Lughnasadh News

Monty Betty gazes across Lake Oroville on Friday from his houseboat, one of the largest on the lake.

The 19th Annual Ollie H. Dixon Back-to-School Parade and Picnic will be held on Saturday, Aug.1. The parade route will begin at the former Shadeland Elementary School, 1525 West 14th Street, at 11 a.m. The picnic will begin immediately following the parade at Jackson Park, West 22nd Street, in Anderson.

Jefferson County Auditor Donna Eldridge has certified a petition from Gardiner residents who want to be part of Clallam County Fire District No.

Offering some relief to recession-stricken consumers, Sears Holding Corp. this week announced a buyer protection plan that allows customers to keep their LG, GE or Kenmore appliance in the event of a job loss.

Judy Wells, principal of Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, will resign that position Aug.

For at least one lawmaker, the fight over toll increases on the 88-mile West Virginia Turnpike is not over.

The superintendent of the Hazelwood School District has been chosen as Missouri's next education commissioner.

The new terminal at Lake Charles Regional Airport is set to open Aug. 1. Heath Allen, the airport's executive director, said Wednesday that final work on the $28 million passenger terminal is under way.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it will waive all day use fees from Aug.

The West Virginia Turnpike's governing board has approved toll increases despite opposition from people who live along the 88-mile highway's route.

Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to China and who has served as first woman spokesperson of the foreign ministry, will succeed Shivshankar Menon as India's next foreign secretary Aug 1, it was announced here Tuesday.

Sears is planning to offer a buyer protection program for its home appliances to help consumers who lose their jobs during the recession.

North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue picked a new head of the Highway Patrol Monday.

Sears Holdings Corp. , the largest U.S. department-store chain, will let customers who lose their jobs suspend payments and keep appliances bought with store credit cards in an effort to bolster sales in the recession.

A new regional airline will begin low-cost flights out of Owensboro to Nashville, Tenn., later this summer.

NATO and Russia agreed to resume military ties Saturday in their first high-level meeting since Russia's war with Georgia disrupted their relations 10 months ago.

Food Gatherers and partner organizations will showcase community gardens that were created to increase low-income people's access to healthy, locally grown food July 22 and Aug.

Paul Rudershausen will leave Coos Bay, Ore., on Aug. 1 for a bike ride benefiting the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter.

Two years after concluding a nationwide search for a public communications director, the city of College Station said Thursday that the position is open again.

The number of announced candidates for the District 40 state House of Representatives race has grown to eight.