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Marching bands make season debut amid Saturday's storms
Saturday’s much-anticipated season opener for the James Madison University football team saw some of the festivities dampened by thunderstorms that hit the Shenandoah Valley throughout the weekend.
Griffin Health Honors Mental Health Worker
The winner lives in New Haven.
Country music star reveals she is pregnant at 42: ‘Honeymoon souvenir’
She shared the news on social media.
Mueller, offensive line power Lynx to win over Knights
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO) — Saturday night saw a ranked 11AAA showdown with No. 1 Brandon Valley downing third-ranked O’Gorman, 34-21. Ryder Mueller was the star of the show for the Lynx, posting 228 yards and three touchdowns on the ground and a 71 yard recieving TD. Head coach Matt Christensen was confident in Mueller’s game […]
USD soccer takes down Drake in Senior Day shutout
VERMILLION, S.D. (USD) — South Dakota women’s soccer closed out its two-match homestand in style Sunday, defeating Drake 2-0 at First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex on Senior Day. The Coyotes earned their third win of the season while handing the Bulldogs, the Missouri Valley Conference preseason favorite, their third loss of the season. The Coyotes […]
Local Groups Win $1M Each in State Health Grants
Greater Haverhill and Essex County will share in $17.9 million in a variety of state grants—including about $1 million each to the Merrimack Valley Project and Latino Support Network—aimed at improving health and helping residents live healthier lives. Officials said grants are targeted to support local issues including access to healthy food and housing, behavioral
WATCH: Top Plays of Week 3 around the Valley
Week 3 of the high school football season in the Valley delivered plenty of highlight-reel plays, but only five earned a spot among the best of the best.
Lower Moreland grad launches ERAs Health & Longevity, new direct primary care practice in Blue Bell
Jennifer Hwang, DO, a Huntingdon Valley native and a 2005 graduate of Lower Moreland High School, soft launched ERAs Health … Continue reading "Lower Moreland grad launches ERAs Health & Longevity, new direct primary care practice in Blue Bell"
The core anti-Pangram constituency is phony writers
Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Kelsey Piper A lot of people hate AI for drowning the internet in slop and displacing human creatives. You might think that these people would be thrilled by a program that can identify and flag AI-generated work. But many people who hate AI also hate Pangram, an impressively accurate AI detector that produces very few false positives, according to high-quality independent research. This loathing found its most recent expression in a bizarre Wired article that amplifies a wide range of false arguments from Pangram skeptics: that AI detectors are racist (they’re not) or ableist (they’re not)1 or don’t work (this one does)2. Rather than starting from the premise that it would be really valuable to have a working AI detector and scrutinizing Pangram to make sure it lives up to that promise, the article starts from the premise that Pangram obviously has bad vibes and sets out to discover why. (One answer: The CEO microwaved lunch during an interview!) Why aren’t writers who resent Pangram more eager to distinguish themselves from posters who are having ChatGPT ghostwrite all their work? There are a few different things at play, but I think one key dynamic is this: These are often the same people. A core constituency for arguments like Wired’s is “writers” who are using AI to write their posts but resent this fact being made public. They stand to lose from AI detectors because AI detectors call them out. Share When Substack announced a partnership with Pangram, a sizable fraction of the platform’s authors rose up in outrage. Some people had experience with other AI detectors that didn’t work, and some felt that AI writing ought to be encouraged — both of which are fair enough. But the fury was fueled by authors passionately insisting that Pangram kept wrongly accusing them on almost every post they published. Pangram can be wrong, especially on short passages. But in the overwhelming majority of cases where Pangram looked at a whole blog post rather than a single paragraph, the program correctly detected work as AI. Even if we can’t be 100% sure in any individual case, we can notice the trend in the aggregate. Wired quotes Sam Illingworth, a professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, who said, “I don’t think [AI detectors] work. … I think that detectors are prejudiced against certain people.” This spring, he said that he used AI for research and editing; this summer he acknowledged that in addition to research and editing, he also uses it “now and then for a turn of phrase I keep.” Pangram informs us that most of his posts are 100% AI-written (some are mixed AI-and-human) and that 100% AI-written posts started appearing last year. The favorable interpretation is that, as someone whose recent work Pangram consistently mistakes for AI, Illingworth sees Pangram’s flaws firsthand. The unfavorable interpretation is that the tool’s credibility trades off against his own, because its account of who writes his posts is not consistent with his. Illingworth is not alone in insisting the detector does not