An educator and civil rights advocate, Lee called for unity and hope, drawing deeply from Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring ...

Monroe County’s Take Stock in Children scholarship program needs 16 mentors to volunteer 30 minutes a week. CONTRIBUTED Take Stock in Children Monroe is seeking mentors to pair with 16 students who ...

Thrive Asheville and United Way are jointly leading the Long Term Recovery Group, which brings together over 100 members of nonprofit, faith-based, government and business organizations to directly ...

The winds, predicted to reach near hurricane-force in some areas, were expected to peak Tuesday morning before easing and then regaining strength later in the day. A beefed-up firefighting force ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane-force winds that battered homes and infrastructure on Sunday, leaving thousands without power and ...

New arrivals in the immediate area include Terry Black’s BBQ, AC Marriott Hotel and Opal’s Oysters. A Hyatt Place Hotel is rising at Third Street and Mary Avenue, behind the River Square ...

FEMA is extending its Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) Program to Jan. 25 for residents of North Carolina, according to a Monday announcement. The program, which was set to expire on ...

surpassing Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Democrats in Congress opposed the suggestion by House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, that conditions be placed on aid. Johnson also said any wildfire ...

Roland was born December 6, 1938, to parents Cecil Emerson Bassett and Opal Alvina Baltz in Council Grove, Kansas and lived in Mexico, Nebraska and Louisiana before choosing Galveston as his home.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman tosses debris from a construction site that was on Brayton Drive during the windstorm on Sunday, Jan ...

This image provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows fencing and the roof of a walkway after collapsing onto the Seward Highway in Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday ...

The “Oscars” for community service in Boca Raton, this year’s 27 th OPAL Awards were red carpet worthy from the seven honorees to the gala’s fashions. Videos, intros and heartfelt thank yous inspired ...