WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced this week that 30 Oregon counties will receive more than $47.7 million in federal payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act for schools and road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention, watershed restoration and habitat conservation. These funds, more than $2.56 million of
The latest round commits $647,900 for projects, including an outdoor classroom space, renovations to sensory rooms and learning through podcasting, said a news release from the province.
A Great Barrington man is the winner of the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Monopoly Doubler” $10 instant ticket game.
Multi-gaming platform Circle of Games (COG) has raised $1 million in equity funding from strategic investors Nazara Technologies FZ LLC and Swiss-based The Hashgraph Association.Nazara is India’s largest and only listed gaming company with presence across eSports, sports media, gaming studios and adtech. The company recently pledged $100 million to invest in successful and innovative brands and IPs with cutting-edge technology in the web3, virtual reality, and AI space.COG intends to use this...
VASSAR (KSNT) - A $1.3 million project is underway to replace a bridge four miles east of the town of Vassar. The project will replace the bridge on South Stanley Road spanning 110 Mile Creek. South Stanley Road will be closed at the worksite until the project is completed. The project is expected to be []
BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A county commissioner is worried Tuesday that funding to expand a popular bike trail could be pulled. The Alameda Drain Trail was first approved in 2016, but now a portion of the nine-mile project is at risk of losing funding. The Alameda Drain bike trail project would connect a section at []
(The Center Square) - The part of the federal government which handles forestry, inside the part of the government that handles agriculture is funding local efforts in Oregon that are more associated with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education -- funding for rural roads and schools in Oregon. Thirty Oregon counties will get over $47.7 million in federal funding under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. It will...
The problem was based not on any allegations of misspending — but instead over whether school systems fell short on an obligation to maintain financial support for education at levels in line with overall spending.
The city of Lancaster has sued Los Angeles County, saying the Sheriff’s Department is raking in an “illegal profit” of more than $10 million by overcharging dozens of cities for its policing services. Like more than 40 other cities in the county — including Palmdale, Compton, Carson and West Hollywood — Lancaster pays for sheriff’s deputies to police its area. But amid a staffing crisis, the Sheriff’s Department isn’t assigning as many deputies to Lancaster as the city has paid for, says the...
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday to reallocate $2 million from the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund to continue jail improvements, including the installation of advanced magnetic locks and essential repairs. During Tuesday’s pre-commission meeting, Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller said half of the funds would be used for updating locks that haven’t been
Officials with Commonwealth of Kentucky Senator Robby Mills' office states he and Rep. Jonathan Dixon (R-Corydon) secured millions of dollars in funding for critical local infrastructure and road projects over the next two years.
A major in the U.S. Army Reserves has admitted that he cashed in on the deaths of active-duty soldiers by illegally investing some of the money given to their grieving family members.On Tuesday, 41-year-old Caz Craffy, aka Carz Craffey, entered a U.S. District in Trenton, New Jersey, to plead guilty to six counts of wire fraud and one count each of securities fraud, making false statements in a loan application, committing acts affecting a personal financial interest, and making false statements...