work. “It’s a Monday night in late July, and I’m pasting my own Substack draft into an AI detector for the first time. Not because I’m worried. Because I’m curious. I wrote every word of it myself, the way I write everything, out loud in my head first, in a rhythm that still carries the accent of a language I learned to think in before I learned to write in this one,” begins one Substack post by an author indignant that Pangram flags her writing as AI. “That’s the part I had to sit with before I could write this.” If you, like me, have worked with AIs a lot, you won’t even need Pangram there. The author of that piece is AI. It is obviously AI! I checked 10 other posts on the blog, and they were also obviously AI! “I have spent 22 years as an award-winning author and essayist. And now this bullshit tool that learned from MY writing is going to accuse me of plagiarism,” popular Substack writer Carlyn Beccia wrote in an anti-Pangram post. “For the last and final time, AI DETECTORS DO NOT WORK.” Here’s what her writing sounded like in 2020: “Most success stories revolve around one person who believed enough in you to say — give it a try. We call these people muses, but they are so much more than that. They are the strong man giants whose shoulders we stand on so we can see the horizon. Throughout the editing process, I am sure my editor felt less like a giant of greatness and more like Atlas with the world on her shoulders.” Pangram says it was 100% human-written. (So were other articles of hers in 2020.) And here’s what it sounds like now: “And then there is the reshuffling, which sounds like paperwork until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork. The Trump regime recently moved special education oversight from the Education Department to HHS. That is not a minor bureaucratic transfer. It changes the frame.”3 Pangram says this is mostly AI. I am not convinced that Pangram is wrong. In my own experience, Pangram is very effective on long texts — if it marks a long essay as AI, the essay was either written by AI or deliberately written to sound like AI. On tweet-length or paragraph-length texts, it’s not perfectly reliable. It seems to work just as well for non-native English speakers as for native speakers. While I have seen dozens of claims of pre-2022 text returning a positive result on Pangram, I have tried repeatedly to corroborate those and have never once succeeded. To be clear, I’m absolutely not saying that complaining about Pangram suggests a writer is a cheat. There are plenty of other concerns. Most are mistakenly premised, such as the false claim that Pangram trains on work you put into it, but others are reasonable: It’s unreliable on sufficiently short text segments; it creates an internet witch-hunt mentality when there are defensible uses of AI; people who are open about their AI use are sometimes blamed, when the only people really doing something wrong are the ones who hide it; and it isn’t perfect, so a single positive result shouldn’t be taken as decisive proof of misconduct. I’m happy to concede that Pangram is imperfect and possible to over-rely on. If an author’s posts are mostly non-AI and one scans as partially AI, this could be a mistake. It’s also possible to defeat Pangram with intentional effort. If you think we need something more robust and more reliable, fine! But if you don’t like AI and don’t like Pangram, your attitude really ought to be that it’s a shame that our existing tools for AI detection are imperfect, and it’s important to invent better ones. If your stance is instead that AI is evil and so is looking for AI, then ultimately you’re contributing to the sloppification of the internet. You’re making it harder for people who write their own text to distinguish themselves, and providing cover for authors who are definitely not writing their own text. Subscribe Top stories this week, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs Commentators often worry that the decline of reading could mean the decline of liberal democracy — but deliberative governance actually predated widespread literacy. This week, Maibritt Henkel pointed out that many liberal cultures thrive on a culture of raucous, interactive debate, which can happen in-person as easily, if not more so, than in text. Read on, dear reader, to learn more. It may actually cheer you up: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) [ Reading won’t save liberalism ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) Maibritt Henkel · Sep 1 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) It used to be bad to downplay climate change (if we mean denying its reality). Today, it’s actually good to downplay climate change (if we mean keeping the issue out of political fights so we can make real progress). This counterintuitive view is called “climate hushing,” and contributor Alex Trembath argued that it’s the key to enacting good policy going forward. Get up to speed on the latest in climate politics: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) [ We won’t stop climate change by talking about it ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Alex Trembath · Sep 2 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up for the forces of liberalism against Donald Trump’s assault on our closest ally. So, why is one prominent left-wing commenter attacking Carney? Columnist Matthew Yglesias explains: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) [ When "economic liberty" means central planning ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) Matthew Yglesias · Aug 31 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) 🌟Abundance Wins of the Week🌟 Shout out to my home state of California, whose legislature passed two housing bills this week. One requires a housing density minimum in transit-oriented areas of the state’s most transit-rich cities (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, and Long Beach). Another bill closes two common loopholes used by third parties to delay housing projects, including an opportunity to challenge maps of a given lot created by the developer after a project has been approved. Shout out to our big-state rival, Texas, where pro-housing SB 785 took effect this week. The new state law requires municipalities to have at least one district permitted for manufactured housing without a special permit. This will promote zoning changes in 44% of municipalities. The company Fervo Energy signed a deal with Google for what is set to be the world’s largest enhanced geothermal facility, proving a technology can work at a scale that could be crucial to a decarbonized, energy-abundant economy. Share Worth watching… This week, forecasting legend Nate Silver joined Jerusalem, Matt, and Jeremiah on a crowded episode of the pod. It was a party. And speaking of parties, our round table debated the factional lines within the Democratic Party: Is it possible to be center-left and also anti-establishment? Watch or listen to find out: The Rio Grande Valley in Texas is one of the areas that swung hardest toward Trump in 2024, but musician Bobby Pulido is running to flip it back. Right now, The Argument/Split Ticket’s model has him running 1.1 points behind his Republican opponent in a district Trump won by 18 points. Tune in to find out how he differs from national Democrats and what he thinks he can to do win this seat. On Thursday, Bernie Sanders was among the first politicians to call for a ban on superintelligence. My guest this week, Andrea Miotti, has been lobbying to ban superintelligence for several years, most recently in the U.K., U.S., and Canada. I asked him how he gets legislators to take speculative risks seriously, and we dug into what plans might look like to actually pass a ban. Listen to learn more: What’s News with The Argument The Argument recommends, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs If we ever lose track of Justin Zuckerman, I’ll have the team split up and check all the movie theaters in the city. I’m shocked (and a little jealous) at how often he gets out to see good cinema. This week, he brings us It Ends, a “horror-ish movie,” which he described as a “Gen Z Waiting for Godot.” I was intrigued before he added that it was “funny, dark and existential” — at which point I was fully locked in. I guess I also had existential themes on the mind this week. One morning, a single line from a poem I read long ago just came to me: “Is death a stretch of time in which a life is just a flash?” The poem is called “From 20,000 Feet” by Heather McHugh. I suggest the version in The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, which, by tradition, my best friend and I always bring backpacking, extra weight be damned. We’ll stay thematically dark for just one more rec from senior editor John Robert Thomason, whose upcoming trip to Baltimore reminded him to suggest Michael Clune’s memoir White Out (about being addicted to heroin in Baltimore in the 1990s). Ben Lerner’s blurb called it _“_Disturbing, brilliant, hilarious—it’s as if Proust had written Jesus’ Son.” John told me this “seems accurate, with the caveat that I’ve never read Proust.” I, personally, have also shelved Proust until retirement. At this point, I was a little concerned for the team since all of us tossed out such psychologically grim material — maybe we’re all down about the end of summer — but thankfully, at least a few of us were into more upbeat selections. Milan Singh recommended Made In’s 5-quart stainless clad saucier, suggesting he had some fun in the kitchen. Jeremiah Johnson asked if he could recommend yet more Carly Rae Jepsen. Once denied, he offered up Game Changer instead_,_ calling it “the most wildly creative game show, maybe in the entire history of the genre.” Eli Richman mentioned _Lucky, “_a B-tier show with an A-tier cast and an S-tier theme song.” I suppose he was recommending the song, Horns of a Bull. Still, despite these cheerier recs, I couldn’t help but be concerned that we were subconsciously worried about racing toward summer’s end — the end of swim trunks and splashing around. Then a message landed reminding me of the three-day weekend to come. A whole extra day for sunshine. One more swim in the lake. I was grateful this called to mind yet another line from a poem, one by Mary Oliver, the patron saint of every gorgeous summer day (and about whom a documentary is now out). Speaking to God in the poem “Thirst,” she wrote: grant me, in your mercy,a little more time. Love for the earthand love for you are having such a longconversation in my heart. We have merch! We have quarter-zips, keychains, hats, and stickers. Each one is a great conversation starter in its own way. Buy them here. Subscribe More to read: [ The Opening Argument ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite)[ Seeing like an elite ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) Kobe