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  • Surprise aims to land new jobs - a few hundred at a time Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:53AMSurprise's Top 5 employers are mostly retailers, but better jobs may be on the way.
  • Free Shoes for Back to School Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:40AMRICHMOND - They're starting off the new school year in style, and thousands of Richmond area children have some churches and businesses to thank for it.
  • Burnsville native’s vision now real-life success Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 8:56AMNoel B. Cummings began his political life in 1979 with one goal in mind – to improve the economy of his small village of about 2,000 residents.
  • Work-services program a big part of Flathead Industries Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 3:10AMTo many, the name Flathead Industries brings to mind a chain of thrift stores. But behind the shelves and racks is a much larger picture: an operation with a mission as valuable to the Flathead Valley
  • A burning neglect: Some say emphasis on preserving local historic sites lacking Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 3:42AMAlthough there have been a few gleaming successes in Anniston's old residential areas of Leighton and Woodstock avenues, for the most part failures have loomed greater in the field of local historic preservation
  • Edler says strong-mayor system would provide leadership Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:42AMYAKIMA, Wash. -- Before his stint as mayor of Yakima ended in January, City Councilman Dave Edler brought a higher profile to the post than most before him or since.
  • Free health clinic needs funds Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:13AMCALDWELL — Canyon County’s volunteer-run, once-a-week free medical clinic opened five months ago to meet overwhelming local demand for health care for the poor, the unemployed and the uninsured.
  • Payson's Main Street struggling to survive Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:21AMThere was a time in the 1950s when you could sit in Daniels Drug on Payson's Main Street and watch the world -- or at least all you knew of it -- drift by the window. Perched on a barstool and pulling
  • New health center is a success story Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 3:39AMThe new Onley Community Health Center is an impressive structure that will fill a monumental need in the central Eastern Shore. It also required an impressive fundraising effort that continues.
  • • Simulation helps relate to kids with disabilities Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:07AMBy Mark Wineka mwineka@salisburypost.com It was a Walmart meltdown. With her 3-year-old son, Kevin, in tow, Kim Roe went to the big-box store one day to have a prescription filled. In her shopping buggy, Kevin began rocking â an outward sign that ...
  • At Chamber event, expert urges state tax reform Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:09PMNORMAL — The state must cut taxes on businesses but can offsetthat lost revenue by broadening its sales tax and being lessreliant on economic incentives, a tax expert told McLean Countybusiness leaders Thursday.
  • Sedalia students gear up for classes at back-to-school fair Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:20PMMatthew Mace may be missing his front teeth, but that didn’t stop him from being excited about snagging a new toothbrush at the back-to-school fair Tuesday afternoon.
  • Community Notes Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 7:07PM* The WestGate Authority will meet in executive session at 11 a.m. at the Loogootee City Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to receive information pertaining to the hiring of an interim executive director. The regular meeting of the Authority will follow at 1 p.m.
  • Memorial service held for JMU alum Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:52PMOn Sunday, hundreds of friends and family members celebrated the life of 2009 graduate Brian Cardarelli, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month while serving as an aid worker. During a memorial service at Covenant Presbyterian Church, a slideshow of Carderelli’s photos from Afghanistan was shown and fond memories were shared. Cardarelli, who had a [...]
  • Bealls Outlets take advantage of open retail space to continue aggressive expansion Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:09PMBy Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 23, 2010 While most apparel retailers are still feeling their way out of the economic darkness, department store outlet chains remain in growth mode catering to the budget minded. Nordstrom, Saks, Neiman Marcus and last week Bloomingdale's have shifted most of their growth capital to their outlet units. But Bargain-oriented Beall's Outlets ...
  • Beall's Outlet takes advantage of open retail space to continue aggressive expansion Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:09PMBy Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 23, 2010 Beall’s Outlet opened 26 new stores and upgraded 16 others in the past year, bringing its total to 456. The chain, based in Bradenton, plans to add 22 more stores in October and an additional 10 in the spring. While most apparel retailers are still feeling their way out of the economic darkness, department store outlet chains remain in ...
