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5 days ago | 
post-gazette.com | Allen G. Breed |Leah Willingham
CABAZON, Calif. — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A helicopter flew in to drop water, but it had to fly a long distance to refill — and a fire that might have been stopped went on to destroy homes.
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6 days ago | 
timesdaily.com | Allen G. Breed
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When it came to picking a name for his business, Ralph Rodriguez rolled the dice. He went with Fort Liberty Pawn & Gun. kAmxE’D 8@:?8 E@ 4@DE 9:> 23@FE Sb_[___]k^AmkAm“%92E’D D:8?286[ F?:7@C>D[ DE2E:@?6CJ[ 3FD:?6DD 42C5D[ 25G6CE:D:?8[ 2?5 DE2E6 =:46?D:?8 492?86D 2?5 7656C2= 492?86D[” 96 D2:5]k^AmkAm(96? 96 H2D 7:=:?8 9:D :?4@CA@C2E:@? A2A6CD =2DE 72==[ #@5C:8F6K <?6H @?6 @7 !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A ’D 42>A2:8?
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1 week ago | 
independent.co.uk | Allen G. Breed
Businesses in the area are facing a challenge now that the Trump administration has once again renamed the military postBusiness owner Ralph Rodriguez gambled with the name of his shop - Fort Liberty Pawn & Gun. At a cost of around $30,000, this included updating signage, uniforms, stationery, business cards, advertising, as well as state licensing changes and federal changes.
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1 week ago | 
the-independent.com | Allen G. Breed
Businesses in the area are facing a challenge now that the Trump administration has once again renamed the military postFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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1 week ago | 
the-independent.com | Allen G. Breed |Allen Breed
Businesses around Fort Bragg in North Carolina are facing a challenge now that the Trump administration has once again renamed the military postFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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1 week ago | 
stamfordadvocate.com | Allen G. Breed |Allen Breed
The Carter Lodge hangs precariously over the flood-scoured bank of the Broad River in Chimney Rock Village, N.C., on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Allen G. Breed/APJonathan Graef stands beside a worker's car engulfed by a slide at his family's Best View Inn in Chimney Rock Village, N.C., on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. He and his siblings were renovating when Hurricane Helene struck and the inn has flooded twice more since. Allen G.
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1 week ago | 
the-independent.com | Allen G. Breed |Allen Breed
Despite being nearly wiped off the map by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, tiny Chimney Rock Village in North Carolina had optimistically predicted it would be open for business by Memorial DayFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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1 week ago | 
westplainsdailyquill.net | Allen G. Breed
Posted 5/26/25CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (AP) — The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign, …This item is available in full to subscribers.
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1 month ago | 
wlos.com | Graham Lee Brewer |Allen G. Breed
PEMBROKE, N.C. (AP) — Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that, as soon as this week, could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation.
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2 months ago | 
stripes.com | Ben Finley |Allen G. Breed
An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet takes off from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the south Red Sea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Bernat Armangue/AP) NORFOLK, Va. — When Alyssa Myatt’s husband served on an aircraft carrier last year, she and other U.S. Navy spouses had to follow strict security protocols that meant driving to the ship’s home port just to learn that its deployment was being extended.
