May 31—LIMA — The West Ohio Christian Chamber of Commerce donated to four regional pregnancy centers. The WOCC held a press conference Friday afternoon to present the checks to the organizations. The funding for the donations came from a recent Mother’s Day weekend Tea Party held by the chamber. The organization reportedly raised a total […]
May 31—Butler County Regional Airport-Hogan Field runway is scheduled to be closed for six weeks beginning next week, June 3, for a resurfacing project, according to county officials. It is the first time the airport — located in Hamilton on Airport Drive — has been resurfaced in more than a quarter of a century, said […]
People camp on public lands on Oct. 13, 2023 just outside Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. Capitol Reef is the national park most affected by Utah’s biggest regional haze polluters. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Utah’s coal-fired Hunter power plant is No. 1 in the country for contributing to haze in large national parks and […]
May 27—The Santa Fe-based nonprofit Regional Development Corporation this month awarded eight businesses a share of $145,978 in no-interest loans aimed at helping spur growth. The share of businesses receiving money from the Technology & Manufacturing Fund, or TEAM Fund, include four from Santa Fe County, three from Los Alamos County and one from Taos […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore, officials said. A U.S. Defense Department statement issued in Washington on Friday said Austin […]
FILE – U.S. President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, not visible, on Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. Japan and the United States on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 signed an arrangement […]
May 15—The United States Postal Service has put a hold on its plans to invest up to $15.7 million to modernize its processing and distribution center in Manchester and transfer the processing of outgoing mail about 50 miles away to Boston. The move, along with dozens of others across the country, will be delayed until […]
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is once again providing a lift to another troubled regional lender a year after it helped calm a mini-banking crisis. The stock of New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) rose as much as 5% in premarket trading Wednesday after announcing Tuesday night that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to purchase $5 billion of its […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece’s leader arrived in Turkey’s capital on Monday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as both countries pursue a normalization program and seek to put aside decades-old disputes. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was welcomed by Erdogan and a military guard of honor at the presidential palace in Ankara before the […]
Catalonia is holding a regional election which is likely to reverberate in Spain’s national politics. The ballot is a test both for the strength of the separatist movement in the wealthy north-eastern region and for the policies of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. More than 5.7 million voters are eligible to choose politicians for the regional […]
May 5—Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania is set to celebrate trailblazing women for their achievements. The organization will hold its Awards of Distinction event from 5 to 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Kamin Science Center, formerly Carnegie Science Center, 1 Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh. “This signature event of ours builds critical charitable support and awareness about the […]
May 3—It might not be accurate to say Riley Bain was born to portray Alice from “Alice in Wonderland,” but there’s no doubt that she’s done plenty of research for the role. “I have an obsession,” said Bain, 17, a Franklin Regional junior. “I had an ‘Alice’ party for my 16th birthday.” Bain will play […]