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      <title>City cancels July 4 fireworks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As Cochise County watches two raging wildfires, it probably comes as no surprise that Fourth of July fireworks are being cancelled in different communities across the county.<br/><br/>And Benson is no exception.<br/><br/>While the town will not be cel-, ebrating the Fourth with its usual fireworks ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Susanville's overcrowded prisons</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The inmate populations at Susanville's two state prisons the California Correctional Center and High Desert State Prison exceed their design capacity and will need to be lowered as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation struggles to comply with orders from the 9th Circuit Court...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Firewood permits now available</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Forest Service firewood permits are now available across southeastern Idaho, including Franklin County.<br/><br/>The permits cost $6.25 per cord and a minimum of four cords is required. No more than eight cords can be purchased by any one individual, according to Forest Service officials i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Longtime district secretary dismissed</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Executive secretary Pamela Wertz has been notified of her dismissal by Sheridan School District Superintendent A. J. Grauer.<br/><br/>The exact reasons for the dismissal are unknown, but, according to Wertz, Grauer gave her three reasons for the termination.<br/><br/>In an email to The Sun, Grauer ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>PDH narrows CEO search</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In an update distributed to Plumas District Hospital staff Wednesday, June 15, on behalf of the district's board, president Valerie Flanigan announced the search to replace Richard Hathaway, the hospital's former chief executive officer, has narrowed to two candidates who "have extensive senior hos...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Commissioners Oppose Mill in Letter to Governor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The San Miguel County Commissioners opposed the mill, stating that it would threaten their county's economy, and asked the governor to review the mill proposal and examine alternatives in a letter last week.<br/><br/>This is the latest in opposition efforts by the local governmental agencies of the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Peaceful Sheridan Days</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With a strong presence of law enforcement in town over Sheridan Days, the annual festival went off without a hitch. Aside from a verbal confrontation between two women one night, no problems were reported<br/><br/>"It was quiet. It was nice," Captain Ken Summers of the Yamhill County Sheriff's Offi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mammoth Police Report</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mammoth Police Report is submitted by the department. According to state law, there are two methods by which police may arrest suspected offenders. The suspect may be physically taken into the department and booked into jail, or the arresting officer may write a citation and release the suspect...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Along These Lines A guide to Congressional</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If US Representatives Gwen Moore [D, Wis], Anthony Weiner [D, NY], and Aaron Schock [R, 111.] found themselves co-chairing a committee, it would be labeled: Moore-Weiner-Schock.<br/><br/>Which got me thinking.<br/><br/>There are currently 541 elected officials in the 112 th US Congress (435 members...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>County may still get federal funds</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Although Richland County wasn't one of the 31 counties selected for receiving emergency disaster funds in the list released from the governor's office Friday, it doesn't mean the county won't receive federal funds.<br/><br/>Richland County Commissioner Don Steppler said the county sent a letter ear...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>With members from four services, Benson Color Guard one of the best</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dana Cole<br/><br/>Members of the Benson Color Guard will be leading the community's Fourth of July parade when festivities kick-off at 9 a.m.<br/><br/>As a group of veterans who honor fellow comrades-during funeral services, commemorate fallen veterans during Memorial Day and pay tribute to them d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Floodwaters can contaminate private wells</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Officials with Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) are urging private well owners who have experienced recent flooding on their property to have their water tested.<br/><br/>Home owners who depend on private wells for their ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Split council gives AMR nod</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Quincy City Council voted 3-2 during its meeting Tuesday, June 21 to authorize an interlocal agreement with American Medical Response so it can provide ambulance services to the City of Quincy when Quincy Valley Medical Center terminates its ambulance service on July 11.<br/><br/>The interlocal...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>County, districts need better relationship</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Plumas County Board of Supervisors:<br/><br/>We, the Plumas County Special Districts Association, are writing to you to tell you of our reaction to the recent board agenda item of April 19. I am speaking of our resolution on a master tax sharing agreement.<br/><br/>We feel lack of action in passing...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>City Council passes new voting district plan, city budget</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With some last minute tweaking of voting district lines, the Ponchatoula City Council on Monday passed a plan professionally crafted by hired consultants to insure Ponchatoula maintains two minority voting districts of the five represented on the council.<br/><br/>The plan will now go to the U.S. J...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Fire season begins</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Unit of CalFire officially declared the opening of wildfire season Monday, June 6. This announcement is made each year to remind residents that as the weather warms, fire risks increase.<br/><br/>CalFire began staffing fire stations June 6 and anticipates full staffing by Ju...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Manager say she's quitting animal shelter</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Debra Latimer, of the Quincy Animal Shelter, told the Quincy City Council during its meeting on Tuesday, June 21 that she was going to quit.<br/><br/>Latimer listed a number of problems at the shelter, from the lack of space, to the increasing flow of stray animals at the shelter, to the insufficie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>City of Willamina developing emergency plan with help from Yamhill County's McGillivray</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yamhill County Emergency Manager Doug McGillivray will meet with the Willamina City Council on June 23 to discuss emergency plans for the city.<br/><br/>The council decided in April that it was time to develop an emergency preparedness plan. "Our emergency plan is not up to date," said Councilor Ri...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Moving firewood can spread invasive species</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An act as simple as transporting firewood can lead to widespread devastation.<br/><br/>The Pacific Southwest Region Forest Health Protection staff of the U.S. Forest Service recently completed a report that will soon be published entitled, "Firewood Movement A Threat to California's Forests?"<br/><...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>On a Shoestring Children eat for free</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As Oregon's unemployment rate continues to exceed the national average, it is not surprising that folks like Partners for Hunger Free Oregon, Oregon Department of Education, and local organizations like YCAP and are working so hard to make sure people have access to nutritional meals, especially ch...