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Election officials beef up security in advance of Election Day
MARIETTA, Ga. — The election director in Cobb County, an Atlanta suburb where votes will be fiercely contested in this year’s presidential race, recently organized a five-hour training session. The focus wasn’t solely on the nuts-and-bolts of running this year’s election. Instead, it brought together election staff and law enforcement to strategize on how to keep workers safe and the process of voting and ballot-counting secure. |
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Biden administration will let Alaska Airlines buy Hawaiian Air after meeting certain terms
The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines complete its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines after the carriers agreed to certain conditions, including maintaining maintain current service on routes between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. where they don’t have much competition. |
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Vancouver Housing Authority working with police to beef up security at two supportive housing buildings
Vancouver Housing Authority’s CEO said the amount of drug-trafficking at two of the agency’s permanent supportive housing buildings is unlike anything he’s ever seen. But he assured the Vancouver City Council during a Monday presentation that the agency is taking action to protect tenants and neighbors. |
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Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lies slandered Haitians over dogs and cats
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas — after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats. |
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Railroads and regulators must address the dangers of long trains, report says
OMAHA, Neb. — As freight trains have grown ever longer, the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other also increased, so the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a long-awaited report that regulators, Congress and the industry should reexamine the risks associated with them. |
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Recreational burn ban ends in Vancouver
Due to recent rains and anticipated cooler weather conditions, Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli lifted the recreational burn ban within city limits effective Tuesday. |
Washington State News
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NFL Power Rankings, 2024 Season Week 3: Still Holding No. One Spot
Jaguars News | Jacksonville Jaguars - jaguars.com John Oehser JACKSONVILLE - Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 3 2024 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are ... Rank.Team (2024 record) | Comment (2-0) 1 Kansas City Chiefs Champs on top until they’re not (2-0) 2 5 Buffalo Bills Up next: Duuuval (2-0) 3 17 New Orleans Saints Wow (2-0) 4 4 |
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Amazon's subcontracted delivery drivers in US to be paid more
SEATTLE, Washington: Amazon is raising wages for its subcontracted U.S. delivery drivers under its Delivery Service Partners (DSP) program. The company announced that these drivers will now earn an average of nearly US$22 per hour, a 7 percent increase from the previous average of $20.50. This wage hike is part of a larger $2.1 billion investment Amazon is making in its DSP program, which also supports s |
The Chronicle - Centralia
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Toledo Middle School student to be removed from school after making an unfounded threat Tuesday morning 
A Toledo Middle School student who made an unfounded threat Tuesday morning will be removed from the school, the Toledo School District has confirmed. District staff were notified at about 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, that a student had “made a threat that was off the cuff, if you will,” Toledo Superintendent Brennan Bailey said at about 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. “However, we wanted to fully investigate it.” The Toledo School District “immediately followed safety protocols, working closely with law enforcement to assess and address the situation,” Bailey said in a letter to parents sent out Tuesday morning after the situation was resolved. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office responded to Toledo Middle School to conduct “a thorough investigation,” including searching students’ backpacks, and determined “that there is no ongoing threat to our school community,” Bailey said. “We want to assure you that the situation has been handled swiftly and effectively, and at no time were any students in danger,” Bailey wrote in the letter to parents.
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Lewis County 4-H competitors dominate at Washington State Fair 
Lewis County’s 4-H competitors were highly successful in the swine department at the Washington State Fair, which began Aug. 30 and lasts through Sept. 22 in Puyallup. “They completely wiped out the competition in the hog barn, and they did a phenomenal job of representing our county by not only dominating the competition but also helping kids from other counties out with their projects and really coming together as a team,” reported Kayla Guenther. Below are the participants and results from the fair: Kairi Guenther, 19
Sebastian Heinricher, 16
Kimber Huber, 15
Kate Zandell, 17
Kenzington Guenther, 10
Helen Knabel, 11
Reece Cox, 9
Lizzi Foley, 10
Brant Huber, 10
Mason Heinricher, 13
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