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by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder June 28, 2023 The U.S. Department of Transportation will send more than $2.2 billion in grants to state, tribal and local governments under a grant program that was expanded under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The $2.26 billion for 162 projects provides funds for each of the 50 states, two territories and the District of Columbia. It is similar to the allocation for the grant program last year, the first after President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law that added funding for the program. The projects include improvements and expansions of roads, rail, bridges, pedestrian trails and maritime infrastructure. The Transportation Department has managed a similar discretionary grant program since 2010, though the name of the program and criteria have changed with each presidential administration. Funding levels, set by Congress, also vary year to year, ranging from roughly $500 million to more than $2 billion in each of the two years since the infrastructure law passed. Under Biden, the department has prioritized projects that advance climate goals, racial equity and safety. Local input In a call with reporters previewing the announcement Tuesday

Image of Drugs SeizedCredit: Red Lake Police Department The Red Lake Police Department arrested three people after conducting a search warrant in the Red Lake area. According to a Facebook post, the Red Lake Police Department’s Drug Task Force and Emergency Response Team arrested one adult male and two adult females. Law enforcement conducted a search warrant in the Red Lake area. During the search, officers found drug paraphernalia, including scales, baggies, cutting agents, and 14.2 grams of fentanyl. The three people are charged with drug possession and drug possession with intent to sell. Lakeland News is member supported content. Please consider supporting Lakeland News today.

KENNESAW, Ga. | Jun 28, 2023 Kennesaw State alum Drew Plant has baseball in his blood. However, his time spent at KSU working with Owls Baseball and getting two degrees is what inspired Plant to pursue a career in the sport. He achieved his goal in 2022 after accepting a position as a baseball operations assistant with Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels.  With the Angels, Plant primarily focuses on scouting amateur players the organization can develop over time. He evaluates the prospects analytically, collaborates with the research and development department and the team’s scouts across the country, and handles administrative tasks. On a typical day, Plant works from his office in Angel Stadium or travels around the country to watch top amateur prospects play. “I knew pretty early on in high school that the playing side of baseball was not going to work out for me,” Plant said. “However, I loved the game and knew I still wanted to work in it. My focus quickly turned to what I needed to do to make a career in baseball.” To carve out his

It's the Josh Homme-led band's third No. 1 on each of the four tallies. Queens of the Stone Age Andreas Neumann Queens of the Stone Age launches atop all four of Billboard’s rock albums charts with In Times New Roman…, which begins at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums surveys dated July 1. The set begins with 40,000 equivalent album units earned in the June 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 36,000 units are via album sales. The album is the Josh Homme-led act’s third leader on all four lists. The band first reigned with 2013’s …Like Clockwork, followed by 2017’s Villains. On the all-genre Billboard 200, In Times New Roman… is Queens of the Stone Age’s fourth top 10, starting at No. 9. The band first reached the top 10 with Lullabies to Paralyze, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 2005. The group boasts one No. 1, …Like Clockwork. Concurrently, three songs from the album appear on the multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. “Paper Machete” debuts at No. 11, thanks to 961,000 official U.S. streams and 386,000 radio audience

Star of life (medical symbol created by the National Highway Safety Administration -- public domain) This article by Liz Szabo first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Liz Szabo, KFF Health News June 26, 2023 When the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get rid of vapes with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bears, and Froot Loops that appeal to kids. Instead, the FDA allowed all e-cigarettes already on the market to stay while their manufacturers applied for the OK to market them. Seven years later, vaping has ballooned into an $8.2 billion industry, and manufacturers are flooding the market with thousands of products — most sold illegally and without FDA permission — that can be far more addictive. “The FDA has failed to protect public health,” said Eric Lindblom, a former senior adviser to the director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. “It’s a tragedy.” Yet the FDA isn’t the only entity that has tolerated the selling of vapes to kids. Multiple players in and out of Washington have declined to act, tied the agency’s hands, or neglected to provide the FDA with needed resources.