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Senate votes to end taxpayer support of corn-based ethanol</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) President Bill Donald said the U.S. Senate's vote today on legislation introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to repeal the 45-cent per gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) and the 54-cent per gallon ta...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Prison official urges funding of inmate transfer</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week Matthew Cate, secretary of the California Department of Corrections, said the Legislature must act quickly to fund Assembly Bill 109 ? the realignment bill that would shift responsibility for low-level offenders and parole supervision from the state to the counties because CDCR needs to b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Webster County School Board Employs Auditor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Webster County Board of Education was in and out of closed session several times last Thursday as they interviewed candidates for auditor. Three interviews were conducted beginning at 4:00 p.m. and at the completion of the interview processMichael L. Overby CPA was approved on an unanimous vote...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Building going well in Franklin</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It appears building activity in the City of Franklin is going gangbusters, these days.<br/><br/>That's welldemonstrated by Legacy Estates, where two more building permits were recently approved, with 29 homes already in place, said council member Jeremy Kemp ton, who said of activity there, "they'v...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Labor dispute comes to area</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A dispute between Wm. Winkler Co. and the Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters came to Quincy on Friday and Monday when three representatives from the union manned a large banner outside Quincy City Hall that said "Shame on Dell, Inc."<br/><br/>Noe Barajas, one of the union representatives, sa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>State's unemployment rate remains constant</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady in May at 7.3 percent despite modest job gains. The unemployment rate has decreased from 7.5 percent at the start of the year. The U.S. unemployment rate was also constant at 9.1 percent with small gains in job levels.<br/><br/>"The ra...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Haught is New MOVTI Director</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After reviewing four applications for the position of new director of the Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Institute, the search committee recommended current assistant director Ryan Haught.<br/><br/>Serving on the search committee were the school superintendents from Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler Wetzel coun...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Volunteers help make events safe</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the bagpipes sang, the hooves of horses clip clopped on the pavement, trucks revved their engines and clowns darted back and forth across me street on bicycles, a quiet group of volunteers took up posts along the Sheridan Days parade route making sure that everyone stayed safe.<br/><br/>These un...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>PNC announces purchase of RBC operations in U.S.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. announced Monday that is buying the U.S. retail operations of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for $3.45 billion.<br/><br/>PNC said the transaction will bring its total to 2,870 branches in the country and will make it the fifth largest among U.S. banks.<br/><br/>RBC Ba...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>County Not Interested in Day Report Program</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Pleasants County Commission received a follow-up visit from a representative of the Doddridge County Day Report Center at its June 15 meeting.<br/><br/>Director Kevin Means initially met with the commissioners March 13 to gauge their interest in expanding the center's Community Corrections prog...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Lawsuit names Benson officials, spouses</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An ongoing battle between the City of Benson and the owner of a manufactured home park has gotten personal.<br/><br/>A complaint filed on behalf of Jay Kendrick - owner of Stagecoach Trails mobile home park by Tucson attorney John Hin-deraker of the Lewis and Roca law firm, named city employees and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Roadcheck 2011 inspected almost 8,000 commercial vehicles</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[During the 72-hour Roadcheck 2011 program last week, DPS and other Texas law enforcement agencies inspected 7,993 commercial vehicles. Of the vehicles inspected, 26.5 percent were placed out of service for safety violations.<br/><br/>Throughout Roadcheck, DPS Commercial Vehicle Enforcement troopers...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Regulators re-authorize use of penta at Sheridan plant</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. and Oregon Departments of Justice, Pacific Wood Preserving of Oregon announced last week it would begin using pentachlorophenol (penta) to manufacture Douglas fir utility poles immed...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>More Forest Service closures for construction and protection</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Forest Service Road 22N62, known locally as the Milsap Bar Road, along with the Milsap Bar Campground, will he closed due to bridge construction.<br/><br/>The construction, including new cribbing, riprap and painting, was to be completed prior to the July Fourth weekend but late season snows delaye...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>FSA seeks election nominations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Adams County FSA Office is seeking nominations for persons interested in serving on the County Committee.<br/><br/>Nominating petitions may be submitted by any person with a farming interest either as a land owner or operator within Local Administrative Area (LAA) up for election.<br/><br/>This...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Commission Wants Reassignment Of Southern Fire Service Area to BVFD</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A request has been made to the state fire marshal by the Pleasants County Commission to reassign the fire service areas in the lower portion of the county.<br/><br/>Previously, Waverly Volunteer Fire Department was assigned as a first responder in the southern part of the county. The commission mad...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Lassen Park Foundation helps kids camp</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Disadvantaged kids from Quincy will be camping at Lassen Volcanic National Park this summer, thanks to youth camping grants issued by the Lassen Park Foundation (LPF).<br/><br/>The local group Women's Mountain Passages is among 16 Northern California youth groups to receive $16,000 in overall fundi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>CASA receives national certification for quality work</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association has just awarded Plumas CASA certification. This certification recognizes that Plumas CASA is in compliance with National CASA's high standards for quality child advocacy.<br/><br/>According to Michael Piraino, CEO of the National CAS...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Delaware wants national mercury regulations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Delaware officials say it will take stricter mercury regulations nationwide in order to reduce air pollution in Delaware.<br/><br/>Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden joined forces with attorneys general from 18 other states asking Congress to approve tougher Environmental Protection Agency regula...