West Monument Creek
Firefighters are working to contain a large wildfire that broke out along the southern grounds of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Sunday afternoon. “As of 9 a.m. today, the West Monument Creek Fire has burned 168 acres and is 20 percent contained. U.S. Air Force Academy and Colorado Springs fire departments worked […]
Port Royal’s Fort Frederick a monument to turbulent history and a peaceful place for a picnic
It is difficult to imagine residents of the beautiful Lowcountry living under threat of war and desolation. Native Americans who inhabited the islands and forests of the region first felt it when French and then Spanish outposts came and went. Then English settlements began to take root. These early colonists labored with a wary eye […]
Arizona Republicans challenge Biden’s designation of a national monument near the Grand Canyon
The Arizona Legislature’s top two Republicans have challenged Democratic President Joe Biden’s creation of a new national monument last summer just outside Grand Canyon National Park, alleging he exceeded his legal authority in making that designation under a century-old law that lets presidents protect sites considered historically or culturally important. In a lawsuit filed Monday […]
Childhood home of Utah’s most notorious outlaw could soon become a state monument
Butch Cassidy’s legacy is a bit complex. Cassidy, whose real name was Robert LeRoy Parker, is viewed by some as a ruthless criminal who robbed trains and banks throughout the West at the turn of the 20th century. Others see his actions in a more redeeming light, as he targeted large businesses that threatened the […]
Russian attacks hit 18th-century national monument of Cossack period in Kherson Oblast
Russian forces struck the nationally significant 18th-century historical site of Kamianska Sich in Kherson Oblast with three powerful hits, the Culture Ministry reported on Feb 2. Russia has already damaged or destroyed over 120 nationally significant monuments since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to UNESCO, Russia’s war has damaged at least 337 cultural sites […]
Monument Fire Department celebrates new wildland engine
(MONUMENT, Colo.) — The Monument Fire Department (MFD) celebrated a new ambulance and wildland engine with an official push-in ceremony on Saturday morning on Jan. 27 at the Monument Fire Station 1. Push-in ceremonies date back to when horses still pulled fire engines and firefighters would manually push their engines back into their station. The […]
Captain Cook monument cut down by protesters ahead of Australia Day
Two monuments symbolising Australia’s colonial past were damaged by protesters ahead of an increasingly polarising national holiday that marks the anniversary of British settlement. A statue in Melbourne of British naval officer James Cook, who in 1770 charted Sydney’s coast, was sawn off at the ankles on Thursday, while a monument of Queen Victoria in […]