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USMEF: Pairings allow US beef and pork to capitalize on 'Buy Local' trend in Mexico
With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a nationwide 'Buy Local' campaign in Mexico, the US Meat Export Federation found a creative way to appeal to consumers' desire to support local agriculture. With su...
Jody Heemstra Jun 29, 2021
Company moving ramen production to US, Black Hills
BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) - A California company plans to build one of the largest ramen producing facilities in the country in a small Black Hills community. Albany Farms CEO Bill Saller says the comp...
Jody Heemstra Oct 27, 2021 Fernando Andrade / Unsplash
9,000 NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate takes effect
NEW YORK (AP) - About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday (Nov. 1, 2021) and thousands of city...
Jody Heemstra Nov 01, 2021
Federal Paycheck Protection Program assists farmers and ranchers too
The Paycheck Protection Program is designed to help struggling small businesses keep employees on their payrolls as they recover from the impact of COVID-19. RJ Karney, Director of Congressional Relat...
Jody Heemstra Jul 06, 2020
Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash
WASHINGTON (AP) - Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly. That...
Jody Heemstra Sep 14, 2021
Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns, with all the trimmings
NEW YORK (AP) - The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is returning in full, after being crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year. The lineup of balloons, floats, marching bands, clowns, performers a...
Jody Heemstra Nov 25, 2021 DrivingtheNortheast / CC
Tribe removes disputed coronavirus reservation checkpoints
EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (AP) - The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has taken down the coronavirus checkpoints on its South Dakota reservation that had become a point of contention between the tribe and Republica...
Jody Heemstra Mar 26, 2021
Oklahoma National Guard leader warns unvaccinated members
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard is warning members that refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine could end their military careers. Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino...
Jody Heemstra Dec 11, 2021
Almost Half of Americans Will Travel This Month
Traveling for the holidays is a thing again. More so than last year anyway. A new poll found just under half of us will travel for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa this month. But it looks like most of...
Dec 01, 2021 frankieleon / CC
Rockettes end season as New York tallies record COVID cases
NEW YORK (AP) - New York state is reporting its highest single-day total for new COVID-19 cases, with just over 21,000 people testing positive for the virus. The state's previous one-day high for posi...
Jody Heemstra Dec 20, 2021 Ralph Daily / CC