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Nonprofits feeling pinch as gas prices increase</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As healthcare reform begins to take effect this month, provisions that encourage people to stay in their homes longer mean insurance companies have been directed to refer more elderly clients to community-based programs like Meals on Wheels and CHEER.<br/><br/>Meanwhile the price of fuel, at nearly...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Democratic committee nominates Hamilton for commissioner spot</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On April 11 at its Nominating Convention, the Mason County Democratic Central Committee nominated Denny Hamilton for Mason County Commissioner District 1.<br/><br/>Vern Rutter seconded the nomination and Andrew Graham moved that the body approve Hamilton's nomination by acclamation.<br/><br/>Hamilt...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>City adds Economic Vitality Commission, but could shrink other boards</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[City leaders appointed a group of civic-minded citizens to boards and commissions April 16, although the number of positions could shrink in the months ahead.<br/><br/>In a unanimous decision, City Council members appointed applicants to openings on 12 boards and commissions. The groups advise the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Gingrich says win in Delaware could be springboard</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich brought members of the Delaware 9-12 Patriots to their feet several times during an April 5 speech at the Millsboro fire hall.<br/><br/>The biggest spontaneous standing ovation from the crowd of more than 300 people came when Gingrich talked about his...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Milton council eyes grant for water research</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Milton residents voted against borrowing $3.45 million for water system upgrades, but that doesn't mean the issue is behind them.<br/><br/>Town Manager Win Abbott announced at the April 2 regular meeting that the town could apply for a $10,000 grant from the Office of Drinking Water essentially to ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>City settles faulty sewer screen claim</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The City of Shelton announced Monday that it would receive a satisfactory settlement for faulty equipment that caused damage to its Satellite Water Reclamation Plant last year.<br/><br/>"It's giving us everything we were asking for," said city Administrator Dave O'Leary.<br/><br/>In April 2010, ope...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Milton resolves lawsuits with Phillips, Cornwell</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Town of Milton has resolved its lawsuits with Police Chief William Phillips and Capt. John Cornwell.<br/><br/>Following a very public termination hearing in 2009, Phillips and Cornwell filed lawsuits seeking an undisclosed amount of compensatory and punitive damages.<br/><br/>"Both cases have b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>GOP opposes groundwater districts' rulemaking powers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Burnet County Republicans at their county convention Saturday approved a resolution to be submitted for possible inclusion in the state party's platform opposing groundwater conservation districts' rulemaking powers.<br/><br/>The resolution, authored by rancher George Pangborn, would put the state ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mental health tax money coming in</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Next time you make a purchase in Mason County, you'll be helping fund mental health and substance abuse programs.<br/><br/>In November 2011, the Mason County Board of Commissioners approved a one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax increase for the purpose of funding new mental health and substance abuse ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Norlands offers scholarship</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LIVERMORE FALLS ? The life and work of Ethel "Billie" Gammon, founder of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, is being honored with a scholarship fund in her name.<br/><br/>In 2010, on the first anniversary of Billie's passing, the Norlands Board of Trustees established the Ethel "Billie" G...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Public input is sought regarding a proposed ecosystem restoration project for Marsh Lake in the upper reaches of the Lac qui Parle reservoir in Lac qui Parle, Swift and Big Stone counties. The review and comment period is open until June 25.<br/><br/>The project proposal, which has been developed b...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of the items discussed at last Monday's meeting of the Northwood City Council was providing longevity pay to City employees.<br/><br/>The resolution, as originally presented at the meeting would have provided an additional $1,000 for those working with the City for 15 or more years.<br/><br/>Co...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[City cleanup efforts by the Health Board appear to be working but some problems are beginning to surface from the efforts.<br/><br/>The Oskaloosa City Council met with a homeowner last week about a retaining wall that is leaning over and has been fenced off.<br/><br/>A letter was sent to Vernon Spa...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Granite County Weed Board has been around for a long time, just not in the eyes of the state.<br/><br/>Commissioner Cliff Nelson remarked that he believed it to be one of the older boards the county has.<br/><br/>But with the passage of two new laws, House bills 133 and 166 mandated re-establis...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Perkins City Commission is considering annexing a portion of land in the north part of the city. City Manager Pete Seikel Monday said an ordinance addressing the annexation appeared on the June 14 city commission agenda, but no action was taken on the measure because the landowner was not able to a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was a course of best laid plans for the Northwood City Council at their regular meeting rescheduled for last Monday, at least in terms of two ordinances that have been in discussion for several years in one case and weeks in another.<br/><br/>The first of those was the latest version of a burnin...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Pocahontas County Sheriff's Department used outside counsel to bolster its cases against several alleged drug offenders last month, much to the dismay of Prosecuting Attorney Donna Price, who later told county commissioners that she was awaiting an advisory opinion from the West Virginia Bar As...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Town of Harrisville is preparing for a waterline extension to the Chevaux Des Frise area of Ritchie County.<br/><br/>The town received one response from its bid advertisement for engineering services. Council will now conduct a telephone interview with the engineering firm of Cerrone and Associ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[How can academia and industry cooperate? Professor Rino Rappuolli gave an answer to this question during his conference titled "Partnerships between Academia and Industry in drug discovery and development," hosted at the department of Chemical Engineering at MIT on May 26th. The Professional Italia...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Sweet Home City Council agreed to provide $3,500 toward an Eagle Scout project to provide a shade structure at the Skate Park.<br/><br/>Paden Tyler, an Eagle Scout candidate with Troop 363, has gained approval from the Parks Board, Community Development Department, Police Department and School ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Residents in the Town of Grover will soon see vast improvements being made to both the water treatment facility and the wastewater facility thanks to two loan/grant combinations totaling $1,560,000 from USDA Rural Development. Rural Development State Director Jim Isgar joined Northeast Area Directo...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[State agencies, local and tribal governments and certain private nonprofits in Minnesota counties affected by severe storms and flooding March 16-May 25 have just a few days remaining to file their official requests for federal assistance.<br/><br/>The deadline to file a Request for Public Assistan...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Will a proposed redistriding of the state's legislative districts impact Preston County?<br/><br/>The answer is yes.<br/><br/>Delegate Larry Williams was in Charleston for interim meetings last week, and said the results of the 2010 U.S. Census, have brought the issue to the top of the legislative ...]]></description>
