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Lisa Lucas-Burke announces candidacy for Portsmouth Mayor
WAVY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Vice Mayor of Portsmouth, Lisa Lucas-Burke, has announced her candidacy for mayor for the 2024 election cycle. Since 2022, Lucas-Burke has been the Vice Mayor for the ...
2 top Penguin Random House editors leaving amid ongoing changes at publishing house
Associated Press via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoTwo top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country's leading trading publisher continues to transform during a period of uncertain revenues and generational change. The Knopf ...
Montana Department of Corrections researching drones as possible solution to staffing shortage
Great Falls Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe state Department of Corrections is looking at drones as a potential solution at the Montana State Prison, which has experienced severe staffing shortages, along with an overcapacity prison ...
Portsmouth looks to buy regional jail in plan to move current jail off waterfront
WAVY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth’s interim city manager is set to start negotiations with Hampton...
HRRJ votes to sell facility to Portsmouth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Hampton Roads Regional Jail board has voted to sell the facility to the city of Portsmouth. According to Portsmouth Vice...
Incoming Portsmouth city assessor has controversial past
WAVY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth’s incoming city assessor has been mired in controversy in...
Black women and the glass cliff: ‘I was supposed to bring some kind of Black Girl Magic’
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoIn 2009, Minda Harts was promoted into a senior-level role in fundraising at a university. It felt...
L.A. novelist Laura Warrell on the music and heartbreak that inspired her debut
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLaura Warrell's debut novel, "Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm," follows a jazz musician and the women he...
Missy Elliott To Be Honored With Her Own Street In Portsmouth, Virginia
VIBE via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMissy Elliott is being honored with a street named after her in her hometown of Portsmouth,...
Book shares stories, emotional tie between Donkey's Place and Camden NJ
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMEDFORD – South Jersey native Russell Lloyd has probably eaten more Donkey’s Place cheesesteaks than...