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In today's pages: Unions are bad. No, they're good! No, wait, they're bad.

2009-10-07 16:33:47

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Going green tonight: Jamestown Speedway kicks off 2013 season this evening at 7 p.m.

2013-05-18 10:44:02

The weatherman has said there's a 40-percent chance of scattered thunderstorms today. But he also said it's supposed to be 80 degrees. It's highly unlikely that both of those ingredients will happen at the same time, and after canceling the first two...

FDIC suit survives early challenge // DOCUMENT

2013-05-17 03:34:02

A judge has dismissed negligence claims brought by the government against the directors of a failed Panama City bank, but the gross negligence claims against them can proceed, according to court records. In December, the Federal Deposit Insurance...

The Bismarck Tribune, N.D., Jessica Holdman column

2013-05-12 11:44:02

The North Dakota Department of Trust Lands is doing a development study on property it owns in Bismarck. Department of Trust Lands Commissioner Lance Gaebe said the state wants to sell Section 36 -- 590 acres located along Bismarck Expressway and...

Zelotes Rice made mark in state government, journalism

2013-05-09 00:00:00

His name is the Greek word for "the zealous one," but Zelotes S. Rice II -- labor negotiator, former state transportation secretary and the state's first secretary of industry, labor and human relations -- never saw himself as a zealot. "I don't have to...

Celebrity Night breaks the records

2013-05-08 09:14:01

Despite unfavorable weather conditions, the United Way of Southern West Virginia and Women's Resource Center collected record donations during Monday's 25th annual Celebrity Night. United Way Executive Director Margaret Ann O'Neal said the total...

United, untied

2013-04-28 09:14:01

How appropriate the Silver Anniversary of one of this area's longest running and most successful fundraisers would hinge on much clinking of silverware, with the 25th annual Celebrity Night to benefit United Way of Southern West Virginia, happening from...

Community Events

2013-04-22 00:00:00

� Kids Rallying Against Bullying (KRAB) Holds First Community Meeting KRAB is a locally based organization that wants to be part of the solution that creates better individuals. “Our goal is to empower children, teens, and adults to make a...

Mega-chains setting up shop in Los Fresnos

2013-04-22 01:04:02

A hundred years after it was founded, Los Fresnos is finally getting its first McDonald's. Wal-Mart is on its way too, according to City Manager Mark Milum. It all follows a trend of recent new development in the central Cameron County community,...

Stephen Billings: Key business challenges don't resolve themselves

2013-03-13 07:17:00

It is that time of the year when every smart business starts to review their projections for revenues, expenses, marketing programs, and human resource needs. Additionally, each and every business enterprise should reevaluate their respective, onerous tax...

Stephen Billings: VanDam Custom Boats wins new SCORE Award

2012-12-13 05:24:00

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" is the memorable opening statement in "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. What meaning does this comment project toward business? Well, today is the best of times for VanDam Custom Boats. This...

Business community achievements honored at Petoskey's Breakfast for Champions

2012-12-05 07:02:00

PETOSKEY -- Local business community members received recognition Tuesday for an array of contributions during Petoskey's Breakfast for Champions. The annual awards breakfast, organized by the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, drew more than 450...

Tip of the Mitt SCORE chairman Bill Collins (from left) gathers with First Community Bank vice president of marketing Bill Savard and Tip of the Mitt SCORE business counselor Stephen Billings to recognize Ben, Jean and Steve VanDam of VanDam Custom Boats, a Boyne City-based company receiving the

2012-12-13 05:28:00