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      <title>More than $67,000 missing from EDA, charges filed</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Funds totalling $67,545.12 are missing from accounts of Ortonville's Economic Development Authority.<br/><br/>According to Big Stone County Court documents, after a subsequent investigation, it was found that cash withdrawals were made by Susan Pillatzki of Ortonville, who was employed by Blair Joh...]]></description>
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      <title>Tim Gillespie hired as the truck regulatory Deputy for Dickey County</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tim Gillespie has been hired as the new truck regulatory deputy for the four counties of Dickey, LaMoure, Stutsman and Barnes. According to Tim, "The main objective of the truck regulatory is to educate, patrol, and enforce violators of the overweight violations. It costs $200,000 a mile to fix one...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Public input is sought regarding a proposed ecosystem restoration project for Marsh Lake in the upper reaches of the Lac qui Parle reservoir in Lac qui Parle, Swift and Big Stone counties. The review and comment period is open until June 25.<br/><br/>The project proposal, which has been developed b...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ernesto Gonzalez, a clinician, investigator and educator in the Department of Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and best-selling author Suzy Welch were recently honored at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program's "Medicine that Matters Gala" at the Seaport Hotel.<br/><br/>Dr. ...]]></description>
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      <title>Family Dollar is coming to Kersey; Board approves IGA with county</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Kersey Board of Trustees met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at the Kersey Town Hall. Mayor Gilbert Marin at approximately 7:00 p.m., called the meeting to order. Trustees present were: Coralie Slusher, Guy Fox, Chris Smith, Bob Kellerhuis, and Gary Mount. Trustee Jay Pier. arri...]]></description>
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      <title>Operators railroad season opener</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The season opening of the Othello Community Museum June 18 was a laughter-filled event as former railroad employees joined together to share stories of the past when they all worked on the rails.<br/><br/>Mike Krupa got the celebration rolling.<br/><br/>"When Othello started out, there were miles a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The loss of a loved one can be painful. The death of a wage-earner upon whom a family depends also can be financially devastating. If you're like most young or middle-aged workers, you probably think of Social Security only as a retirement program.<br/><br/>But some of the Social Security taxes you...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has established by executive order a White House Rural Council to examine issues beyond America's big cities. It will look for ways to maximize the impact of federal investments, to promote both economic prosperity and quality of life for rural residents.<br/><br/>The president of t...]]></description>
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      <title>$1.6 million budget shortfall prompts Eaton School District to terminate 14 maintenance workers, custodians</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in his 20 year career as a school superintendent, Dr. Randy Miller admits he hated his job. Last Tuesday morning, Miller, who has been Eaton School District's superintendent for the past six years, was charged the deed of immediately terminating the positions of 14 custodians and...]]></description>
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      <title>Ruling on Nevada ethics law grounded in wrong argument</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ethics laws are like grading on a curve. There is no strict standard. No firm footing. Just a vague feeling of what's right and wrong. It is a matter of one person's judgment over another's.<br/><br/>So the U.S. Supreme Court was correct earlier this month when it remanded for further hearings a Ne...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Idaho businesses and industries that incorporate pollution prevention into their daily operations are invited by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to apply for recognition as "Pollution Prevention Champions."<br/><br/>DEQ will recognize up to five Idaho businesses and industries i...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Washington State marine law enforcement officers will be out in force this weekend, June 24 through 26, looking for boaters who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs.<br/><br/>Named Operation Dry Water, the campaign includes increased patrols as well as boater education. Impaired boaters can ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jackie L. Stroupe, Acting Farm Loan Manager of the USDA Farm Service Agency for Marion, Monroe, Ralls and Shelby counties, announced the availability of farm operating and farm ownership loans for women and members of minority groups who want to purchase or operate a family-size farm.<br/><br/>"Eac...]]></description>
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      <title>Post offices not closing; consolidation possible</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The United States Postal Service confirmed Monday that rumors about local post offices closing are unfounded. Instead, an official with the USPS told the Sun, it's likely that the issue is one of consolidating carriers.<br/><br/>In recent weeks, likely changes at the Lisbon and Mount Vernon post of...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 77th Annual Department of Nevada VFW and Ladies Auxiliary State Convention will convene today at the El Capitan Conference Center.<br/><br/>Between 160 to 200 delegates from all over Nevada will be in Hawthorne through Sunday for this event.<br/><br/>John Franklin Shain VFW Post 2313 in Hawthor...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Members of the Central Valley Struttin' Gobbler (a local chapter for the National Wild Turkey Federation) will once again be conducting their Women In The Outdoors (WITO) event on Saturday, August 6 at Hunter's Pointe shooting complex near Humboldt, SD. Women and youth age 17 or younger (Jakes) are...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Linn County is updating its Rural Land Use Plan.<br/><br/>The county received a grant from the Iowa Department of Economic Development to perform the update, which will bring its plan more fully into compliance with the recently adopted Iowa Smart Planning Principles. The Iowa Smart Planning Princi...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA["The city is very well served with volunteers" who for no pay help "grow leadership from the ground up," Mayor John Manchester said at the city council meeting on Tuesday. "We are fortunate in this community to have them."<br/><br/>The mayor put forward names as appointments and reappointments to f...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Webelos den from Pack 42 recently went camping at Lake Herman State Park near Madison, SD. The Scouts and their families participated in a number of activities related to camping and the outdoors. The evening started with pitching me tents and making water bottle holders. Once all of me familie...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senator John Thune is currently seeking intelligent, hard-working college students to serve as interns in his office in Washington, D.C., as well as in his offices in Aberdeen, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls.<br/><br/>Interns in Thune's state offices will participate in constituent services and state ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[After the Missouri General Assembly spent months working on the Fiscal Year 2012 Missouri budget, the governor has cut $172 million, mainly from education.