A Dalton woman is working to raise funds to help a local 19-year-old girl currently under ICE detention. The GoFundMe created by Hannah Jones has raised $22,000 of its $30k goal. Jones says the money will be used to fund the immigration attorney and bond for Ximena Arias. She says the Dalton High School graduate…
In a shake-up of long-standing travel rules, European nationals heading to the UK will from Wednesday need a mandatory entry permit, which the British government says will strengthen border security. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) can be bought online in the next few days for £10 (12 euros), but the price is rising swiftly from…
It was a slow day at the border wall last week for the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans, but the group doesn’t see lulls in border crossers as a sign to slow down their work. Paul Nixon and Laurel Grindy of Green Valley set out from Continental Shopping Plaza making a patrol route along the border wall…
{KXLG – Watertown, SD} On this week’s From the Halls of City Hall our guest is Councilman Mike Danforth. With a council meeting on Monday 3/3/25, there was a lot to discuss. Your browser does not support the audio element. A mid-term review of the Home Rule Charter is in progress. The committee is assessing…
An Italian structural composites company has selected Chattanooga for its first U.S. operations facility, investing nearly $3.8 million into the city. According to a statement from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Commissioner Stuart McWhorter, and officials from Microtex Composites Inc., the company will create 26 new jobs. Based in Italy, the composites manufacturer has experienced rapid…
Among President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to conduct massive deportations, immigrant communities in the Tennessee Valley and surrounding areas are preparing for what his vows could look like locally. NBC reports the incoming administration intends to scrap a policy that has prevented ICE agents from arresting undocumented people at sensitive locations, including churches, schools and hospitals….
Voters approved an Arizona ballot measure this month that promised to enhance border security through various means, including stricter punishment for people selling fentanyl and granting local law enforcement agencies sweeping authority to enforce federal immigration laws. Several provisions of Proposition 314 went into effect Monday, such as the crackdown on the sale of fentanyl….
HONOLULU (Island News) – The Department of Emergency Management reported that an outage occurred for Honolulu’s 911 system on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Officials state that the system is currently down for customers using certain cell providers, including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. The public is advised to contact 911 by using a landline phone. For…