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Franklin County Board of Commissioners last week funded the 19,000-square-foot expansion of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective’s facility in Grove City with a $7 million grant funded by federal funds from the American Rescue Plan. Plans for the new addition call for a 14,000-square-foot freezer, essentially doubling storage and picking locations, and four new dock doors [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A wealthy San Francisco couple notched a record nearly half-million-dollar buyout to vacate their luxury apartment of three decades, an indication of what some landlords are willing to pay for tenants to give up their longtime home in a city with strict rent control and soaring market rents. The $475,000 buyout is [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master's degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn't seen as the program's most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning, and suddenly material from that course was being infused into others. "It's become so relevant, and it's staying [...]
A Franklin County initiative meant to engage fathers in the lives of their kids has garnered national attention among county executives throughout the country. The National Association of Counties rewarded the county with an achievement award for its Calling All Dads program for its innovation and effectiveness. The initiative is a partnership between Franklin County [...]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Motorists put the pedal to the metal during the pandemic and police are worried as roads get busy with the final stretch of summer travel. The latest data shows the number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in more than a decade even though cars and trucks drove fewer [...]
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (AP) — Beach Service officer Kevin Orth stood in the garage of the Isle of Palms Police Department as an officer pointed a yellow device with a green laser at his legs from about 15 feet away. Orth, who stood calmly with his feet shoulder-width apart, watched the fellow officer say: [...]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A thick, white band of newly exposed rock face stretches high above boaters' heads at Lake Powell, creating a sharp contrast against the famous red desert terrain as their vessels weave through tight canyons that were once underwater. It's a stark reminder of how far the water level has fallen at [...]
The number of construction jobs in central Ohio is up 8 percent from a year ago, when the industry was hobbled by pandemic-spurred government restrictions and their accompanying fallout, such as supply-chain slowdowns, according to new figures released by the Associated General Contractors of America. The region has more construction jobs this summer than the [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — After another pandemic-disrupted school year, organizers of vastly expanded summer learning opportunities are investing heavily in efforts to make them accessible to the most vulnerable students. While there have been success stories, the programs have faced many of the same challenges that educators have been up against since the pandemic hit: [...]
BOSTON — After a federal eviction moratorium was allowed to lapse earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new moratorium last week on evictions that would last until Oct. 3. The new moratorium aims to keep millions in their homes and prevent the spread of the coronavirus' delta variant. The [...]