KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A former senator in Pakistan was killed Wednesday when a vehicle carrying him and supporters struck a roadside bomb in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border, police said. Two other people were killed. Two other people were wounded in the attack in Bajur, a district in […]
ATWOOD, Kan. (KSNW) – Excavators are ripping the Rawlins County Jr./Sr. High School to pieces one a year after an intentionally set fire caused extensive damage. On June 5, 2023, a fire was set at the Rawlins County Jr./Sr. High School. The fire took hours to bring under control and injured 10 firefighters. Two juveniles […]
The Fourth of July always seems to arrive before we know it, the height of summer here already. With the holiday weekend comes fireworks; read on to find the best show in northwest Indiana. If no time is mentioned, most displays begin at dusk after 9:15 p.m. and last about half an hour. Cedar Lake: […]
Sunday morning started normal enough for Brooke Williams, manager of the Howling Cow Cafe in Bellvue. She walked around the property’s tall water feature and pond while admiring the view of the foothills northwest of Fort Collins with the ever-present scent of dairy cattle and cotton from cottonwood trees floating on the gentle summer breeze. […]
At least two men are dead after a late-night double homicide in northwest Atlanta. Officers said two men were shot and killed as a white sedan pulled up on Old Gordon Road just after 11 p.m. on Sunday. The alleged shooter then drove off and may be in the Mableton area, according to police. Channel […]
Historic flooding struck parts of Iowa over the weekend, damaging nearly 2,000 properties and prompting evacuations and disaster declarations. “I can tell you that the devastation is severe and it’s widespread,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said at a news conference Sunday afternoon in Des Moines. Flooding on Saturday and overnight into Sunday was the result […]
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Sunday she had requested an expedited presidential major disaster declaration as a slowly unfolding flooding disaster across northwest and north central Iowa continues. The declaration would give residents of affected counties access to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individual Assistance Program, and U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans. Reynolds, who […]
Gov. Kim Reynolds spoke about the state’s flood emergency response and recovery efforts during a news conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston June 23, 2024. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Gov. Kim Reynolds said Sunday she has submitted a request for an expedited presidential major disaster declaration as northwestern Iowa communities […]
One person is dead after a shooting early Saturday morning on Columbus’ Northwest Side. Police responded to a report of a shooting at 12:22 a.m. on the 6000 block of O’Sweeney Lane, where they say officers found Kiara Nelson, 18, suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics took Nelson to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where she died […]
After a day of heavy rain, the city of Rock Valley in Sioux County ordered the evacuation early Saturday of residents north of Highway 18, and Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered a disaster declaration for the county in far northwest Iowa. The city posted the order on its Facebook page as the Rock River surged to […]
The US government, in a report published on Tuesday, acknowledged for the first time the harms that federal dams have inflicted on Native American tribes in the US Pacific north-west. The report by the interior department details the “historic, ongoing and cumulative impacts of federal Columbia River dams on Columbia River Basin Tribes”, including how […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, […]