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In a small room behind First Lutheran Church in Blair, representatives from the Small Business Administration are preparing to meet with business owners and residents who suffered property damage and economic loss from the severe storms in late April.”The Disaster Loan Assistance Center is just one part of our long-term recovery efforts to ensure all Nebraskans affected by these severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes have access to disaster loan resources,” said Mariel Alipio of the SBA’s Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience.Shortly after the storm hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened two disaster recovery centers and the…
Sign up for the QNS email newsletter to get news, updates and local information delivered straight to your inbox. With just a little help, any senior can become tech savvy. This Friday, June 21st, Link NYC In collaboration with the Queens Gigabit Center, they will be hosting the first of five “Senior Series” digital literacy workshops to help seniors become proficient with the latest technology. The workshop will begin at 11 a.m. at the Allen Community Senior Citizens Center, 166-01 Linden Blvd. in Jamaica. The two organizations have partnered of The New York City Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI),…
Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal leader Naveen Patnaik is set to take over as Leader of the Opposition after ending a long 24-year run in power.Patnaik was unanimously elected as the party leader at a meeting held at the BJD legislative headquarters, Sankar Bhawan. “The newly elected party members have elected me as the BJD parliamentary leader. Prasanna Acharya will be the party’s deputy leader in the parliament. Former speaker Pramila Malick will be the BJD floor secretary and senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb will take up the post of deputy floor secretary,” Patnaik said here…
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A massive storm moving across the Gulf of Mexico strengthened Wednesday to become Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, with parts of Texas bracing for about a foot of rain. Parts of Mexico could see up to 20 inches of rain.The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the Texas coast from San Luis Pass south to the mouth of the Rio Grande, and Gov. Greg Abbott activated three platoons of the Texas National Guard, including more than 40 personnel, 20 vehicles and a Chinook helicopter.”Due to…
The Detroit area Honda dealer, presenter of the Detroit High School Sports Awards, presented the Honda Inspiration Award for the seventh consecutive year.This year’s winner was Paul Ellis, swimming and diving coach at Bloomfield Hills-Cranbrook-Kingswood High School.This award was created to recognize the coaches, teachers and adults who make a daily impact in the lives of student-athletes. Nominations are submitted by students and spotlight someone who has always inspired them to try hard and do the right thing on and off the playing field.”I may not know as much as your club coach, but I can promise you one thing:…
US stock markets will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Wednesday and will reopen on Thursday, June 20. The U.S. bond market will also be closed on June 19, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.Most restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers will be open on the holiday, but banks and U.S. post offices will be closed.Known as America’s Second Independence Day, Juneteenth has been commemorated as a federally recognized holiday since 2021, providing millions of Americans with a paid day off and an opportunity…
A surgeon has been charged with causing his wife’s death by refraining from calling 911 after she went into cardiac arrest on the operating table, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Suspect Benjamin Brown, 41, was arrested Monday on murder and manslaughter charges, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. On November 21, 2023, police responded to Restore Orthopedic Clinic in Gulf Breeze for a medical emergency. Benjamin Brown was performing surgery on Hilary Brown, but while undergoing multiple procedures, Hilary became unresponsive and began having seizures. She was taken to a hospital and placed…
Following the disappointing electoral results in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, the only fully fledged state where Ahmed’s (AAP) is in power, the party seems tasked with grooming a second-tier leadership, especially from the Dalit community, to take on the fight ahead.As per the election results data, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, AAP is set to win only 9 seats out of the 34 assembly segments reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), which are part of Punjab’s 13 assembly constituencies. Interestingly, SCs constitute around 32% of the state’s population, the highest percentage of SC population among Indian states.…
There are plenty of teams heading into the 2024 season with visions of a newly expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff. One of those teams is Virginia Tech, and there’s a reason they’re so hyped heading into the season.After starting the season 1-3, the Hokies went 5-3 in the ACC, earned bowl eligibility, and finished with a 7-6 record after defeating Tulane in the Military Bowl. Between their regular season win over Virginia and their bowl victory over the Green Wave, head coach Brent Pry retained a number of players while also adding some key players in the transfer portal. All…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Latino voters are the second-largest ethnic voting group in the country, but they are often misunderstood and overlooked by candidates and campaigns. That inspired veteran political consultant Mike Madrid to write a new book, released this week, called “The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority is Changing Democracy.” No, this may not be a fun book to read on a summer beach, but it is a timely and insightful look at a demographic that could make a big difference in a presidential election. The Madrid perspective is unique. He became a Republican at a time when…