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Lauren Mayfield GiveSendGo launched by far-right organizer, seeks $20,000 after Ole Miss student caught making monkey noises
A photo of the campus of the University of Mississippi [Representational Image] - Source: Getty Far-right X influencer and self-described independent journalist Tom Hennessey has launched a GiveSendGo fundraiser for Ole Miss student Lauren Mayfield. The campaign seeks $20,000 for the woman accused of racist conduct. According to a TikTok posted by Black Ole Miss student Jakiyra Metcalf (@jakiyrametcalf_), her upstairs neighbors were caught on the doorbell camera making monkey-like gestures and sounds. The video showed three women passing by Metcalf’s apartment. Two of the women made monkey noi...
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Carroll College grant will help launch physician assistant program
HELENA, Mont. — A nearly $1.6 million grant backed Carroll College’s work to build its physician assistant program.The college said the funding will help create training space with laboratory simulation technology, medical equipment and furnishings for the future program. Educators said the investment is meant to prepare future health care workers to serve Montana and the surrounding region.The Montana Department of Health and Human Services said the state continued to face a critical shortage of health care professionals, especially in rural communities. The department said 51 of Montana’s 56 counties had been designated health professional shortage areas, showing the access challenges many communities faced for timely, quality care.Carroll College Director of the Physician Assistant Program Richard Bennett said the program aims to reach students with roots in rural places and frontier communities."Students that are from a rural and frontier area are the students that go back to practice in those areas. So, our goal is to capture students from Montana, students from the region that want to return home to practice medicine and be able to equip them with the most up to date skills to be able to do that," Bennett said.Applications for the inaugural cohort were expected to
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Carroll College grant will help launch physician assistant program
HELENA, Mont. — A nearly $1.6 million grant backed Carroll College’s work to build its physician assistant program. The college said the funding will help create training space with laboratory simulation technology, medical equipment and furnishings for the future program. Educators said the investment is meant to prepare future health care workers to serve Montana and the surrounding region.
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Helena Public Schools says 2,000 workers were hit in data breach
A data breach tied to Frontline Education affected about 2,000 past and current employees in Helena’s public school district, according to a district spokesperson. The district said five years of employee data was exposed. It also said no student records were affected.
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Helena Public Schools says 2,000 workers were hit in data breach
HELENA, Mont. — A data breach tied to Frontline Education affected about 2,000 past and current employees in Helena’s public school district, according to a district spokesperson. The district said five years of employee data was exposed. It also said no student records were affected.The district learned about the breach from Frontline Education earlier this month. District officials then told employees about the situation and said those affected would have received a notice from Frontline.NonStop Local reached out to Frontline Education for comment. The company also posted a release on its website explaining what happened.Frontline said its security team identified a vulnerability in third-party software it uses. The company said that weakness allowed unauthorized access to a number of personal records.Frontline said the issue was investigated and resolved. The company said exposed information included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers and other forms of identification.A local cybersecurity expert shared advice for people worried about protecting their information.“Be hyper focused on what the bad guys do in a social engineering aspect. Keep an eye on your emails. Look to see if you recognize the domain name. Look to see if you recognize that the signature changed.
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CMR’s freshman football team delivers big wins this year
Playing for the freshman football team has given Liam McKamey the time of his life. “When you get that tackle, you’re on top of the world,” McKamey said. McKamey’s favorite part about playing football is the environment on game day, with all the people cheering and the feeling of playing for pride. He said he loves the aesthetic of it all, even if he’s only played one game this season. Against the Helena High Bengals in the opener, he pulled his hamstring, leaving him injured throughout the season. It hasn’t stopped him from being a part of the team, however.