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Hasta las 18:00 horas del miércoles 30 de septiembre permanecerá abierta la convocatoria 2026 de los Premios Regionales a las Artes, las Culturas y el Patrimonio “Linterna de Papel”, por lo que la Seremi de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio de Antofagasta realizó un llamado a organizaciones y personas a presentar sus candidaturas […] Este artículo Últimos días para postular a los Premios Regionales “Linterna de Papel” 2026 fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

(The Center Square) – As fuel prices across the nation have steadily increased in recent months, taxpayers may wonder how local governments are handling price shocks, and if they’ll see it come tax season. The answer hinges upon how long gas prices stay high and, potentially, how strategic public officials are if they remain inflated long-term. Officials from Chicago, Bloomington and Peoria all said their cities engage in long-term contracts to procure both regular gasoline and diesel fuels at fixed rates, mostly avoiding recent market fluctuations. As the most populous city in the state, Chicago’s fuel procurement has been somewhat unique compared to other Illinois towns and cities. David Powell, a project manager working in energy procurement for the city, explained the city has adapted its strategy in procuring fuel since the start of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran in March. “We kind of switched our strategy around to do two to three month increments as opposed to a year just to try to capture as much savings as possible given the market fluctuations,” Powell said. In other words, Chicago went from agreeing to buy 70% of its fuel at a fixed price annually – with the other 30% exposed to market fluctuations – to making those same fixed-price agreements over shorter periods. With an estimated 110,920 residents as of 2025, Peoria’s current contract with a local fuel vendor is nearing the end of its term, according to Kyle Cratty, the city’s director of finance. “We actually procure delivery service through local vendors to deliver the fuel. And in essence, what is kind of market pricing,” Cratty said. “We try to do multiple years. Usually we'll try to do around three years.” In Bloomington, the least populous of the three with a U.S. Census estimated 78,804 residents, City Manager Billy Tyus said the city contracts their fuel annually, and the city would spend significantly more if the high prices continue. “The current impact is about $24,000 extra per month for diesel and like $30,000 extra per month for unleaded if prices remain the same,” Tyus said. “That's almost $300,000 to almost $400,000 a year.” As fuel prices remain high due to conflict between the U.S. and Iran, local governments may see worsened impacts, requiring changes to planned projects, shifts in budgets and potentially higher taxes in coming years if the conflict leaves a more permanent mark on the U.S. economy. Tyus said Bloomington is considering the long-term impacts because capital projects they have planned for next year may need to be delayed in favor of immediately necessary city work – though he also noted the city’s financial reserves are “in a strong financial position.” The cities are also seeing the immediate impacts of higher fuel prices in ways similar to everyday consumers. Cratty said one place municipalities statewide are seeing impacts is in the new state contracted cost of road salt. “It has dramatically affected the price of salt through the state contract. So last year's pricing was around $80 a ton. The contracted price this year is almost $107 a ton,” Cratty said. “If we end up with a bad winter, there could be even more price crunch associated with that because again, salt isn't the cost, it's the trucking the salt from the river or whatever location that it's barged in on.”

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Claim:  A Facebook user claims Liberia’s Vice President was mistreated at the Brussels airport on suspicion of carrying drugs.  Verdict: False! Yekeh Kolubah’s blog has edited the post after DUBAWA contacted the blog to provide evidence for the claim.  Also, VP Jeremiah Kpan Koung has clarified that he was never ordered to remove his shoes […]

Plump, fuzzy and venomous, with wide eyes, a button nose and sharp teeth, northern pygmy slow lorises were thought to reside almost exclusively in Vietnam and Laos. However, new research has documented 98 of the endangered primates in Guangxi, China, in what could be the country’s largest known population of the species. The finding, published […]

စစ်တပ်ခန့်အစိုးရရဲ့ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်ဟာ “အတုအယောင် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး” လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်သာဖြစ်ဟုဆို။

بن دلموك: المرأة الإماراتية تبني المجتمع مرتين.. حين تربي في البيت وحين تعلّم في المدرسة شبكة بيئة ابوظبي، دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، 22 سبتمبر 2026 شارك مركز حمدان بن محمد لإحياء التراث في ورشة توعوية في مدرسة الخوانيج، استهدفت طالبات الحلقة الثانية، وقدّمها سعادة عبد الله حمدان بن دلموك، الرئيس التنفيذي للمركز، تناول خلالها مجموعة … ظهرت المقالة مركز حمدان بن محمد لإحياء التراث يعزز الوعي بالمسؤولية المجتمعية لدى طالبات مدرسة الخوانيج أولاً على بيئة أبوظبي.

Azərbaycanda hər gün 40-dan çox insana xərçəng diaqnozu qoyulur. Döş xərçənginə qalib gəlmiş Zəminə Dəmirova bildirir ki, onkoloji xəstəliklərin müalicəsi həddindən artıq bahalıdır.

Президент Туреччини Реджеп Таїп Ердоган у своєму виступі на Генасамблеї ООН назвав неприйнятними будь-які атаки на комерційні кораблі у Чорному морі. "Нещодавні напади на комерційні судна в Чорному морі - незалежно від того, хто їх здійснює, - є неприйнятними", - сказав Ердоган. Протягом літа Україна та Росія обмінювалися дедалі інтенсивнішими ударами по кораблях і портовій інфраструктурі в Чорному морі. Турецький президент також сказав: "Щодо російсько-української війни, ми щиро...

سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا لە وتارەکەی لە کۆبوونەوەی کۆمەڵەی گشتی نەتەوە یەکگرتووەکان باسی لە ئەگەرەکانی بەردەم ئێرانی کرد و وتی ئەو وڵاتە دوو بژاردەی لە بەردەمدایە. سەرۆک ترامپ ڕۆژی سێشەممە دووپاتکردەوە کە ئەو هەرگیز ڕێگە نادات ئێران چەکی ئەتۆمی هەبێت و وتی " بۆ ماوەی 51 ساڵە کۆماری ئیسلامی ئێران، ڕژێمی توندڕەوی ئێران، لە ڕێگەی خوێن ڕشتن و کوشتاری بەکۆمەڵەوە حوکمڕانی کردووە." ترامپ ئەوەشی ئاشکراکرد کە پێشتر بژاردەی خستووەتە بەردەم ئێران کە دەستبەرداری بەرنامەی ئەتۆمی و پشتیوانیکردن لە تیرۆر بێت لە...

Категоричното прејудицирање на судска одлука – кога постапката фактички само што влегла во фазата во која обвинителството допрва треба да ги презентира материјалните докази и сведоци – од страна на Ахмети како лидер на ДУИ, чиј истакнат член беше Груби,…

From leaky roofs to crumbling roads, the signs of Michigan’s rural communities’ financial struggles abound. Will the state help?

As family and friends mourn the 18-year-old, supporters continue to push for answers in how he died while on a boat trip with friends. [...] Read More... from Nolan Wells: Grand jury finds no evidence of criminal conduct in college student’s death The post Nolan Wells: Grand jury finds no evidence of criminal conduct in college student’s death appeared first on The Lens.

While the grand jury heard evidence that he likely drowned, both the state medical examiner and a pathologist who completed an independent autopsy ruled the cause of Nolan Wells’ death as undetermined.

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Residents and visitors reflect on how they coped with a summer full of hazards. Outlier Media · Angela Martinez · Detroiters look back at a summer of extreme heat, power outages, wildfire smoke and food recalls

Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds reiterated Tuesday that he remains open to reappointing Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo if he wins the Nov. 3 election. That marks a clear distinction with Democrat David Jolly, who has vowed to fire Ladapo on his first day in office. Ladapo has served as the state’s surgeon general since […]

A seventh person who said they are an alleged sexual assault victim of Patrick Farmer contacted the Randall County District Attorney’s office on Monday, after Farmer pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child by contact. During proceedings on Tuesday, assistant DA Sarah Scrivner said the latest alleged victim is willing to testify […] The post Another alleged victim comes forward; Victims testify during Patrick Farmer’s sentencing bench trial  appeared first on Amarillo Tribune.

(The Center Square) – Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith says his department’s arrests are contributing to overcrowding at the Caddo Correctional Center as the jail population approaches 1,700 inmates. “SPD keeps CCC bursting at the seams,” Smith told the Shreveport City Council during its administrative conference Monday. “Our people are making arrests. We’re the ones who contribute to overcrowding. You bet. And we continue to do so.” The jail population was “close to 1,700” Caddo Parish Administrator Erica Bryant told parish commissioners at a meeting last week. The Caddo Correctional Center has an operational capacity of 1,500 inmates. Smith made his comments during a discussion about convicted felons carrying firearms. He said Shreveport police have removed at least 565 firearms from the streets so far this year, including 60 arrests involving felons carrying guns. A 2023 examination of Caddo’s criminal justice system found the jail’s longstanding overcrowding problem was not simply the result of more people being admitted. The Caddo Parish Criminal Justice Task Force found jail population increased 12% from 2012 to 2022 even as admissions declined 40%. The growth was largely driven by the pretrial population, while the average length of stay for pretrial inmates nearly doubled. Smith was among the members of the task force, which also included representatives of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office, parish administration, district attorney’s office, public defender’s office and First Judicial District Court. In 2022, the jail had an average daily population of 1,406, according to the report. That was 31% above the facility’s original design capacity of 1,070. The pretrial population increased 42% between 2012 and 2022. Operational capacity was increased to 1,500 after Hurricane Katrina despite no additional physical space being added, the task force reported. The report also identified longer court processing times as a contributor to crowding. The median number of days from the opening of a criminal case to its disposition increased 144% from 2014 to 2022. The task force said the increase occurred across offense types, disposition types and charge levels. The task force concluded that no single change would resolve the jail's overcrowding and recommended changes including expanding pretrial release options, speeding case processing and addressing inefficiencies throughout the criminal justice system. Overcrowding also carries a cost for Caddo Parish taxpayers. Parish officials said in August that housing an inmate at Caddo Correctional Center costs approximately $80 per day. Louisiana increased its reimbursement for eligible state inmates from $26.39 to $29.39 per day this year, covering about 37% of the parish’s estimated daily cost and leaving a gap of roughly $50 per inmate per day.

Partnerships, sustainability models and AI tools were among the topics discussed at the 19th Ibero-American Journalism Colloquium. The post Jornalistas ibero-americanos respondem à IA e às crises democráticas com colaboração e inovação appeared first on LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center.