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The Emergency Declaration instructed the Secretary of the Treasury “to provide relief from tax deadlines to Americans who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 emergency, as appropriate, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7508 A.” On March 18, 2020, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020-17 providing relief under section…

Apr. 26– As Siskiyou County slips back into severe drought, members of Siskiyou County's Groundwater Advisory Committees met last week to continue drafting groundwater management plans as conservation groups, farmers and other special interest groups brace for another dry summer. The Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is the…

Apr. 26– Less than two months after a massive fire ripped through the Eastern Wharf development on east President Street, crews are back on site conducting demolition work and readying the multimillion-dollar mixed-use project for future construction work as the developers remain committed to the project and the community. “As you can imagine, the fire was a…

Hamilton, born and raised in Nanticoke, was a con artist swindling money from hotel saloon keepers, insurance companies, families who suffered during the Spanish flu pandemic and purchased jewelry with bogus cash throughout the Wyoming Valley in the late 1910 s until 1920.. “His method of operation, it is charged, was to display a badge, go into the cellar of a saloon…

“A spectacular series of fireworks explosions followed by a raging fire that lighted the sky like an atomic blast rocked northern Summit County early today and leveled the Hudson Fireworks Co.,” the Beacon Journal reported May 5, 1955. Sleeping Ohioans fell out of bed as the earth shook at 1:40 a.m. at the 8- acre complex at Route 91 and Hudson Drive.

italy Ristorante and Bar, 500 E. Las Olas Blvd., insurance company Westchester Surplus Lines and Westchester's parent, insurance colossus Chubb Limited. “There's a sense of urgency here,” said Steve Zack of Boies Schiller Flexner. Zack and Steven Marks of Podhurt Orseck filed the suit April 9 for Cafe International Holding Company, owner of IT!

Apr. 26– Advertisements this spring often are using the phrase “in these uncertain times.” Most of us are already aware of the current state of unpredictability. Uncertainty over health care access for Americans became a prime topic of presidential candidate debates last winter, as the cureless coronavirus spread throughout the world and to the U.S..

Apr. 26– The coronavirus pandemic may be dominating headlines in Maine– and elsewhere. *A week after a massive explosion halted paper production at the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, mill officials announced Thursday that two paper machines were back up and running. was destroyed in the explosion, but the mill was able to restart production after receiving pulp from…

Of the tenants whose homes became uninhabitable, 38 were put up in a local hotel by the American Red Cross, according to public affairs volunteer Dan Schillinger. It took most of the afternoon to put the fire out, as heavy winds caused it to flare back up several times, the Fire Department said. “The investigation into this fire is ongoing,” said Fire Department…

Veteran gardeners passing by our backyard plot are taking new interest in our small garden, which until this spring, was a weed-filled wasteland that annually produced a handful of tomatoes, a boom-and-bust provision of strawberries and, always, some volunteer gourds that never turned out to be the pumpkins we hoped they were. This year, however, the land is…

For Hermosa Beach, Calif., resident David Roe, who is battling Stage 4 colon cancer and requires immediate surgery, the answer from his insurer, UnitedHealthcare, was a resounding no. UnitedHealthcare wanted the operation performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where the insurer could save a buck using in-network medical resources.

As of April 17, Tennesseans impacted by the March 3 tornadoes had filed more than 15,000 claims, totaling just over $1.1 billion, Mainda said. More than 7,400 claims had been processed and paid by April 17 to the tune of about $370 million. On April 12, another tornado outbreak tore through southeastern Tennessee, leaving swaths of damage in Hamilton, Polk, Marion and…

James Henry Walck, 95, of Lancaster, PA, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 at The Southeastern Veterans Center in Spring City, PA, of complications from Covid-19. Born in 1924 in Allentown, PA, to Lee Allen and Frances Lehman Walck, he graduated from Allentown High School. Upon graduation, he worked in the insurance industry in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Lancaster;…

Apr. 25– There's nothing like clutching a capsized boat in the deep swells of the Indian Ocean with friends to discover their true nature. Or racing across the unforgiving sands and mountains of Morocco on child-size motorbikes to discover inner strength. Instead, bring on the challenging waters of the Zanzibar archipelago, the unknown back roads of Sri Lanka or…

There are many reasons people have shared with the Idaho Statesman for wanting to be tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Testing in the U.S. and locally has been fraught with delays, supply shortages and other problems. The Food and Drug Administration's multi-tiered approach to shepherding COVID-19 tests has opened the door to a…

Apr. 25– More than 30,000 people across Wisconsin have applied for pandemic unemployment funding since it first became available Tuesday, as individuals continue seeking relief from the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The state Department of Workforce Development first began accepting applications late Tuesday morning for “pandemic unemployment…

Apr. 25– WILKES-BARRE– U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, a member of President Trump's bipartisan “Opening Up America Again Congressional Group,” this week released a conceptual framework for gradually and safely reopening Pennsylvania's economy. Toomey's# PAStartsUpSafely framework provides for a three-phase, county-based approach to reopening Pennsylvania's…

Lawyers have long had a bad rap in our culture. It was Shakespeare who wrote the line,“ The first thing we do, let’ s kill all the lawyers.” Personally, I prefer the American demonization of the trade– namely,“ The Devil and Daniel Webster.”. As a result, some auto insurance companies are offering discounts or rebates to their existing policyholders, including AAA East…