Yank-Jacobs · Sep 4 What do Americans hear when they watch Sen. Bernie Sanders or Vice President JD Vance rail against the elite? Are they thinking of right-wing tech billionaires? Imperious college professors? Liberal magazine writers? [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) [ The Weekly Scroll ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline)[ God is back on the timeline ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) Jeremiah Johnson · Sep 5 This week, we’re talking about Substack’s new religious debates, the continuing MAGA influencer scandal, how to retire from YouTube, and aura battles. [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) 1 This was a legitimate thing to worry about, but doesn’t seem to be a problem given the actual technology: Marijke Van Vlasselaer, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Bram Spruyt’s 2026 paper looks at whether Pangram is less accurate when evaluating the work of non-native speakers of English. It isn’t. That’s because Pangram isn’t really looking at how “unusual” a piece of writing is but whether it has the characteristic patterns of LLMs. The Wired article makes an odd gesture at a different Pangram-is-racist argument. There were several controversies this summer during which upcoming books were canceled after being discovered to be AI-written: “The three novels mentioned earlier — Shy Girl, Daggermouth, and Call Me, easily publishing’s biggest AI-detection scandals — were all written by writers of color.” But come on! As Zvi Mowshowitz put it: “They were not primarily written by people of color. They were primarily written by AIs.” That’s the whole problem! And as my colleague Jeremiah Johnson recently observed with respect to Cambridge’s Arday scandal, a community being unwilling to call out fraud if it’s perpetuated by people of color is not an anti-racist tendency; it is ultimately quite racist. 2 Many non-Pangram detectors don’t work, but many possible airplane designs also don’t work, and no one considers this a general argument against aviation; the thing that matters is whether any detection works. 3 The phrase “empires have always loved” mysteriously became all the rage in the last few years. See here, here, here, here and here. Before 2025, the only use of that phrase I have been able to find is a single Tweet. The logic of the sentence, too, is incoherent in an AI-characteristic way. “...sounds like paperwork, until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork”? Does remembering that make it sound less like paperwork? It’s a craft-ful sentence, but what is it actually saying??
From the Valley to FBS: Lowry leads Week 1 roundup
There is plenty of Valley talent spread across Division I FBS football. Here's a look at how local players performed in Week 1.
Yadkin Valley Harvest Festival set for Sept. 19
YADKINVILLE — There are plenty of fairs, festivals, and live concerts throughout Surry County coming up over the next several weeks, but for anyone looking for even more fun, the
Mid-Hudson Valley business calendar for the week of Sept. 7, 2026
A listing of business events in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
Time capsule: Color guard
Note: Regardless of how far they had advanced into autumn colors, all the leaves in Goldstream Valley on the morning of Sept. 3, 2026, were crusted with frost. Neither green
Sutter Health invests in healthcare education in Santa Clara County
Partnership with Silicon Valley Career Technical Education will support 250 students.
Sutter Health invests in healthcare education in Santa Clara County
Partnership with Silicon Valley Career Technical Education will support 250 students.
Penn State HC Matt Campbell Defends Offensive Philosophy
Rocco Becht’s explosive aerial display sparked a dominant shutout win, forcing the Nittany Lions to prioritize efficiency over tradition as the new era takes flight in Happy Valley.
#1 Brandon Valley runs past #3 O’Gorman, 34-21
BRANDON, S.D. (KELO) – #1 Brandon Valley welcomed #3 O’Gorman for a top three matchup, one that saw the Lynx win 34-21. Brandon Valley junior running back Ryder Mueller carried the boats for the Lynx, rushing for three touchdowns, and picking up another one through the air that initially got them on the board. He […]
Recap: Boston College falters in Cincinnati, loses 34-15
On Saturday afternoon, Boston College opened the 2026 season against Cincinnati. After a 2-10 year, BC tore the roster down to the studs and reset, with the biggest new face being starting quarterback Mason McKenzie, a dangerous dual threat at Saginaw Valley State last season. BC leaned on the run early. Evan Dickens broke out […]
Businesses bracing for potential tariff impact on foliage season
The number of Canadian tourists crossing into Vermont appears to have increased this summer, compared to last year, but not enough to have Upper Valley businesses breathing a sigh of relief. “We’re still hearing that visitorship from Canada is way, way, way, way down,” said Havah Armstrong Walther, executive director of the Hartford Area Chamber […]
Before the Roar: LSU vs. Clemson Week 1 Preview
A preview of what’s ahead between LSU and Clemson in Death Valley Saturday night
Titan Peterman helping lead Indian Valley football's unbeaten start
Titan Peterman helped Indian Valley control the trenches in a 37-14 win over New Philadelphia, keeping the Braves unbeaten at 3-0.
