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Homesley, Falstad share plans for growing county, auditors office
EPHRATA — As Grant County continues to grow, the county auditor's office is tasked with keeping pace with increasi…
Greek villagers enlisted to catch migrants at Turkey border
AMORIO, Greece (AP) — Over the years, villagers who live near Greece's border with Turkey got used to seeing small groups of people enter their country illegally. The Greek residents often offered the just-arrived …
Party caucuses are alive despite Maine's switch to primaries
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine ditched presidential caucuses in favor of primaries, but that doesn't mean caucuses are dead, as party faithful prepare to attend hundreds of them.
Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested positive for virus
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outbreak in the U.S., health officials said Fri…
With much work unfinished, Virginia lawmakers extend session
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's 2020 legislative session blew past its scheduled close Saturday with plenty of business, including the approval of a new state budget, left unfinished.
Florida lawmakers head into budget talks to bridge $1.4B gap
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Negotiators from the Florida House and Senate worked through the weekend to begin reconciling a $1.4 billion chasm in their respective spending plans, but on Saturday appeared to be making …
Some Arizona police agencies getting hybrid patrol vehicles
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Some Arizona police departments are starting to buy hybrid patrol vehicles, with a Flagstaff official saying the recent purchase of five all-wheel-drive hybrids puts the city on a course to …
Florida lawmakers face budget hurdles in final sprint
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The clock is ticking for Florida lawmakers as they sprint toward adjournment. They're already losing an hour this weekend because of Daylight Savings Time. Significant policy and budget hur…
Students test negative for virus after one father diagnosed
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Health officials say all students at a Reno elementary school tested negative after one student's father was diagnosed with the coronavirus in Nevada's second such case.
New Mexico to activate emergency center for virus outbreak
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is activating the state health department's operations center in a move that officials say will help prepare for any emergency activities related to the coronavirus outbreak.
First lady pushes back against critics of her tennis tweet
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Melania Trump pushed back Saturday after photos she tweeted of herself overseeing a White House construction project generated an online backlash.
Kansas GOP leader's Medicaid expansion move roils Statehouse
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Jim Denning once symbolized what for Medicaid expansion supporters was wrong with the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. Now, the Kansas Senate majority leader is an expansion champion wh…
Tear gas sprayed across migrants at Turkey-Greece border
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded…
Cyprus police pepper spray protesters at shut crossing point
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus riot police used pepper spray on Saturday to thwart Turkish Cypriot protesters trying to shove their way through a barricaded crossing point in the heart of the ethnically divided isla…
Party caucuses are alive despite Maine's switch to primaries
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine ditched presidential caucuses in favor of primaries, but that doesn't mean caucuses are dead, as party faithful prepare to attend hundreds of them.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's sunny side up take on coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the…