<br/><br/>For the third straight year, education spending has been withheld by the governor. This time, he is blaming the Joplin tornado and flo...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A legislative hearing on bills introduced to expand renewable energy will be held this week.<br/><br/>As part of House Republicans' American Energy Initiative, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, and a group of other lawmakers, introduced a series of bills to expand renewable energy ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Should pit bulls and other such dogs be banned from the City of Lisbon?<br/><br/>That question was under consideration at the latest Lisbon City Council meeting. Mayor Rex Cook raised the topic for discussion. He said two pit bulls in a home in his neighborhood acted aggressively and tried to escap...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The senior citizens center in Montpelier received a makeover by local Zions Bank employees during the company's 21st annual Paint a Thon service project.<br/><br/>Zions bankers traded in balance sheets for brushes to paint and help landscape the Bear Lake Senior Citizens Center.<br/><br/>"We look f...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rep. Lance Gooden saw a piece of his legislation become law for the first time last week, and according to the Legislative Budget Board it is going to save taxpayers some money.<br/><br/>Gov. Rick Perry signed HB 1614 on Friday. The bill will shift the burden of paying for the regulation of process...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection has begun the process to fill the vacancy at the Eighth Judicial District Court, which became vacant with the resignation of Judge Jackie Glass, Chief Justice Michael L. Douglas announced.<br/><br/>Judge Glass resigned effective June 10 to take over as ho...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[To alleviate strain on the city's storm drainage system and sewer backups during heavy rainfalls, the city council adopted a new ordinance last week prohibiting runoff into the sanitary sewer system. The ordinance would make it illegal to have roof downspouts, foundation drains, drainage tiles or s...]]></description>
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      <title>Local Families Needed for Cultural Exchange Students</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ASSE International Student Exchange Program (ASSE) is seeking local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries around the world.<br/><br/>Students come with an enthusiasm to practice their English and experience American culture-food, sports, shopping a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Henderson County District Attorney Scott McKee announced last week that he will seek another term. McKee plans to file for reelection in the Republican Primary in March 2012. McKee's term, along with County Attorney Clint Davis and Sheriff Ray Nutt ends December 31, 2012. All three are seeking reel...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many bills passed by the Wyoming Legislature during the 2011 Legislative Session held in January and February of this year will go into effect on July 1.<br/><br/>According to Speaker Pro Tem Keith Gingery, some bills have already gone into effect, having gone into effect immediately upon the signa...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh told the Kalona City Council Monday that he would be having a walk through of the downtown area with representatives of All American Concrete this week. The $3.1 million project is all but wrapped up, he said, with the sealing of the colored concrete now completed...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Vernon City Council met in regular session Monday night, June 20th. All members, the City Clerk and Mayor were present.<br/><br/>Guests were Wayne Christian and Richard Mayers and William Turner, representing Mid States Petroleum, Inc.<br/><br/>Wayne Christian told the Council that some culvert...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[WOODSVILLE ? Grafton County Commissioners and Woodsville Precinct Commissioners met last week to hash out their differences over what has become a prickly thorn irritating both parties. At issue is the future of the $1 million water tank that the county constructed almost three years ago in the aft...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Recreation Outdoors Coalition (ROC) convened a Lassen County coordination meeting in Susanville Tuesday, May 24, with two Lassen County supervisors ? Brian Dahle and Larry Wosick ? one assembly aide, one congressional aide, Lassen National Forest Supervisor Jerry Bird and 30 county citizens in ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn is working with the captains of both the south and north Big Horn County Search and Rescue units.<br/><br/>Blackburn told the commissioners during a budget work session last Thursday that there is now one Big Horn County Search and Rescue with north and south u...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[WHITNEY - Disaster declarations in both Hill and Bosque Counties mean residents will be doing a lot more watching and a lot less popping this Fourth of July.<br/><br/>Hill County Judge Justin Lewis signed a disaster declaration and a temporary ban on the sale and use of fireworks on Tuesday, June 1...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Due to dry conditions and very high fire danger, all unincorporated areas of Kiowa County are now under a Stage II fire ban. The Town of Eads Trustees have also voted to follow the county ban status.<br/><br/>A stage II ban prohibits outdoor burning, including burning trash barrels or pits, as well...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sooner than later, big changes are coming to Lassen County's Economic Development Department.<br/><br/>Lassen County Administrator Tom Stone presented an ambitious plan to the board at its Tuesday, June 14 meeting, but the board balked at some of Stone's recommendations such as combining the county...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Starting July 1, all single-family homes with an attached garage or a fossil fuel source in California are required to have carbon monoxide detectors installed.<br/><br/>It's called the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, otherwise known as Senate Bill 183. According to officials from the Cal...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seven landowners will lose their Williamson Act benefits because their properties are less than 160 acres and do not have a functioning irrigation system, according to a report from Maury Anderson, director of the Lassen County Department of Planning and Building Services.<br/><br/>The Lassen Count...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rehoboth Beach Board of Adjustment has rejected a request to rehear an appeal of a building permit for a house at Lot 6 Silver Lane.<br/><br/>Voting 4-1, the board found the appellants failed to meet the criteria for a rehearing.<br/><br/>The house at Lot 6, owned by the Levy family, has come u...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The League of Women Voters of Sussex County tries to east a little sunshine on county council each spring.<br/><br/>Each year, the league presents a Sunshine Day report from its corps of observers who attend council, planning and zoning and, board of adjustment meetings.<br/><br/>During its March 2...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission has begun the process of coming up with new residential building ordinances to protect the city's lakes.<br/><br/>The planners were charged, via a resolution by the city commissioners, with creating one or more ordinances for protecting the city's three lakes ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Spokane County Treasurer's Office reminds county property owners that the first half of 2012 property taxes are due by April 30. Payments mailed to the Treasurer's Office must be postmarked on or before the due date and the public is advised to make sure payments are dropped at a U.S. Postal Se...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA["Precedent setting" is a phrase used frequently by Sussex County officials.<br/><br/>It popped up again March 22 during a discussion of a conditional use for multifamily housing by members of the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission. And it was about as heated as debates get among the mild-...