Torrance County Weighs Options to Address Decades of Road Neglect

By Hannah Grover Chad Hamilton has spent more than a decade trying to improve the road conditions in his neighborhood. Hamilton’s road is an example of one of many Torrance County roads that the county does not maintain. The County Commission is looking for ways to improve conditions on what are known as secondary roads […]

Trump’s legal peril has faded. Not so for some of his allies.

By Patrick Marley · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump is walking free from most of the criminal investigations that have dogged him for years. Some allies who promoted his lies about the 2020 election are poised for choice jobs in his administration. And after his inauguration next week, Trump is widely expected to carry out a […]

Trump’s legal peril has faded. Not so for some of his allies.

By Patrick Marley · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump is walking free from most of the criminal investigations that have dogged him for years. Some allies who promoted his lies about the 2020 election are poised for choice jobs in his administration. And after his inauguration next week, Trump is widely expected to carry out a […]

Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state

By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025  The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]

Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state

By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025  The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]

Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind […]

Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind […]

On the Brink……

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org As the nation collectively holds its breath awaiting the incoming administration of Donald Trump (Will America be made Great Again or will chaos & billionaires reign?), I am reminded of my visit to Germany about six months after Trump was […]

On the Brink……

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org As the nation collectively holds its breath awaiting the incoming administration of Donald Trump (Will America be made Great Again or will chaos & billionaires reign?), I am reminded of my visit to Germany about six months after Trump was […]