Primm braces for booming Labor Day business
Visitors return to Primm Valley Resort as Terrible's takes over operations.
Chamber breakfast salutes business, community leaders
Staff report Four Mahoning Valley business and community leaders were honored for their contributions to the area during the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s annual Salute to Business breakfast Thursday at Eastwood Event Centre in Niles. “Salute to Business gives us an opportunity each year to recognize people who are doing great work in the Mahoning Valley,” […]
Pascack Valley Medical Center Expands Advanced Women’s Health Services with Addition of Urogynecologist and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon Mamta M. Mamik, M.D., M.Sc., FACOG, FACS
Pascack Valley Medical Center is pleased to welcome Mamta M. Mamik, M.D., M.Sc., FACOG, FACS, a board-certified and highly trained gynecologic surgeon whose expertise spans female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, neuropelveology, endometriosis, fibroids, chronic pelvic pain, and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.
From Science to Soil: Emily Fulstone Honors History Through Environmental Innovation
By blending environmental science with time-honored ranching traditions, this Smith Valley producer is proving that regenerative agriculture is the path forward.
MV Learning in Retirement to hold open house for seniors
The Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement (MVILR) will hold its annual Fall Open House & Senior Showcase from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10 at Mohawk Valley Community College in Rome, according to organization officials.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
HyVee Team of the Week: Mill Valley girls flag football
The Mill Valley High School girls flag football team is your FOX4 HyVee Team of the Week.
‘Global force in pop culture’: Toy and entertainment company opens 1st Lehigh Valley store
The company behind the popular Labubu dolls and other designer toys is continuing to grow its brick-and-mortar footprint with a new store in Lehigh County.
Opinion: California billionaire tax could push founders away
Silicon Valley has made California a global hub for startup activity, but a proposed billionare tax puts all that at risk, writes tax policy expert Jared Walczak.
HOMETOWN ENTERTAINMENT: Labor Day weekend brings parades, music and theater to the Roanoke Valley
Labor Day weekend brings parades music and festivals to the region
Blue Ridge Health plans new medical facility in Hendersonville
WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.
Weekend Entertainment | ‘The YO’ Film Puts City at Center of the Extreme Sports World
A good question to ask when watching a locally made movie is, would anybody outside of Youngstown want to watch this? Of course, the story or narrative, the cast, and the production quality also have to be of the highest quality. The latest offering from a Mahoning Valley filmmaker easily checked all of those boxes […]
Businesses think Hunt Valley sounds better than Cockeysville
Reader commentary: There’s a peculiar phenomenon in which businesses, even people, will wrongly claim to be located in Hunt Valley instead of Cockeysville.
Entertainment this week: Petty Theft, Truckee Art Walk, Wild West Fest and more
Friday, September 4 Alex Benjamin & Suika T – 12 p.m.-12 a.m., Palisades Tahoe, 1960 Squaw Valley Rd. Alex Benjamin is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has played drums with critically acclaimed Americana band Hiss...
Lehigh Valley Political Pulse: Labor in the age of AI
Political scientist Chris Borick says AI will have a major impact on workers, but he doesn't necessarily see it as an existential threat to labor.
How Silicon Valley used Main Street’s outrage against California privacy law
New changes to the California Internet Privacy Act promise to stop abusive wiretapping suits. They also quietly shield Big Tech from lawsuits.
Riverside Indie Fest returns to Crescent Park Sept. 5
EAST PROVIDENCE – With Labor Day being the unofficial end of summer, there’s always plenty happening during the weekend leading up to it. These may range from backyard barbecues to
Livestock, rides, games and music mark opening night at 2026 Great Allentown Fair (PHOTOS)
The Great Allentown Fair opened with a performance by The Four Tops and the Allentown Symphony Orchestra.
Arizona doctors vote to form state’s first physicians’ union
Primary care physicians in the Valley voted Wednesday to form a union to collectively bargain with Banner Health.