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission dipped its toes into troubled waters as it considered new ordinances regulating building near the city's lakes.<br/><br/>In reaction to the controversy surrounding the house under construction at Lot 6 Silver Lane on the edge of Silver Lake, the city commissio...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the recent recession and subsequent economic turmoil that has occurred in the last few years on Delmarva and across the nation, real estate professionals have begun reporting instances of a buyer's market the likes of which many have never seen.<br/><br/>In southern Delaware, this means more a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Work to increase the capacity at Sussex County's Inland Bays regional wastewater plant near Long Neck has received a boost with the potential of a $2 million U.S. Department of Agriculture rural development grant.<br/><br/>The catch is the money has to be spent by June, said county engineer Mike Iz...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Delaware Attorney General's Office has determined that the Rehoboth Beach Board of Adjustment did not violate the Freedom of Information Act in its advance notice of a Jan. 30 meeting. At that meeting, the board declined to hear an appeal of a building permit for a house at Lot 6 Silver Lane be...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lawyers for the two parties fighting over a liquor license filed written closing arguments Monday with Sonoma County Superior Court, each contending they were the one "likely to prevail" when the court ultimately decides who, if anyone, is entitled to monetary damages.<br/><br/>Monday's arguments w...]]></description>
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      <title>County Council decides against sewer rate hike</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[King County leaders decided against increasing sewer rates for 2012 in a unanimous decision June 13.<br/><br/>The rate remains stable at $36.10 per month for most residential customers. The county provides wastewater treatment to 17 cities, including Issaquah, and 17 local sewer utilities.<br/><br/...]]></description>
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      <title>If state government shuts down, state will stop giving out LGA money to cities</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IVANHOE ? The Ivanhoe City Council found out some not so good news if the state government shuts down July 1, because state lawmakers cannot balance the state's budget at last week's Ivanhoe City Council meeting held Monday night, June 13, at city hall.<br/><br/>Ivanhoe Mayor Doyle Sorensen told th...]]></description>
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      <title>Moving firewood can spread invasive species</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An act as simple as transporting firewood can lead to widespread devastation.<br/><br/>The Pacific Southwest Region Forest Health Protection staff of the U.S. Forest Service recently completed a report that will soon be published entitled, "Firewood Movement ? A Threat to California's Forests?"<br/...]]></description>
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      <title>At long last: The development code hearing!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FREMONT COUNTY, ID ? The Board of Fremont County Commissioners (BOCC) should expect a crowd Thursday, June 23 when the clock strikes 5 o'clock and they open the public hearing on the proposed revised Development Code. There's been a lot of citizen buzz abut the code ever since the BOCC made what so...]]></description>
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      <title>More Forest Service closures for construction and protection</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Milsap Bar Road and Campground<br/><br/>Forest Service Road 22N62, known locally as the Milsap Bar Road, along with the Milsap Bar Campground, will be closed due to bridge construction.<br/><br/>The construction, including new cribbing, riprap and painting, was to be completed prior to the July Fou...]]></description>
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      <title>Rock Island Limits Being Challenged</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rock Island has taken in more city territory than they can legally take and the town is quickly becoming a speed trap.<br/><br/>At least that's the claim of a group of Rock Island citizens that have appeared before the LeFlore County Board of Commissioners the past three weeks.<br/><br/>It has take...]]></description>
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      <title>Missing Lower James River tax levies blamed on computer glitch</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Due to what appears to be a computer glitch, some landowners in Hutchinson County will receive tax bills later this year which already should have been due.<br/><br/>Jeanie Simonsen, auditor for Hutchinson County, reported to the Hutchinson County Commission on June 7 that she had discovered "a gli...]]></description>
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      <title>It's all about the voters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the Board of Fremont County<br/><br/>Commissioners (BOCC) about to pass a new development code, the many different land use ideas among property owners here are quite obvious. Many registered voters ? people who claim Fremont County as their primary residence ? are also landowners who want the...]]></description>
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      <title>County, YWCA to meet about Passage Point</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Safety is on the minds of community members neighboring the future Passage Point facility.<br/><br/>The YWCA will provide housing at Passage Point for men and women recently released from incarceration who wish to reunite with their children. The residents of Passage Point, who would otherwise be h...]]></description>
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      <title>When the capital of Texas was not in Texas</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After abandoning all their missions and presidios in East Texas, the new owners of Louisiana on June 25, 1773 vacated Los Adaes, the capital of Spanish Texas for the past half century.<br/><br/>The French first took a serious interest in future Cajun Country during the closing months of the 17th ce...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking for those wanting to weigh in on where Tulare County draws its redistricting lines. Three public forums have been held so far, but comments are still being taken by the county. Tulare County supervisorial districts are reviewed and redrawn every 10 years based upon information ...]]></description>
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      <title>Lindsay chief will wear two hats</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rich Wilkinson wears a lot of hats at Lindsay City Hall - too many if you ask those who attended the June 14 City Council meeting.<br/><br/>Most of those in attendance were already familiar with the compensation package presented to the council to pay Wilkinson one salary to serve as both city mana...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Unusual alliance of lawmakers forges bill to cut Lebanon aid</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (JTA) ? A Jewish congressman and three Lebanese-American colleagues are co-sponsoring a bill to eliminate U.S. aid to Lebanon if Hezbollah stays in the ruling government.<br/><br/>The unusual alliance, cutting across ethnic and political lines, includes Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), wh...]]></description>
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      <title>Civil rights ace now seeks to trump anti-Semitism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO ? Not long ago, Kenneth Marcus served as one of the government's top civil rights enforcers, helping Hispanics and blacks fight discrimination.<br/><br/>For the past three years, he has been fighting the good fight on behalf of his fellow Jews.<br/><br/>As director of the Anti-Semitis...]]></description>