  • VIZIO XVT HDTVs with LEDs, WiFi, apps & Bluetooth ready to ship Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:13AMThis year's iteration of VIZIO's top of the line XVT LCDs (at least until the XVT3D -- née XVT Pro -- series hits in Q4) are finally ready to ship and, as we've come to expect, pack a long list of features to go along with their price tags. The 240Hz 42-, 47-, and 55-inch versions all feature LED backlighting, which may be ready to beat criticisms of of light black levels with a claimed 10,000 ...
  • Superior Technologies in VIZIO's Full Array TruLED XVT Series Set the Picture Quality Standard for HDTVs Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:00AMVIZIO, America's HDTV and Consumer Electronics Company, announced today shipping of a new lineup of leading edge XVT Series HDTVs featuring Full Array TruLED⢠LCD HDTV technology.
  • Work begins on Walmart store in Tumwater Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:49AMTUMWATER - Construction has begun on a long-planned Walmart store in Tumwater, a $16 million building that was nearly six years in the making because of local opposition.
  • JMU Introduces New Alcohol Enforcement Policies Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:53PMHARRISONBURG, Va. — JMU is determined to change its alcohol culture by implementing new enforcement and education programs from the start of the year and by keeping Springfest on the forefront of everyone’s minds, according to President Linwood Rose. April’s block party-turned-riot was the “tipping point” and the culmination of many alcohol problems, according to administrators [...]
  • News in brief Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:40AMHere are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
  • Coming Up (as of August 13) Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:39AMThe West Nassau High School Class of 1990 will hold its 20-year reunion at the Amelia Island Golf Club Saturday. To learn more, call Michelle Thomas Wright at 879-3268 or 504-0944.
  • New General Manager Named at Big Sandy Superstore Arena Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:30PMSMG has named Brian Sipe the new General Manager for the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, W.Va.
  • Walmart opens in Indian Land today Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:44PMGroceries are stocked, the floors polished to a high shine, and employees are trained and ready to run the cash registers.
  • Eagle Scout remodels Gamma House backyard Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 6:01AMEditor's note:The Baxter Bulletin continues its series of stories on Scouting as part of a salute to the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts of America.
  • Walmart opens for business on Wednesday Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 5:38PMThe long-awaited Cornelius Walmart store will open for business at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18.
  • Coming Up (as of August 13) Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 4:24PMThe West Nassau High School Class of 1990 will hold its 20-year reunion at the Amelia Island Golf Club Saturday. To learn more, call Michelle Thomas Wright at 879-3268 or 504-0944.
  • The architects of Issaquah's future Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 1:13PMThe 12 members of the Central Issaquah Plan Advisory Task have been entrusted with an enormous responsibility - to lay down the bold brush strokes of what the City of Issaquah should look like in the decades to come.
  • November election field grows Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:06PMEight candidates vying for Milpitas City Council and four for the office of mayor officially placed their names on the November ballot before the Aug. 6 deadline.
  • News in brief Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:40AMHere are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
  • ‘I Am Perfect As I Am’ Celebrates Notable Group of Exceptional Teenage Girls Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 12:51PM*Beverly Hills, CA — On Friday, August 6th, 2010, In a Perfect World and Shaun Robinson presented the first annual “I AM PERFECT – EXACTLY AS I AM” event, sponsored by Dove ® at the SLS Hotel on La Cienega Blvd. in Beverly Hills, CA. The informal brunch, hosted by Robinson and Manuela Testolini celebrated [...]
  • Community effort equips Belen kids for school with backpacks, supplies Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 8:11AMFor about 200 children who are heading back to class this week, not only will they be ready to learn, but they'll be doing it with new backpacks full of school supplies thanks to a heart-felt community effort.
