December 23, 2020 WINCHESTER — A Winchester-based youth coalition is slated to receive more than half a million dollars in federal grant money to help prevent substance misuse among local teenagers. The coalition — created in 2018 through the nonprofit, faith-based community service agency Salt & Light Ministries —will receive $125,000 annually for five years, starting Dec. 31. […]
December 23, 2020 PEMBROKE, NC (WBTW) — University of North Carolina Pembroke has been awarded $3.4 million in two federal grants to support the creation of an American Indian Heritage Center aimed at increasing the retention and graduation rates of American Indian students. Of the total funding received, $1.5 million will support the establishment of […]
December 20, 2020 Greeneville – Scott M. Niswonger, Chairman and Founder of the Niswonger Foundation announced the award of an “Education Innovation and Research” (EIR) Grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will focus on educational opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). This five-year grant, with the required matching funds, will provide […]
December 24, 2020 Visit Baltimore President Al Hutchinson defended money spent on a tourism campaign created and launched during the pandemic after it drew questions from city officials this week. The tourism agency’s short-lived “We’re Ready” campaign rolled out in mid-November and was pulled from billboards, social media, radio and television less than a month […]
December 22, 2020 FINDLAY, Ohio — The Family Resource Center in Findlay is one of only two organizations in Ohio to receive federal funding for the expansion of mental health services in the state. For years, the Family Resource Center has offered behavioral health services to the Hancock County community. Recently, the center received a […]
December 22, 2020 Shopping was spirited and brisk this past Friday in downtown Salina as Christmas deadlines loomed. During a typical slow time at PB&J women’s boutique, 110 N. Santa Fe, store manager Casey Keller scurried to wait on customers, wrap gifts and find ways to bolster sales through enhanced customer service. “I definitely think sales have […]
December 23, 2020 Sheilah Parker quit her job in Hampton to move to Texas to care for her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer. About a year and a half later — just before the pandemic hit — she moved back to Newport News. As the coronavirus closed many of the businesses in the […]
December 22, 2020 (Pacific Business News) The deadline for a $250 million federal funding grant for the Honolulu Rail Transit project has been extended as part of a U.S. Senate appropriations deal, congressional officials announced Tuesday. The grant, which was originally set to expire if unspent by the end of this year, has now been […]
December 22, 2020 LISBON, Ohio (WKBN) – The Greenway Trail in Lisbon will be getting some work done. Ohio Senate Bill 310 has $300,000 going towards two different projects on the trail. The Greenway Trail has always been a place to go for people walking or riding bikes, but there are bigger plans to get […]
December 25, 2020 SCARBOROUGH — The use of a Coronavirus Relief Fund grant has helped with expenses for Community Services hybrid daycare program in the first 10 weeks. Beginning on Oct. 5, Scarborough Community Services started an all-day hybrid daycare service on Payne Road, which fills a need for families with students out of school […]