The Dubois County LEPC will host a full-scale functional exercise at 8 a.m. Saturday, October 6, 2018, at Farbest Foods, 4689 S 400 W, Huntingburg. Local police, fire, EMS, dispatchers, hospital personnel, hazmat teams, industry, safety and environmental managers, and EMA staff will be on hand to take part in a simulated incident involving hazardous material…
TRI-CAP announced that Amanda Woods, TRI-CAP Head Start Education and Disabilities Manager, has been selected as our recipient of this year’s Golden Employee Award. Amanda is the 8th recipient to receive this recognition award in memory of the late Bill Golden. Bill was a dedicated employee of TRI-CAP for more than 30 years before his…
Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (IOTD) announced that voting is now open for the 2018 Best of Indiana people’s choice campaign, where Hoosiers can now vote for Indiana’s Best State Parks and Recreation Areas, Best Museums and Best Burgers. Among the many nominees in two categories — Best Burger and…
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce announced this morning that Jasper has been named its “Community of the Year” for 2018. The “Community of the Year” award is given annually by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce to a Hoosier community for significant contributions to its local business climate and overall image. Matrix Integration CEO Brenda Stallings…
The West 23rd Street repaving project in Ferdinand by Universal Design Associates and Knies Construction is currently in Phase II of construction. The asphalt base course paving is scheduled for Thursday, September 6. Starting at 6:30 a.m., aggregate for the temporary drives/roads access on the south side of the road will be removed to allow…
The Dubois County Commissioners decided to take action to reopen County Road 100 West after it was closed last April due to heavy rains that damaged the Huntingburg Conservation Club lake dam. Conservation Club President Bernie Main appeared at the commissioner’s meeting to give them an update on the club’s progress towards making repairs on…
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced his infrastructure agenda plan for 2019 which included a new $1 billion investment in infrastructure projects. The Next Level Connections program will expand broadband services in rural Indiana, grow the state’s systems of trails, create more nonstop international flights, and move up the completion of major highway projects. The…
Last Monday’s announcement of a revision of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was met with real skepticism. That’s a wholly appropriate response, as is the inevitable political fallout over the growing trade war. Let me explain. There has long been some skepticism over NAFTA in Canada, Mexico and the United States. This…
A tire ran through the glass window of a Jasper business Saturday slightly injuring a customer. Victoria Tow, 38, of Shoals, was southbound on U.S. 231 in a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta at about 2:45 p.m. As she was driving down the hill to the Northwood Avenue intersection, the front passenger side tire came off her car….
Elijah Smith has battled with addiction for much of his life. Today he is burying his sister who succumbed to an overdose recently.Elijah Smith took the microphone at Thursday’s vigil and told the crowd of about 50 that he had been an addict off and on form more than 20 years since he stuck a…