Coplin Health Systems expands community commitment
PARKERBURG – The Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley has announced a new educational partnership formalized under its Partner In Education program between Coplin Health Systems and the Caperton Center for Applied Technology. The collaboration bridges regional career and technical education with local community healthcare leadership, creating opportunities for workforce readiness, career exploration and […]
Fort Bragg Veteran celebrates expansion of high-end experiential entertainment brand
Photo provided by EscapologyAfter 15 years as an Army officer at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville resident Dan Cooke transitioned to business ownership to bring high-end experiential entertainment to North Carolina, applying strict military operational systems to scale his footprint across the state.Cooke got his start in the Army’s Boots to Business program.“Boots to Business was instrumental in preparing me to start a company. The program taught me how to develop a business plan, conduct market and financial analysis and critically evaluate whether a business concept was actually viable,” shared Cooke. “What made the program particularly valuable was that the instructors and mentors had real-world business experience…At the end of the course, I had to present and defend that plan. From there, they directed me to SCORE, where mentors helped me further refine the plan. I eventually presented it to a bank, which was impressed with the level of preparation, and I secured the financing necessary to build the business.”As Cooke neared the end of his military career, he began to wonder what would come next. Through his faith and some valuable mentors, he found the right avenue for his entrepreneurial interests.“While working on my instrument pilot rating, my flight instructor happened to tell me about escape rooms and the economics behind building them. He thought they could make for an interesting business. I took the analytical skills I had developed in the military, along with what I learned through Boots to Business, and began comparing the escape-room model against other opportunities I was considering,” explained Cooke. Cooke opened his first Escapology location in Fayetteville in 2019.“My approach was to start small and prove the model. Fayetteville made sense because I was already there, understood the market and could minimize my initial risk. It also became clear very quickly that I needed a partner that could provide the creative design, branding and industry knowledge that I did not have. After researching a number of options, Escapology became that partner,” added Cooke.Following the success of his initial venue in Fayetteville and a venue in Charlotte that opened in 2023, Cooke recently expanded into Raleigh with his third Escapology venue at Crabtree Valley Mall.His North Carolina footprint now includes:Fayetteville: A 5-room venue launched right after his Army transition in 2019.Charlotte: A 10-room venue opened in 2023, doubling his original operational footprint.Raleigh (Crabtree Valley Mall): A 6-room venue opened in May 2026, with plans to expand to 10 full rooms.Beyond his venues, Cooke expanded his local footprint by launching Jade Solutions in Aberdeen, N.C., an OEM manufacturing business that now builds prop and technical solutions for Escapology venues systemwide.Cooke shared that his long-term goal is to continue expanding Escapology in a healthy and sustainable way while enjoying the journey. “I actually did not start an entertainment business because I personally loved escape rooms. I started a business because I love the game of business itself. Growing up, I loved military simulation games and business tycoon games. I eventually had the opportunity to experience the first of those in the real world — I went to war, led troops and played my part in the military. Today, I would much rather apply that same drive to the real-world game of building businesses.I don't play business computer games anymore. I get to wake up and do it for real every day,” shared Cooke.
How to Solve the Parks Festival Quiz Puzzle (Parks Floating Festival) - Disney Dreamlight Valley Guide
The Parks Festival Quiz Puzzle is one of the final puzzles introduced to the Parks Floating Festival event in Disney Dreamlight Valley. It debuted on September
How to Solve the Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle (Parks Floating Festival) - Disney Dreamlight Valley Guide
The Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle is one of the six puzzles released during the Parks Floating Festival event in Disney Dreamlight Valley. It is available
2026 High school fall sports guide: Girls soccer
With the local high school sports season starting up, here is a look at some of the Upper Valley girls soccer teams hitting the pitch in 2026. Windsor, which lost its first game since the 2023 VPA Division III state title game to Stowe in overtime in last season’s quarterfinals, is looking to retool in […]
WCU political expert explains Rep. Edwards' censure, breaks down overwhelming vote
WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.
Berkshire CEO Abel sees opportunity for energy business from AI
NEW YORK, Sep 2 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Greg Abel said on Wednesday he sees significant opportunities for the conglomerate's energy business from the buildout of AI data centers, after Berkshire made Google parent Alphabet its ...
Former student Delgado-Pedraza returns to Calcutt as 8th-grade science teacher
CENTRAL FALLS – Calcutt Middle School’s newest 8th-grade science teacher, Desireee Delgado-Pedraza, recently expressed her joy about being back home in her community.
Spokane Valley man arrested again after overnight business calls
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — The Spokane County Sheriff's Office said a man released from jail on his own recognizance on August 31, 2026, was arrested again hours later after a
All kinds of entertainment on the midway at the Champlain Valley Fair
From art to music to games, rides and more, you can find it all this year at the Champlain Valley Fair. Our Tia Trudgeon has a few of the highlights.
