Daily Almanac: Feb. 8, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 7:45 a.m. SET: 6:11 p.m. High/Low Temperatures High: 36 °F Low: 4 °F Wacky Holiday Today • National Fettuccine Alfredo Day • National Periodic Table Day What Happened On This Day • 2009 The Black Saturday bushfires in Australia kill 173 people • 1992 The European Union is established as the Maastricht Treaty…

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Lindsey Bennett Receives 2021 ‘Stake in the Ground’ Award

The Noblesville Common Council recognized City Attorney Lindsey Bennett as the 2021 Stake in the Ground honoree at their recent meeting. Bennett began working for Noblesville in 2020 in the newly created position to better assist the city navigate through increasingly complex legal issues associated with major infrastructure projects, new challenges in public health and…

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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Justice Department Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking

Recently, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. Rooted in the foundational pillars and priorities of the interagency National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, which President Biden released on Dec. 3, 2021, the Justice Department’s…

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Augustana College’s Fall Semester Dean’s List

Augustana College announced more than 1,000 students were named to the Dean’s List for the 2021-22 fall semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term. Sydney Rector of Fishers, Ind. Margaret Huntley of Westfield, Ind.…

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Biden Administration Announces Nearly $725 Million to Create Good-Paying Union Jobs, Generate Economic Revival in Coal Communities

The Department of the Interior today announced nearly $725 million in Fiscal Year 22 funding is available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The law allocates a total of $11.3 billion…

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Out Of The Jungle

In my dream, the jungle was thick and dark. There was a river running through it and I was on a small raft, careening down it. The current was flowing fast in the center and I wanted to steer closer to the banks, but the jungle was filled with monsters—prehistoric creatures that roared when they…

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