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This compares with the national average that has increased 7.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.74/g, according to gasoline price Web site WestVirginia...]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HRB0414201101901
According to the survey results, the total cost of 40 basic ...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=INV0413201100102
Flood Control and Water Conservation District...]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HAN0414201101201 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=GTC0412201100801
Co-sponsored by the DEP and the state Division of Highways, the adopt-a-highway program is administered by the DEP's ...]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HDG0415201100301 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HRB0414201100102
The ordinance states that employees must physically work 40 hours per week before they are paid overtime, and furlough days do not count toward...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=GYB0414201100101
The Abromatses filed a civil suit in the Fifth Judicial District Court on Dec. 15, 2008, alleging defamation and intentional interference with c...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ICO0415201100102
City Clerk Hunter Alexander told the ICO that she had received the resignations.

Vice Mayor Lauren Sinnott said sh...]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HUM0414201100601
"South Dakota is committed to helping future generations succeed," Gov.
<...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ELY0416201100201
Instead, he's pressing for Ely school officials to pick up the pace in their effort to bring neighboring Fall Lake...]]> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0415201101801
County officials want the regulations in place before state law changes to permit t...]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CRL0414201100401
Know WHEN to call 9-1-1.

9-1-1 is for emergency only. You should only be dialing 9-1-1 if someone is hurt or in danger, or ...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FRM0413201100401 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FTH0413201100501 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0414201100101
Commissioners on March 14 rein-stituted a burn ban, effective March 17, after allowing a brief ban-free period to let farmers and ranchers do controlled burns for agricultural purposes.

At that time,...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0414201100102
The Wharton High School senior's experience in a mock trial was part of an observance of County Government Week by about 100 scho...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ADA0414201101201 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ABD0413201100503
Refund updates are also available by calling the tax commission's toll-free automated phone n...]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0412201100901 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ADA0414201100103
Late last year, the council decided to force owners of buildings that have multiple dwellings, but only one water meter to pay the base rate for each dwellin...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ABD0413201100801 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=BFH0414201100101
Nearly 1,500 people lived within th...]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0412201100101
Certification as a class action means attorneys for the plaintiffs can begin sending out notices to all of Brad...]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ADA0414201100101
After poring over the data, Commissioner Joe Holmes observed that three revenue streams in particular are performing poorly so far this fiscal year. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0909201100101
At a Sept. 2 candidates forum, hosted by Dewey Beach Civic League, fliers were distributed of...]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HFP0125201200103
At a recent planning workshop, council members and citydepartments also discussed whether to fol...]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0909201100401
That's one of the questions Delaware Department of Transportation officials posed at an Aug. 22 public workshop at the Lewes Public Library.

Of th...]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0909201101901
Town council spoke in closed-door session Sept. 2 for nearly two hours to discu...]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0909201101401
While Mayor Cliff Newlands is confident adding a gross r...]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0120201201001
Raising revenue

Budget and finance committee Chairman David Kin...]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0909201101201
Town council discussed imposing the proposed tax and increasing property taxes at the Sept. 7 budget workshop. Both issues are up for vote at the Monday, Sept. 12, regular meeting.

Both options are aimed at c...]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0906201100501 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0120201201801
City officials are set to adopt a system that allows visitors to feed the meters by cellphone.

The Rehoboth commissioners have given their blessing to contracting wi...]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0202201201305
More than 40 percent of low-income citizens in Washington unnecessarily pay for their taxes to be filed. Ma...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0909201101801 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CFP0202201200102
The district will maintain its low levy rate in the region, this time coming in at $1.99 per $1,000 of assessed property value. The levy proposal wi...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CFP0202201200702
As with any major change to an address, the process is still moving forward. Some residents and businesses have contacted the city with que...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0120201200101
Bradley is currently a resident of the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in

Smyrna, serving 14 life sentences and 164 years in prison for rape and sexual exploitation of 86 children at...]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ISQ0201201200202
The independent candidate eschewed a party label for the latest run, but said voters seek a candidate ...]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0126201200301
The additional water would supplement the water supply that LCRA draws from lakes Travis and Buchanan, ...]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CFP0202201200701
It would have an immediat...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0906201100305
"Our bridge inspection teams have been working nonstop to make sure that our...]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0126201200401
A little more than five months after Rick Perry announced in South Carolina that he was entering the race for the Republican presidential nomination, he dropped out, also in South Carolina, two days before that state's primary.

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Perry had ne...]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CFP0202201200101 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0202201200101
After the Washington State Growth Management Hearings Board invalidated the City of Shelton's second attempt to rezone the Sh...]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ISQ0201201200102
On Jan. 25, King County Elections mailed ballots and voters' pamphlets to Fire District 10 voters. The district, plus a handful o...]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=BNB0125201200301
The Supreme Court entered an opinion in the state of Texas' appeal...]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ISQ0201201200201
In a forceful speech to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 24, Obama laid out proposals for "green" energy, job creation and tax reform. (The president ...]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ISQ0201201200301
The plan comes from the King County Council as legislators in Olymp...]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=VYG0401201100201
With the collision averted, the crowd laughed, but there was no denying a certain tension in the air as the two big men lined up to put their...]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=WLY0330201100401 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=TJC0331201100101
"Although we are on the path to economic recovery, there are thousands of Oregonians who are still struggling," said ...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=WCG0331201100501 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=TMS0331201100101
The...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0331201100201
Since March 12, 2007, anyone applying to build a geoduck farm must go through a new Army Corps permit process and Departme...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PHM0331201100302
"In order to use the AED you have to be trained in ...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PRZ0330201100101
Escalating petroleum costs catch the farmer, especially in smaller communities across the state and inter-mountain reg...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PHM0331201100301
After a hearing before the Board of Personnel Appeals in Helena on March 17, the members of the Board disagreed with the earlier findings of a hearing officer. They ruled that John Kendall should be considered an employee more than a supervisor. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SJF0329201100701
"When you have low turnout elections, you can have surprises, particularly in a field as divided as this one," said political science prof...]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SJF0329201100501 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=POR0330201100101
In reaction, the board unanimously approved a resolution and l...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SEN0330201100201 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PRZ0330201100301 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=POR0330201100801
The bank's interim president and CEO, Andrew J. Ryback, said this Order was the result of a regulat...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=PHM0331201100101
"That gas tax money comes into our road department," said Granite County Commissioner Cliff Nelson, "we use it for crushing gravel mainly."

