WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-794) on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * To: Big Rapids Wireless Inc. c/o Michael Erickson, PO Box 1494, Big Rapids, MI 49307 Smile FM, PO Box 88, Attica, MI 48412 Mentor Partners, Inc. c/o Mark B. Denbo, Esq., Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C., 5028 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 301, Washington, DC 20016 In re: Big Rapids Wireless Inc., New LPFM, Big Rapids, Michigan Petition to Deny Informal   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following statement on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * NEH-supported research sheds light on the experiences and abuse of children within the federal Indian boarding school system * * * NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo) issued the following statement on the findings of the Department of the Interior's second investigative report issued under the ongoing Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. "The first step toward  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecasted corn production down from 2023 and soybean production up from last year. Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.1 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 10% from 2023, forec  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 13 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Aug. 12, 2024, at a political event at Fairmont San Francisco: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Can we hear it for Nancy Pelosi? (Applause.) Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Oh, it is good to be home. (Applause.) Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Please have a seat. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, I want to thank you. You know, there is so much about the future of our c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued the following remarks at a campaign event at Desert Diamond Arena: * * * GOVERNOR WALZ: Wow! (Applause.) Hey, he- -- hello, Arizona! (Laughs.) (Applause.) Wow. Hey -- AUDIENCE: Coach! Coach! Coach! GOVERNOR WALZ: (Bows.) Yeah. Wow. Well, you might have seen, a few people showed up in Philadelphia the other night. (Applause.) And then 10,000-plus walked into a field in western Wisconsin. (Applause.) And then  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Aug. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Five defendants were sentenced today for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia. Hakeem Rashad Mack, also known as "Paper," 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to ten years in prison, to be followed by five years  more