2026 High school fall sports guide: Field hockey
With the local high school sports season starting up, here is a look at some of the Upper Valley field hockey teams hitting the field in 2026. Woodstock High is coming back for more this season after falling just short of championship glory in overtime of the VPA Division III final last fall. Not only […]
2026 High school fall sports guide: Cross country
With the local high school sports season starting up, here is a look at some of the Upper Valley cross country teams looking to hit the ground running in 2026. Hanover High is among the squads aiming for championship glory yet again this season with a nice core of returners. Other teams in the Upper […]
Review | ‘Les Miz’ takes to the hills at Hudson Valley Shakespeare
For a show so preoccupied with God, death and redemption, there is something fitting about seeing “Les Miz” played against the actual landscape as daylight
Accounting firm nearly triples office space with Hunt Valley move
L&H Business Consulting, a full-service accounting firm, is nearly tripling its office space with a move from Lutherville to Hunt Valley this fall.
Student suffers minor injuries after science experiment accident
A student at Maumee Valley Country Day School suffered minor injuries Tuesday after a science experiment had an “adverse reaction,” fire officials said. ...
Pajaro Valley Unified hires new chief business officer after years of CBO turnover
Pajaro Valley Unified School District's governing board hired Victoria Knutson, currently Newark Unified's chief business officer, to fill the CBO role at a $248,418 salary — the district's fourth person in that position in roughly three years, as trustees hope her experience will help guide upcoming school closures.
A.I., water, parking: Nevada mayors talk the cost of doing business
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three Nevada mayors took the stage facing a sold-out crowd at a Las Vegas casino ballroom. Their performance, a glance at what industry is thriving throughout the valley du…
Wellsburg Health Care Center and Red Cross host Community House blood drive in Follansbee
WTOV NBC 9 provides local news, weather forecasts, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Steubenville and nearby towns and communities in the Ohio Valley area including, in Ohio Steubenville, St. Clairsville, Wintersville, Cadiz, Bellaire, Toronto, Martins Ferry, Barnesville, Shadyside, Bridgeport, and Mingo Junction and in West Virginia Wheeling, Weirton, Moundsville, New Martinsville, and Wellsburg.
Naya Rivera’s son, Josey Dorsey, will make acting debut
Josey Dorsey, the 10-year-old son of Ryan Dorsey and the late Naya Rivera is making his film acting debut in "The Burning Valley" alongside his father.
‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera’s 10-year-old son Josey sets film debut opposite his father
Naya Rivera’s son Josey has landed his first film role at only 10 years old. He will star in the drama ‘The Burning Valley’ opposite his dad, Ryan Dorsey, 6 years after his mother’s death at age 33.
American politics: Will Rogers overheard out on the front porch
OPINION — If Will Rogers were here today, he might have something to say: Well, I’ve been watching this country for a spell now, and I’ll tell you something that may not sit easy: …
New Medical Wing Proposed For Valley Hospital 4 Valley Health Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey
Renderings have been revealed for a proposed six-story, 200,000-square-foot expansion of Valley Hospital at 4 Valley Health Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey.
College students’ return brings business boom to Valley restaurants
College students are back in Harrisonburg, bringing increased business to local restaurants.
College students’ return brings business boom to Valley restaurants
College students are back in Harrisonburg, bringing increased business to local restaurants.
Central Colorado Humanists September 6 Sunday Science Program Focuses on Wolves - by Ark Valley Voice Staff
“The Truth About Wolves” is the title of the Central Colorado Humanists Sunday Science Program for September 6. Rebecca Burkhalter of Colorado Wild will
Temecula wineries see steady business despite U.S.-Canada trade tensions
The Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association said the region is somewhat insulated from the effects of trade policies because most wineries sell directly to consumers.
Canfield Fair adds local artist to entertainment lineup
A Valley artist has been added to the Canfield Fair entertainment lineup.
Canfield Fair adds local artist to entertainment lineup
A Valley artist has been added to the Canfield Fair entertainment lineup.
New labs boost hands-on learning for Millwood Arts Academy
KOKH Fox 25 provides, news, sports, weather and local event coverage in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas, including McLoud, Shawnee, Tecumseh, Seminole, Wewoka, Maud, Asher, Wanetted, Goldsby, Norman, Blanchard, Chickasha, Pauls Valley, Purcell, Andarko, Bridgeport, Lawton, Duncan, Okarche, Kingfisher, Guthrie Stillwater and Cushing, Oklahoma.
