by Dalia Faheid | Feb 3, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Jason Smedley remembers the pain of his 2000 attack by lower-ranking Marines during a training exercise he led as a lance corporal at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s School of Infantry. While some held Smedley, the others beat him, knocking...
by Amanda Rooker | Feb 3, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — In the latest legal battle over the Dakota Access pipeline last Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a lower court ruling that said oil can continue to flow through the pipeline, but confirmed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did...
by Hangyun Kim | Feb 2, 2021 | Featured, National Security
A government report on military housing released Monday revealed that the Department of Defense had miscalculated allowances for service members that cover the cost of suitable private housing, such as apartments and rental homes. Basic allowance for housing,...
by Cheyanne M. Daniels | Jan 29, 2021 | Inauguration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Inauguration Day 2021: a small crowd gathered behind the National Guard-enforced barricade on Black Lives Matter Plaza. Music blaring loudly from a speaker near the front of the crowd suddenly stopped and was replaced by a voice introducing, “Joe Biden,...
by Alicia Diaz | Jan 29, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – President Biden’s move to extend the freeze on student-loan payments until October has given borrowers badly needed financial cushion and the chance to spend the extra cash on other basic necessities. Struggling families or student borrowers coping with...
by Nicholas Portuondo | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Commerce nominee Gina Raimondo addressed several issues integral to the Inland Northwest in her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, including improving broadband access to tribal areas and better managing salmon populations, while pushing...