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      <title>Fireworks on in Kyle, off in Buda</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Add Buda to the list of Texas cities that won't be ringing in the Fourth of July with fireworks while Kyle officials still plan their pyrotechnic show.<br/><br/>While stressing that other portions of the city's "Red, White 'n Buda" Independence Celebration would go on as planned, Buda City Council ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[CNB Bank, Inc. has been named one of the Top 200 Community Banks &amp; Trusts by U.S. Banker magazine for the third year in a row.<br/><br/>CNB was one of the five banks in West Virginia to receive this honor and the only community bank in the Eastern Panhandle to make the list.<br/><br/>"We have b...]]></description>
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      <title>Town to consider rollouts amid soaring landfill costs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Town officials are mulling changes in the way the town collects garbage, including a switch to roll-outs and ending the practice of collecting appliances, furniture, construction materials and yard waste left beside Dumpsters.<br/><br/>Council members cited soaring landfill costs as the reason behi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Lewis selected to chair Inter-tribal Fish Commission</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yakama Nation leader Gerald Lewis was selected by officials from the Umatilla, Yakama, Nez Perce, and Warm Springs tribes to lead the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) as its new chairman. A respected fisher and longhouse leader for the Yakama Nation, Lewis' ties to the Columbia ...]]></description>
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      <title>Governor releases list of decisions on legislation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Will he or won't he run? If Gov. Rick Perry's presidential candidacy intentions could have been symbolized by a green, yellow or red light last week, it was arguably yellow, even though he spoke at Republican gatherings in New Orleans and New York.<br/><br/>Regardless, Texas' chief executive had pl...]]></description>
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      <title>Park service seeks public comments on Bighorn Sheen projects</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Forest Service-Inyo National Forest, is seeking public comments about a proposal to conduct population monitoring, research, and translocation of federally endan...]]></description>
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      <title>Melting snowpack leads to swift water rescue</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sun-Gazette, As the temperatures rise, so do the water levels in mountain and foothill areas. And with more water comes more swift water rescues.<br/><br/>Tulare County officials are urging those who travel to recreational areas to stay out of flowing rivers, canals, etc. even if they look calm.<br...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Needed: Additional $23,000 to pay for new playground at Whiteside Park</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Parks and Recreation committee recommended that the city council accept a bid from Midwest Playscapes to install the new playground at Whiteside Park.<br/><br/>The low bid was for $59,985 and exceeded specifications in some areas.<br/><br/>Councilor Heidi Omerza said that fundraising efforts so...]]></description>
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      <title>County commission debates, approves nursing contract</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hutchinson County's contract with Avera St. Benedict Health Center in Parkston and Freeman Regional Health Services in Freeman for community health nurses was renewed for the year recently, but it was met with the concerns of the Hutchinson County Commission.<br/><br/>Chairman Gillas Stern, who rep...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dear Editor:<br/><br/>Congratulations and a hardy "well done" are in order to our State Legislature for their passage of the Voter Photo ID Bill into law. This is a grand first step toward reducing voter fraud in Alabama.<br/><br/>The Democracy Defense League and it's 2,000 plus members have worked...]]></description>
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      <title>Congressman Boswell to Headline Warren County Democrats 7th Annual Barbecue</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Warren County Democratic Party will hold their 7th Annual Barbecue on Sunday, June 26, 2011 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. with Congressman Leonard Boswell as the featured speaker. The barbecue will be at the Warren County Fairgrounds Shelter House, 1400 W. Second Avenue in Indianola.<br/><br/>This is a g...]]></description>
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      <title>Bridge replacement construction begins at Oak Park Golf</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A $217,298.78 bridge project is under way on Skillet Creek at Oak Park Golf &amp; Rec, the Dayton Golf course. There are some engineering fees, but the total project is below $250,000.<br/><br/>A bridge is being replaced. The old bridge was in very bad shape.<br/><br/>The DOT is paying 80% of the p...]]></description>
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      <title>AG cautions consumers against fake check scams</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Attorney General Luther Strange cautions about recurring fake check scams, warning consumers not to cash checks that come in the mail purporting to be winnings from contests and lotteries they never entered.<br/><br/>"Counterfeit checks are an old scam that keeps coming back around, with a growing ...]]></description>
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      <title>Dayton resident received scam phone call</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 18 the Dayton Police Department received a complaint from a citizen of Dayton in reference to a telephone call they had received Tuesday, June 14 around the noon hour.<br/><br/>The caller was female who states that she was a granddaughter who had traveled to Mexico and was in a car accident...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lower Columbia College (LCC) has announced Christopher Bailey, vice president of human resources and legal affairs at Centralia College, as its next president.<br/><br/>Bailey will replace Jim McLaughlin who retires in September after 14 years as LCC president.<br/><br/>The decision was made June 1...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Dispatch<br/><br/>Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Lindquist assures that the county is winning its share of battles - some of them "huge" - in the war on crime.<br/><br/>Speaking at a morning meeting of the Eatonville Chamber of Commerce, Lindquist said law enforcement efforts have cut ...]]></description>
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      <title>Steven Lane, Security Savings Bank, attended annual summit in Washington D. C.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Steven R. Lane, President-CEO Security Savings Bank, Gowrie, Iowa participated in two days of congressional visits as part of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) Washington Policy Summit, which was held May 2-3 in the nation's capital. During the summit,<br/><br/>Mr. Lane advocated ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The town of Springdale received a finding from the state auditor's office following an audit covering the period from Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2010.<br/><br/>The auditor's office determined the town did not have "internal controls over financial operations, placing public resources at risk of loss ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Freeman area residents Tonda Kirton and Dennis Lehmann are asking local school officials at both Freeman Academy and Freeman High School to offer suggestions on ways in which relationships can be improved between the two institutions.<br/><br/>Kirton and Lehmann met with the Freeman Public School B...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Demopolis City council voted to accept an ordinance for local business owners to operate digital signs for their businesses.<br/><br/>The action came Tuesday, June 21, at the city council meeting.<br/><br/>Jason Windham, Suds Cleaners owner, came to the council to ask for an old ordinance to be ove...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Highway 175 west of Dayton at the "Burnside Road" and running through Dayton to P-70 is under construction.<br/><br/>Fort Dodge Asphalt has the contract for the five mile plus project. There will be a new surface on this route which also runs through downtown Dayton (Main and Skillet streets). Ther...]]></description>
