ROLLA, Mo. — Youth, aged 15-18, can now apply for Mark Twain National Forest summer jobs in the Salem Ranger District (Salem, Mo.) and the Poplar Bluff Ranger District (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program. Applicants are not required to live in the local area but must be capable of […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, looking back on last year, published a list of major accomplishments his office completed in 2021. For the fifth consecutive year, Ashcroft reached his goal of visiting all 114 counties in Missouri. The secretary met with county clerks and other local election officials, visited schools, toured libraries,
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has released his “AGO in Review,” a recap of the work that the Attorney General’s Office completed throughout 2021. “In 2021, the Attorney General’s Office worked tirelessly to push back on extraordinary government overreach, fight violent crime, work to clear the backlog of untested sexual assault kits, and
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JEFFERSON CITY – The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index increased slightly in December to 98.9, up 0.5 points from November. Twenty-two percent of small business owners reported that inflation was their single most important problem encountered in operating their business. Price raising activities have reached levels not seen since the early 1980s when prices were rising at double-digit rates. “Small businesses, unfortunately, saw
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks, is pleased to announce the 2022 round for the Bus Grant Program is now open. These non-competitive grants are awarded on a first come, first served basis to qualified applicants. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2022. Bus grants are available to
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Schmitt is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to put in place measures that will help stem the tide of foreign-based illegal robocalls that attempt to scam Americans. “Combating annoying, and sometimes dangerous, robocalls is an important mission of the Attorney General’s Office. Using the latest technology and working with
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BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.95/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 0.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 91.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
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ST. LOUIS — Spire and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri are hosting a groundbreaking event at Camp Fiddlecreek, in Labadie Missouri, to recognize the commencement of a 2.5 mile trail restoration project, made possible through the generosity of Spire. During the groundbreaking event, which was scheduled to take place this morning, the Girl Scouts
JEFFERSON CITY — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Missouri continues to rise according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service. The seven-day total of confirmed and probable cases for the period ending January 7 was 67,373 a 14 percent increase over the 59,308 reported on January 4. The average
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JEFFERSON CITY — Students in Missouri have a new option to help them pay for college courses during their junior and senior years of high school. The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) has a new state financial aid program to reimburse students for the cost of dual credit and dual enrollment
