NYTIMES (Stacey Freed and Ryan David Brown) - A Maine Town, Once Dependent on a Paper Mill, Tries to Move On
For over a century, Madison Paper Industries was a small Maine town’s economic engine. A new owner moved in, but uncertainty persists.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Colorado declares tiny town of Hartman abandoned after every elected official quits and water turns hazardous
A 30-person town in southeast Colorado has been officially declared abandoned by the state after all of its elected officials resigned, leaving residents with no government and a water system the state now calls a public health hazard. Deputy Secretary of State Andrew Kline issued the abandonment order for the Town of Hartman this week […] The post Colorado declares tiny town of Hartman abandoned after every elected official quits and water turns hazardous appeared first on American Almanac .
A 30-person town in southeast Colorado has been officially declared abandoned by the state after all of its elected officials resigned, leaving residents with no government and a water system the state now calls a public health hazard. Deputy Secretary of State Andrew Kline issued the abandonment order for the Town of Hartman this week under a Colorado statute that had never looked more necessary. Every trustee, the mayor, and the town clerk were gone. No one remained with the legal authority to sign a contract, spend a dollar of public money, call an election, or keep chlorine flowing into the water supply. Fox News Digital reported that the order followed a public hearing held July 13 at which state officials laid out the full scope of…Open
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - American Made: Inside the Iowa company building windows for America
In a small Dutch immigrant town founded in 1847, a company with more than a century of history is still making the windows and doors that go into American homes and still doing it here. Pella Corporation was founded in 1925 by Pete Kuyper, who saw manufacturing as a way to bring stable jobs to his tight-knit Iowa community. One hundred years later, the company employs more than 10,000 people across 20 U.S. manufacturing locations, and its leadership says that commitment to domestic production isn't going anywhere. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for…
WASHINGTONPOST (Cole Reynolds) - Each Independence Day, this small town becomes the center of its own American story
New Pekin’s ‘oldest’ Fourth of July celebration brings people home and bonds a changing Indiana town.
AMERICANTHINKER - Antifa: don't try that in a small town
Antifa f***ed around and found out.
NYTIMES (Julie Bosman) - Illinois Town Loses a Prison, Leaving Residents Worried About Jobs
Lincoln, Ill., where Abraham Lincoln once worked in the local courthouse, has lost two colleges, a bottle factory and now a state prison.
WASHINGTONPOST (Annie Gowen) - The post office in a Kansas town was closing, until locals hatched a plan
The U.S. Postal Service praised the “unique arrangement” that allowed the town of Bucyrus to keep delivering the mail there.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Montana mom fights back against data centers in her small town
Kassi Solberg, a Montana resident and mom, is leading the fight against a data center in her town. She's one of a growing number of Americans standing up against developers. "Watch me," she tells "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes." Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes." Weekdays starting at 9a/8C.#NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Small town America raises alarm bells about data centers
AI data centers are popping up across the United States, eliciting pushback from locals who worry about the environmental impacts and higher costs for residents. NewsNation's Brian Entin joins "NewsNation Live" to discuss Americans' concerns with data centers and the recent push to build them. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NYTIMES (Vivian Yee) - The Idea of Womanhood Drawing Big Crowds to a Small Town
Tourists are flocking to Midway, Utah. The Ballerina Farm Store, from the influencer whose brand revolves around motherhood and farm life, is a reason.