  • Dr. Wal-Mart Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 5:06AMWhen Wal-Mart started selling generic medications for $4 for a month's supply, critics said it was just a way to lure more customers. Six years later, that move has changed the way doctors prescribe medications and made the big-box retailer a force in the nation's health-care system.
  • Free Speech for 08-11-10 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 4:12PMCan anyone explain why Fayette County would change the PSAT testing date from a Wednesday, Oct. 13 when they offered it to all students during school to a three-day holiday weekend Saturday, Oct. 16? Many students are still unaware of this new testing plan and as students are out on Friday they are taking advantage of the three days off. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - read more
  • Back-to-School Celebration set for Aug. 7 Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 3:47AMA Back-to-School Celebration will be held for all White County students on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at White County Fairgrounds Agricultural Complex Building. This event, sponsored by the White County Board of Education, will help ring in the 2010-2011 school year for White County students.
  • Three vying for Opelika's Ward 5 seat Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 11:19PMThree vying for Opelika’s Ward 5 seat
  • Hicks store reborn as community hub Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 5:23PMA downtown storefront is gaining new life as a central location for the promotion of local tourism and economic development efforts.
  • A work of art unveiled in a city cemetery Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 11:17PMSALEM — Not all art is in museums. In fact, you can find art in the strangest places. Take, for example, the huge mural on the side of the maintenance building in Greenlawn Cemetery. The colorful painting of a cemetery angel and Celtic cross was completed a few days ago by Richie Martineau, who works at the city cemetery.
  • News in brief Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 8:55AMHere are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
  • Penn Hills Wal-mart plans downsized Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 4:51AMA Wal-Mart Superstore plan that is nearly six years in the making has been scaled back to allow developers to satisfy PennDOT requests.
  • First Pacific Advisors Buys Johnson & Johnson, Transocean Inc. ... Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 4:11PMThis is the Q2 portfolio update of First Pacific Advisors. The firm is led by CEO Bob Rodriguez and partner Steven Romick and is bullish with energy stocks. They are buying more of them in the second quarter. They also added the consumer services companies. Read more » »
  • Celebrating health Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 11:57AMA decade ago, NEOHealth was a dream verging on reality. Today, it’s a thriving organization, with five health centers in three communities, providing vital primary health care services to citizens in northeastern Oklahoma.
  • Back-to-School Celebration set for Aug. 7 Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 9:02AMA Back-to-School Celebration will be held for all White County students on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at White County Fairgrounds Agricultural Complex Building. This event, sponsored by the White County Board of Education, will help ring in the 2010-2011 school year for White County students.
  • Fundraisers- 8/1 Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:52PMSchool supply drive planned Thursday MARTINSBURG - The Eastern Panhandle Board of Realtors Community Service Committee will sponsor its annual school supply drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at Walmart in Martinsburg and Charles Tow.
  • Medical clinic debuts at city's Walmart store Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:04AMWATERVILLE -- Starting today, you can add basic health care to the roster of what's inside the city's Walmart Supercenter, off Waterville Commons Drive.
  • Local developers buy Barren River Plaza Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:01PMA Glasgow shopping center that had lost the majority of its tenants during the last few years after one of the anchor stores relocated to Veterans Outer Loop may be getting a second chance at renewed life.
  • Gilbert at stalemate on discount grocery at development Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:50PMDecision likely won't come until mid-August on store's plan to be part of Main Street Commons.
  • Hansen: Archie Brooks, post-prison Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:38PMArchie Brooks returns to his roots after serving time for his role in the CIETC scandal
  • Teen tapes chaos at Walmart standoff Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:20PMA teen tapes the chaos at Tuesday's Walmart stand-off. The 15-year-old had a handheld camera in his pocket when the store was evacuated.
  • Daley proposes S. Side lakefront development Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:16PMChicago Mayor Richard Daley is proposing a plan to use nearly $100 million in bonds to build a new development on the former U.S. Steel site in the city's 7th Ward.