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      <title>Week in Review: End of Session Update</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The budget was passed out of committee early this year to give ample time to work through conference committees. Unfortunately, most of the budget was vetoed by Governor Dayton.<br/><br/>Bills that Passed:<br/><br/>Ag Bill<br/><br/>Governor Dayton signed the FY2012-13 Agriculture &amp; Rural Econom...]]></description>
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      <title>COL Fire District Hires Chief</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At the monthly meeting of Supervisors for Munson, Wakefield, Collegeville, Farming and Luxemburg Townships, the Board of Directors of the Chain of Lakes Fire &amp; Rescue District introduced Jerry Vossen as the first Fire Chief for the District. Vossen served 26 years on the Watkins Fire Department...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tax collection numbers were mixed across the Verde Valley for May, according to figures released last week by the Arizona Department of Revenue Office of Economic Research and Analysis.<br/><br/>Each month, the state reports on how much it collected from municipalities in transaction taxes, money g...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senate Bill 70 would prohibit the use of Bisphenol-A or BPA in the manufacture and sale of products in Delaware. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Bethany A. Hall-Long, D-Middle-town, and Rep. Rebecca D. Walker, D-Middletown, aims to prevent health problems in pregnant women and children that coul...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sussex County Council appears to be divided on one member's idea to cut the board of adjustment application fee from $400 to $150.<br/><br/>Councilman Vance Phillips, R-Laurel, said the fee should be reduced because it places an undue burden on people in hard economic times. "We have our budget bac...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rehoboth Beach commissioners unanimously approved the appointment of Patrick Richardson to the city's board of elections.<br/><br/>Richardson will serve out the remaining year on former board member Ned Kesmodel's term.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Copyright 2011 Cape Gazette, Lewes, Delaware. All Rights...]]></description>
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      <title>Police chiefs call for General Assembly to close gun show loophole</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Delaware Police Chiefs Council has called on the Delaware General Assembly to take immediate action on SB 39, legislation that would close the gun show loophole. The gun show loophole is a gap in state law that allows criminals and other dangerous individuals to purchase guns at gun shows witho...]]></description>
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      <title>Book signing raises awareness of justice system</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Victims and family survivors of violent crimes often endure a second type of offense when they confront a justice system that does not respect their needs, said Susan L. Miller, author of a new book that profiles Lewes resident Kim Book and her nonprofit organization, Victims' Voices Heard.<br/><br...]]></description>
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      <title>Marijuana investors file lawsuits</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Investors who want to operate marijuana dispensaries in Arizona filed two separate lawsuits in Maricopa County Superior Court on June 14 seeking orders directing the state to follow its own rules and start reviewing pot shop applications.<br/><br/>The Arizona Department of Health Services is requir...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rehoboth Beach commissioners unanimously approved the property tax rate at $1.78 per 100 acres, a 15 percent increase.<br/><br/>Five percent of the increase, which was included in the city's 2011-12 budget, will go toward helping fund improvements to the city's municipal facilities. The other 1...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Delaware residents will see reduced personal income taxes, public utility taxes and reduced gross receipts paid by merchants thanks to legislation passed by the House last week. The bills were part of Gov. Jack Markell's legislative agenda.<br/><br/>House Bill 128 reduces the personal income tax fr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Police investigate Rehoboth-area assaults</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Delaware State Police are investigating five incidents of robberies and assaults in the Rehoboth area, but they are not saying whether the crimes are related.<br/><br/>Rehoboth Beach police Chief Keith Banks said several teens arrested during a fight at First Street Station gave witnesses the impre...]]></description>
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      <title>Public sector jobs too important to cut</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cutting public sector jobs in order to balance Minnesota's budget will hurt all Minnesotans. With those job cuts we would lose skills of experienced workers who provide services we sometimes take for granted: police; emergency management; food inspection; pollution control; highway/bridges; rehabil...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Cheney Municipal Court will likely begin sending some longer-term inmates to Lincoln County Jail under a new contract.<br/><br/>The move is the newest of several alternatives Cheney has sought to avoid rising costs and a new billing system at Spokane County Jail and Geiger Corrections Center.<b...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rehoboth Beach commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance making the possession or consumption of an open alcohol container a civil offense instead of a criminal offense.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Copyright 2011 Cape Gazette, Lewes, Delaware. All Rights Reserved. This content, including derivatio...]]></description>
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      <title>Legislators vote against Sussex economy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 8, representatives John Viola, Helene Keeley, Darryl M. Scott, Gerald Hocker, Clifford Lee and Daniel Short voted against the - only bill introduced in this session of the General Assembly that would have produced jobs. Thirty-five thousand Delawareans are out of work and these six members ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Starting July 1, all single-family homes in California with an attached garage or an appliance that burns fossil fuel are required to have carbon monoxide detectors installed.<br/><br/>It's called the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, otherwise known as Senate Bill 183. According to officia...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Jack Markell, Attorney General Beau Biden, state legislators and members of Delaware's law enforcement community highlighted a proposal recently to keep more drunk drivers off the roads.<br/><br/>House Bill 168 calls for enhanced prison sentences, 24-hour monitoring, and intensive counseling f...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) reports that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a list of 5,132 Minnesota nonprofits that federal tax-exempt status was automatically revoked earlier this year.<br/><br/>Minnesota's smallest nonprofits were for the first time required to file an annu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Davis: Voters prefer Map C</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Constituents calling and emailing Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Chip Davis overwhelmingly support Map C as the best configuration for five new supervisory districts to be officially set by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors in August, Davis said June 15.<br/><br/>Davis announced to the ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dewey Beach Town Council voted unanimously June 17 to approve a $927,000 loan from Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to pay for drainage repairs on Bayard Avenue.<br/><br/>The vote follows a charter change, signed by Gov. Jack Markell June 10," which allows the town...]]></description>
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