But the Commissio...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMG0331201100402
The law is designed to insure a minimum standard is met by medical and non-medical home care agencies providing services to seniors.

Home care provider agenc...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SAU0329201101201
District managers, staff and others for the S...]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NLJ0331201103901
Connie Allen of Newcastle has multiple family me...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=OTH0331201100801 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MGM0330201100102
The $4.3 million budget comes in roughly $86,500 less than last year - a 2% cut overall.

In order to offset a ...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=MGM0330201101103
The goal is to help individuals and small businesses meet their tax obligations, without adding unnecessary burdens.

"These steps are good for people faci...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LVA0330201101201
John Blaye on Monday asked the county commissioners if they would intercede over the issue of the di...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=LSU0330201100101
"...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201201901 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0119201200301
According to a briefing provided to the county commissioners by Director of Planning and Community Development Barba...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201202301
The only revenue increase in the $15.6 million 2012-13 budget is a 15 percent increase in the wastewater surcharge. The city has increased the surcharge every year since...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EBX0119201200101
Revenue was up for all four entities for the second month in a row.
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Pipes, backhoes, loaders, trucks, bulldozers and one Coastal Research Amphibious Buggy have been moving rapidly up the coast, with crews now on the north side of Rehoboth Avenue as they make their way to their strategic objective just beyond ...]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201201002
Surrounded by lawmakers, police officers, scientists, social service and health officials, Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill imposing a permanent ban on drugs that in September became subj...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201200101
"We've been incredibly focused on putting people back to work in Delaware," Markell said. He unveiled his budget for the coming fiscal year Jan. 26 at the Edward Tatnall Build...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0119201200801
It is just this reason why spruce aphids can get a hold on your tree and cause damage. This aphid is very, very small, ...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0117201200401
It is the CRAB, or" Coastal Research Amphibious Buggy, a surveying tool used by the U.S. Army Corps of Eng...]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0117201200801
Smyk, 46, said his campaign will focus on a variety of issues, from maximizing the efficiency of education dollars to cutting regulatory burdens. He has served as a...]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201201702
In September, Tidewater submitted an application to raise water rates 29.37 percent statewide, tra...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0126201200101
The 2012 Mason County budget in-cluded a new Indigent Defense office. The Public Defense Administrator would head this office.

According to a briefing provided to the county co...]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201201701
Town Council set a public hearing for Monday, Feb. 6, and will hold a referendum about a month later. No date has been set, but it likely won't coincide with the town...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0124201200101
The city commissioners unanimously approved a change to the city's restaurant patio ordinance that will allow restaurants to serve guests on t...]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201200102 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0119201200101
The county commission approved its budget on Monday Dec. 5, with a general fund totaling $24,987,460 during a briefing. The...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0124201200102
Currently, electronic signs - including LED, LCD and mechanically chan...]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SMC0119201201001
A positive municipal bond rating of Al is outstanding news because the Hood Canal School District is in the proces...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0110201200401
The rain gardens were placed in the center medians of Route 1 between Bethany Beach and South Bethany Beach, said Sally Boswell, education...]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0124201200801
Gov. Jack Markell, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware; Department of Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt; and Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth

B...]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201203901
State chamber of commerce leaders say they willoppose any rninimum wage increase as they have in the past.

"We continue to oppose it on the grounds that the economy is recovering slowly, and...]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0110201200701
For that reason, I propose a push by all of us who like t...]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG1227201100401
By code, county officials can order a building demolished, but there is nothing in the code requiring citizens in unincorporated areas to obtain a permit before tearing down a building.

That may c...]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HVL0331201101202
Senate Bill 180, by state Sen. Susan Paddack and state Rep. Doug Cox, wou...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ICO0401201101501
Meanwhile, more than 9 million Americans checked two or more race c...]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HVL0331201101201
State Rep. Mike Sanders, the House author of Senate Bill 304, said that having worked on the president's 2000 campaign an...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HVL0331201101101 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=INV0330201100103
Public Works Director Bob Perreault told the board t...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=KNY0330201100101
Council members will continue tonight (Wednesday) upstairs at The Heritage Bank with planning for the coming year.
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Currently, forty-nine out of fifty state governments, includin...]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FLR0330201100201 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FSG0330201101201 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=EVD0330201100301
Initially set for April 12, the trial in Pierce County Superior Court for Dana C. Boyer was postponed until May 25 to allow foren...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FRM0330201100203 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=GLD0330201100101 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FTH0330201100901
Public Works Director Bob Perreault told the board t...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HCN0331201100101 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FTH0330201100101
In reaction, the board unanimously approved a resolution and l...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ELY0402201100701
GOP House and Senate leaders plan to complete action on their bills by ...]]> Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HCK0330201100501
HB 291 was amended from an earlier version of the bill, which would have set up ...]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ELY0402201100101
A long-sought replacement of the district's heating system will proceed after a $3 million bond referendum won overwhelming approval on Tuesday.

Nearly 70 percent of those voting in a special election voted yes to a pr...]]> Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC