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Staunton, VA

Margaret Minnicks

The Shack is a storefront in the middle of downtown Staunton, Virginia. It is an extremely small restaurant with 7 tables and 26 non-matching chairs. Therefore, only 26 guests can be served at the same time for lunch and dinner. If you are one of the 26 guests, you will be offered a delicious meal with top-notch ingredients and inventive cooking.

A tiny restaurant in Virginia can serves only 26 guests at a time

Pennsylvania State

Mansfield, PA

WHEREISTHEBUZZ

Alyson Cranick, 42, a married educator and mother of two, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor, and impairing the morals of children. Cranick is accused of raping an 11-year-old boy.

Alyson Cranick: Married Connecticut Educator Arrested For Allegedly Raping A Minor

West Virginia State

Charleston, WV

Michael Ramsburg

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Buck firearm season begins on Monday, Nov. 20 in all but four West Virginia counties. As one of the most popular hunting seasons in the state, the two-week period which this year runs through Dec. 3 sees a large harvest of deer -- nearly 49,000 in 2022 alone.

Bag a big buck? The governor wants to see it

Pasco, WA

Benton County, WA

Tim A Gruver

The former owner of Himalaya Adult Family Home is banned from working in long-term care ever again. A former Benton County nursing home owner has lost her license over allegations that she left elderly patients under her care to die, the Department of Health reports.

Nursing Home Owner Loses License: Allegedly Abandoning, Starving Patients

Berkeley, CA

The Berkeley Scanner

Maria Garcia remembers everything that happened on the day she said goodbye to Angel and Jazy, her two oldest sons, for the last time. Jazy, who had just turned 17, surprised everyone that night when he said he was going with Angel, 15, to a friend's quinceañera.

A year after deaths of Angel and Jazy, their mother asks: 'Why?'

Wyoming State

Jackson, WY

WyoFile

Biologist Ben Wise received the first feedground reports of lethargic elk calves on Feb. 25. He had a hunch about what was coming. As the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s disease biologist for the Jackson Region, Wise has been around long enough to know what was likely about to happen . Hoof rot. And death.

Historic die-off at Wyoming elk feedground prompts management changes

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Denver, CO

David Heitz

At what temperature should the city open warming centers for people experiencing homelessness?. The city currently opens warming centers when the temperature dips below 20 degrees. That’s doubled from last year, when the temperature threshold was a dangerous 10 degrees, or six inches of snow. Cold weather activation centers now open when two inches of snow is forecast.

Is 32 degrees cold enough to invite homeless people in Denver inside?

A man who owns property next to the Comfort Inn where Denver migrants are being sheltered said children frolic on his property, “riding on scooters unaccompanied” and climbing up buildings to play on the roof.

Denver migrant mayhem: ‘Kids on roofs, kids riding scooters unaccompanied’

Jason Sutton has one concern about the city purchasing the DoubleTree Hotel in Park Hill as part of Denver’s House1000 program: How will it be different from Fusion Studios?. Sutton made his remarks Wednesday during a town hall meeting at the Martin Luther King Jr. recreation center. Sutton owns the Chick-fil-a located next door to Fusion Studios, 3737 Quebec. Fusion is housing for the formerly homeless in a former 1980s-era Quality Inn and Suites. It is owned and operated by Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Neighbor worries Denver homeless hotel will be like Fusion Studios

The city of Denver has not based on science its policy to open warming centers and shelters only when it dips to 20 degrees and below or at least two inches of snow are forecast, a doctor said Wednesday during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee of the City Council.

Denver winter hard on south of border homeless migrants

Chicago, IL

Natalie Frank, Ph.D.

New rule limiting shelter days creates concerns about migrant student attendance stability. In response to Mayor Brandon Johnson's recent implementation of a 60-day limit for shelter stays for migrant families in Chicago, educators and advocates are expressing apprehension about its potential impact on the attendance and stability of migrant students. This decision comes amid the city's ongoing struggle to provide adequate housing for migrants, with over 22,000 arrivals from the Southern border since August 2022, many escaping economic and political turmoil in Central and South American countries.

Three Chicago Students Rights to be Aware of With Changes to Shelter Rules for Migrant Families

Puyallup, WA

The accused assistant will still retain her license. A Pierce County nursing assistant will keep her license despite facing charges of hitting an elderly patient, the Department of Health reports.

Nursing Home Aide Accused of Striking Elderly Patient

A fourth hotel will house people experiencing homelessness in Denver’s district 8. The City Council voted Monday to lease the 300-room DoubleTree in Park Hill for one year for $83,333 per month. The city also has the option to buy the hotel for $43 million.

Denver will lease DoubleTree for $83,333 per month for homeless

To be a migrant in Denver is to struggle. A Globeville resident reached out to the author of this story this week to share her experience of making friends with a migrant in her neighborhood staying at a hotel. “They were in our neighborhood looking to enroll the kids in school so the mother could go out and find work,” Hanna McEldufff explained in an email. “They only speak Spanish, so we have been trying to help make calls in English to try and secure some housing for them.”

Hotel rules pose food, clothing challenges to Denver migrants

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New physical education class introduces students to weightlifting

Starting the 2023–2024 school year, Los Altos High School is offering a new physical education (PE) class: Weightlifting. Currently, students are required to fulfill 20 credits...

New physical education class introduces students to weightlifting

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