The July 4th Holiday is just around the corner, and many folks will have a four-day weekend because it falls on a Tuesday this year. Our young country turns 247 years old this year, and we are lucky to live in a place with many fun things to do for free or low cost in Cobb County. I want to share some of my favorites and others I have yet to experience, but they’re on my summer list.   Take a bike ride or hike the Mountain to River trail that runs from Kennesaw mountain southward through Marietta Square and continues along Atlanta road through Smyrna and arrives at the Hooch by the Battery. I rode this when the Braves won the World Series in 2021 and got a very surreal experience by being able to ride my bike on Cobb Pkwy going under 285 to watch the player parade. There are a few sections along Atlanta road that aren’t paved, wide trails, but keep traversing Southbound, and you’ll be rewarded when you turn onto Spring rd with lush landscaping and curvy paths. You may have to

When I discuss Disney Channel's original movies and TV shows, I'm always talking about the iconic dance sequences. Tim Mosenfelder / Getty ImagesI've learned that our faves from movies like High School Musical or TV shows like Even Stevens are sheer perfection or extremely bad and embarrassing. E. Neitzel / WireImageHere are nine Disney Channel dance sequences that I think are really good and nine that are very bad.1.BAD: Pixel Perfect – "Nothing's Wrong with Me""You may find me just a little strange." Disney / Via images6.fanpop.comLoretta Modern (Spencer Redford) and the Zetta Bytes must've been running on a 1995 dial-up modem because, for a hologram, her moves were low resolution, and she had a one-dimensional stage presence. Newsflash: Something was wrong with you. It's your dance moves, Loretta.Here's the full performance for "Nothing's Wrong with Me":2.GOOD: Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century — "Supernova Girl""Zoom, zoom, zoom." Disney / Via tumblr.comNow, Proto Zoa (Phillip Rhys) and his band Microbe put on a stellar performance. Zenon Kar (Kirsten Storms) went to the ends of the Earth to catch this concert, and it made sense because although Proto wasn't bouncing around like an Atari pong ball, he commanded the space station crowd

You might not know about the amazing woman who lives right in your hometown, my good friend Rosamaria Graziani, but I’m hoping that I can help her earn your vote in the Hyundai Hometown Heroes contest being run by King 5. Rosamaria is a professional Spanish-English translator who started Academia Latina so that she could provide free ESL classes to her community in Lynnwood. Academia Latina does so much to help new immigrants in our area assimilate and pursue the American dream.  Lynnwood Times Photo by Luke Putvin. Rosamaria Graziani (third from left) and Academia Latina students at Star Spangled Spectacular at Benaroya Hall on July 3, 2019. SOURCE: Rosamaria Graziani. Over the years, whenever I have an idea to help the community, Rosamaria is typically one of the first people I call. In 2021, when the deadly heat dome was settling over the Puget Sound region, I asked Rosamaria whether she would like to go out with a group of friends and me into the 90°+ heat to pass out donations I had raised through my law firm’s “Summer Survival Kits” donation drive. Rosamaria came to Edmonds to pick up some of the personal fans, batteries, ORCA cards, food

This afternoon Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid issued the following statement about the recent antisemitic incidents in Cobb County: “Recently two Cobb County communities have been subjected to antisemitic messages.  “Antisemitic flyers have been left on driveways in one neighborhood in Kennesaw, and Neo-Nazi protestors have appeared outside of a synagogue in East Cobb. “I recognize the constitutional right to Freedom of Speech may allow these expressions of beliefs. Still, we should also recognize that these actions impair our sense of community when all should feel safe and welcome here. “While disheartened these messages were spread in our county, I appreciate that these events ended peacefully.  Our public safety personnel have our complete support, as do members of the Jewish community and those in Cobb who find these displays reprehensible. “My desire is for no one to perpetuate a heinous history that signifies hate in our county.  Cobb is a community that is moving forward, together, and where we are all in, in establishing a county where all can safely live, work, and enjoy.” Background Antisemitic incidents have seen a sharp increase nationally over the past few years with the rise of activity among extreme right-wing groups. The Anti-Defamation League

Envision Energy has won a contract to supply wind turbine for the 1 GW Bash & Dzhankeldy wind projects in Uzbekistan from ACWA Power, a Saudi Arabian developer. ACWA Power will be receiving financing from leading international development financial institutions led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), DEG, Proparco, the OPEC Fund, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) among others. Envision Energy’s EN171-6.5 wind turbines are integral to these projects’ operational and financial frameworks. The Bash & Djankeldy wind projects will contribute to Uzbekistan’s objective of installing 5000 MW of wind energy by 2030.