Boom meets backlash: How data center politics in Silicon Valley have changed
States are passing bans. Republicans and Democrats are campaigning on the issue for the midterms. The birthplace of AI has its own set of realities.
So long to shorts? In Silicon Valley, tech workers are showing less leg
Men in the tech industry are covering up their legs, even as their counterparts in finance are increasingly open to showing them off.
Sheer Nothingness: Marquette 0, Milwaukee 0
Yep, nothing doing in the Valley on Thursday, although that’s continuing good news for Mia Hurd and MU’s defense.
Bickley: How Arizona sports find their way out of the yuck
Arizona's sports landscape is in need of some big jolts amid all the bad luck that's hovered around the Valley's franchises in recent memory.
Business Briefs: Aug. 28, 2026
UMassFive welcomes new community engagement pro HADLEY — UMassFive College Credit Union has hired Kelley Jewell as its community engagement coordinator. This newly created position reflects UMassFive’s continued investment in community engagement and expands the credit union’s ability to deliver financial wellness programs, strengthen community partnerships and support volunteer efforts throughout the Valley. In this […]
Las Vegas police searching for suspect in east valley business robbery
Las Vegas police are looking for a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in an east valley business last month.
2026 Flathead Valley Fall Sports Preview
After a 2025 fall season filled with individual and team state championships, several Flathead Valley athletes will be on the title defense, while others will make a push to reach the mountain top of Montana high school sports after falling one win short a season ago. The Glacier Wolfpack and Columbia Falls Wildkats saw their […]
Entertainment briefs | Triangle Fire stops in Eureka on ‘final big tour’
Triangle Fire will stop in Eureka during its “final big tour.” The show is set for Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Savage Henry Comedy Club, 415 Fifth St., Eureka. Arüspex from Grass Valley and local band Brain Dead Rejects will also perf…
Arts and entertainment events happening August 27th-29th across the Mid-Ohio Valley
Here is a look at all the arts and entertainment events happening this weekend across the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Yadkin Valley 4-H Shooting Sports Club results from central regional tournament
The Yadkin Valley 4-H Shooting Sports Club had a banner day and brought home a good haul of medals from the 2026 NC 4-H Central Regional Shooting Sports Tournament held […]
Hot rods, custom cars and live entertainment set for QC Nationals weekend
The NSRA Quad Cities Street Rod Nationals return Aug. 28–29 to the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds with two days of classic cars, custom builds, live entertainment, contests and family activities for automotive fans.
The Herald's weekly entertainment picks
Looking to be entertained from Thursday, Aug. 27, through Wednesday, Sept. 2? Check out the Skagit Valley Herald’s weekly recommendations.
Alle-Kiski Valley small business owner, fire department press Harrisburg to make skill games legal again
The fate of skill games still hangs in the balance, despite the state Supreme Court’s imposed Oct. 13 regulation deadline. The state Supreme Court in June deemed skill games are slot machines. It ruled that unlicensed skill games are illegal, but held off on enforcing their removal to give the
Idaho high schoolers learn to lead campus mental health efforts at Boise State summit
KBOI-TV CBS 2 covers news, sports, traffic, and weather in the Treasure Valley and Boise, Idaho and nearby communities, including Meridian, Nampa, Garden City, Caldwell, Kuna, Middleton, Eagle, Mountain Home, Star, Melba, Payette, Weiser, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho City, Marsing, Homedale, Parma, New Plymouth, Murphy, Fruitland, Emmett, Wilder, Notus, McCall, Cascade, Donnelly, Council, and Vale, Oregon, and Nyssa, Oregon, Ontario, Oregon.
Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment
Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Shaping Space: PIttsburgh Society of Sculptors” and “Nicole May Luga — City Scrolls: Everyday Beauty,” both through Sept. 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org and 724-652-2882. […]
These are the oldest family-owned businesses in the Central Valley
The Business Journal ranks 68 of the Central Valley’s oldest family-owned businesses, led by a Fresno company founded in 1868.
Aspen Valley Health celebrates 2026 New Graduate Nurse Residency cohort
Aspen Valley Health celebrated the graduation of four nurses from its New Graduate Nurse Residency Program on July 22, marking another milestone for a program helping to strengthen the local healthcare workforce.