Mountain bikers and park agencies often butt heads over illegally built trail systems, but some have found ways to collaborate and create exciting networks available to all. The government that takes care of them, or the people who love them? ” Although “Pedal-Driven” focuses primarily on the federally managed Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests near…
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Mike Johanns in January, 2005. At the time of his appointment, Munn was president and CEO of First National Bank and Trust of Syracuse, Neb. From 1983 to 2001, he was senior vice president and director of Cornerstone Bank, N.A., York, Neb.. Pont has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration, and has a…
Introduced federal legislative efforts designed to reduce fraud and other abuses tied to surety bonds have a real chance to go on the books as soon as the end of summer. Nothing is guaranteed, of course, especially within the partisan divides of the modern US Congress, but supporters of reform may have found a way to piggyback HR 776, a surety-related bill, on…
June 27– Isaac Mattson was long removed from Thursday’s Walmart Erie City-County All-Star Baseball Game by the time it ended. Mattson demonstrated why University of Pittsburgh baseball coach Joe Jordano recruited him as he excelled during his two-inning start for the County, which won 10-4.. The Harbor Creek graduate retired the City’s Ted DeSanti on a high…
–CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, today announced the retirement of a member of its leadership team and changes in responsibility for two others. John McEnroe, executive vice president, CHS Country Operations– consisting of company-owned, locally governed retail business units and its CHS…
In the past four years, school officials and members of the Waurika Board of Education has seen what was once a $1.5 million carryover dwindle annually. Following a financial report for the month of May from Treasurer Rebecca Cunningham, when District 23 presents its fiscal year 2014-15 budget this month, a carryover of more than $400,000 will form the…
June 20– WAURIKA– Three times in the past, Jefferson County voters have proven their desire to have a local hospital by voting in favor being taxed. In legal lingo, the Proposition reads: Shall a one percent sales tax be levied and collected for a period of five years upon the gross receipts and gross proceeds derived from all sales within Jefferson County upon which…
June 26– The Port Authority paved the way for construction of a private 80- story office tower at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan on Wednesday and agreed to provide free wireless Internet access at the region’s major airports. At the bistate agency’s monthly meeting, officials also parried questions about the 2011 decision to divert $1.8 billion of…
June 27– BOSTON– A Mashpee drug-screening lab and its vice president were found not guilty Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court of all charges related to an alleged scheme to pay the salaries of another lab’s employees in exchange for more drug-screening business. Kathleen Franey-Lopes, the vice president of Franey Medical Lab Inc., and Robert Franey, the lab’s…
June 27– Friday is National HIV Testing Day, a public awareness and education effort to encourage people to be tested– quickly and for free. Indianapolis’ leading AIDS services center is teaming up with area Walgreens stores over the next few days to offer people as many options as possible. Damien Center workers began offering the free testing at six Walgreens…
Los Angeles Attorneys John Nojima and David Lederer of Lederer& Nojima have seen a number of cases involving inflatable bounce-house injuries in which party hosts, staff, or other adult supervisors failed in their duty to keep children safe. In Kathy Steinmetz’s ” Bounce House Injuries Become an’ Epidemic'” published in TIME Magazine on June 2, 2014 she reports…
Canaan Partners led the investment and was joined by existing investors New Leaf Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, New Atlantic Ventures and First Round. “Truveris is solving one of the most critical issues facing the health care industry today: reducing prescription costs and providing better access,” said Canaan Partners general partner, Stephen…
MarketsandMarkets expects the Fraud Detection and Prevention market to grow $7.55 Billion by 2018. This represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 15.9% during forecasted period. MarketsandMarkets expects North America to hold the largest market for Fraud Detection and Prevention, in terms of geographical regions, and over the next five years, it is…
Dead last in the standings and sporting a very un- Fredericksburg- like 2-6 record. That’s the bad news for Fredericksburg. There’s no need to plan a county title celebration just yet, but the smile on manager Jim McKinney’s face was evidence that Fredericksburg may be finally heading in the right direction again.
June 27– The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel installed as its president-elect Troy Bozarth, a partner with HeplerBroom LLC’s Edwardsville office. Arco Construction added Lindell “Chip” Dunivan Jr. and Todd Ellmo as superintendents; Clint Wobbe and Erick Todd as project managers; and Heather Fliss as marketing coordinator.
June 27– CONNEAUT– Only a few months after opening its doors, the W.E. Dalton Gallery in downtown Conneaut is closed, thanks to a roof leak that destroyed the store’s ceiling and damaged merchandise. William and Connie Dalton, who launched the gift shop/gallery in mid-November, discovered the damage Wednesday morning when they arrived to start the business day.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Steve Stivers announced his yearly Job Fair for all constituents of Ohio’s 15th Congressional District. Over 50 Columbus-based businesses will be participating in the Job Fair, including Nationwide Insurance, Huntington Bank, Ohio Health and Worthington Industries. Stivers’ Job Fair will take place on Tuesday, July 1, 2014…
Washington, DC- Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D- Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R- Utah, and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R- Mich., and Ranking Member Sandy Levin, D- Mich., announced the completion of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act. This bipartisan legislation reflects agreements…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014 to give the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration enhanced capabilities and increased resources that will enable the agency to better protect the driving public.
