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July 30– Former Angelo State pitcher Mike Weatherly threw a complete-game, two-hitter to lead the San Angelo Colts to a 7-0 win over the Brownsville Charros on Tuesday at Foster Field. K.J. McAllister, Eric Herman and Chris Grossman drove in one run each for the Colts, who improved to 24-34. The Colts began the night eight games behind Fort Worth for the second and…

SALEM, Ore.— Oregon insurance regulators are seeking the authority to require private insurers to have enough doctors and other health care providers to adequately serve all their customers. The group, which includes representatives from many of Oregon’s insurance companies and from various sectors of the health care industry, will meet Thursday.

WASHINGTON, July 30– The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rural Utilities Service published the following rule in the Federal Register:. A Rule by the Agriculture Department and the Rural Utilities Service on 07/30/2014. Adam J. Hermann, Office of the General Counsel, USDA, 3311- South Bldg., 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, 720-9425,…

July 30– STOCKTON– Four new regents have been added to the governing body of University of the Pacific, the university announced Tuesday. They are: Norman E. Allen, a senior vice president and partner at Woodruff-Sawyer& Co., a San Francisco- based insurance firm; Charles Berolzheimer, president and CEO of California Cedar Products Co. in Stockton; Virginia Chan, a…

AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Colorado, has acquired The Wright Group Services. “As part of the team at AssuredPartners, our clients will benefit from the increased support, resources and tools now available to us.” Tom Riley, President and COO of AssuredPartners, Inc. added, “The AssuredPartners growth strategy centers on…

July 30– FARMINGTON– The 2014 Farmington Gem Award was presented to Richard and Judy Bjorn on Saturday prior to the downtown Summer Fest evening concert at North Church. This past year’s recipient, Emily Floyd, passed the engraved plaque on to the couple, Ron Gelinas, founder of the award, said. Blue campus renovation with a new auditorium and stage and a garage for…

July 30– Behind the stellar pitching of Cody Fitch and Caleb Burnham along with robust hitting, Shelby seized control early and beat their Area IV archrivals 7-2 to finish off a doubleheader sweep at Holt-Moffitt Field to win the state championship. Shelby won the first game 10-6, forcing the second and deciding contest. Shelby then had to beat Wilmington 4-2…

That was six months ago, but its impacts on Yuba- Sutter, where agriculture rules the economy, are unclear. Regulations and administrative policies are still being written and staff in local Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service and crop insurance offices are still waiting for details about the new bill’s provisions.

Comedian Bill Cosby and his wife Camille will not be present at the Massachusetts State House on July 30, 2014, but will be lending their enthusiastic voices supporting protesters delivering petitions against the proposed Kinder Morgan Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Bruce Winn, President of the Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Rosemary Wessel, Founder of the…

The new site truly captures the essence of Shedd Aquarium. “We were very excited to help Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium update its website to make it more user-friendly and reflective of the Aquarium’s overall mission,” Roy Chomko, president of Adage Technologies, said. Thanks to the website’s new Plan a Visit path, each guest is able to build a rich, rewarding package to…

July 30– After being blamed for problems with the state’s troubled health insurance exchange and losing the associated $75 million contract, Xerox is back in negotiations with Nevada. The contract talks come three months after the state fired Xerox for building software that crippled the state’s online health insurance marketplace, Nevada Health Link.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is correcting final rules published in the Federal Register of November 14, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Smith, Deputy Director, 202-418-5495, [email protected], or Mark Bretscher, Attorney-Advisor, 312-596-0529, [email protected], Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight,…

SUMMARY: This document revises the delegations of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture and general officers of the Department of Agriculture to reflect changes and additions to the delegations required by the Agricultural Act of 2014, Public Law 113-79. Other additions, deletions, and changes are made as summarized below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION…

SUMMARY: We are amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh blueberries from Morocco into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the blueberries must be produced under a systems approach employing a combination of mitigation measures for two quarantine pests, Ceratitis…

–Invoca, the leading provider of cloud-based inbound call marketing automation, today announced it has converted $2.5 billion in sales for its customers since the company was founded and $1.7 billion in just the last 12 months. The foundations of advertising and search are rapidly changing with mobile, driving innovation and growth in the inbound call market….

–GeoBlue, a leader and innovator in serving the health care needs of world travelers, announced today that they are the first expat insurer to contract with London’s premier new private health facility, London Claremont Clinic. London Claremont Clinic fosters the team approach to managing complex diseases and conditions like those related to diabetes,…