Jay Breaux wipes sweat from his eye after going through his hurricane destroyed home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Dulac, La. (AP Photo/John Locher) John Locher AP MARRERO, La. Amid the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida, there was at least one bright light Sunday: Parishioners found that electricity had…
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Residents of Alaska border towns eager to travel into Canada but chafe at COVID testing requirements
Caroline Stewart of Hyder is excited to return to her church in Canada. Steven Auch of Haines looks forward to snowmachining in the Yukon Pass this winter. Andrew Cremata of Skagway wants to head north to go fishing. Some Alaskans, however, say the timelines required for COVID-19 testing in order to enter Canada are still…
Beleaguered Slate Belt hotel declared unsafe, residents must be out by Friday
Plainfield Township has declared the beleaguered Travel Inn hotel an unsafe structure and ordered residents out of the hotel. A notice posted Friday, July 29, says the hotel is unfit for human occupancy and says residents must move out. The notice from the township code officer says the owner stopped paying the water and sewer…