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Tests show UPSD on track for 2020
By THOMAS HOWARD
Tue,01/21/20-4:02PM , 11,576 Reads
Before leaving for Christmas Break, students at Union Public School District take standardized assessment tests to measure the knowledge gleaned in the first half of the year.

On Monday, the district’s three principals brought the results of those tests to the Board of Trustees to update them on how the students were performing.
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Thomas Howard: The first solution offered for a deadly issue
By THOMAS HOWARD
Tue,01/21/20-3:49PM , 11,810 Reads
On Monday, second amendment advocates and a fair number of white supremacists, marched on Virgina’s capitol to protest a perceived infringement on their constitutional right to bear arms known as a Red Flag law, which allow courts to temporarily restrict an individuals right to possess firearms if they are found to be a danger to themselves or o
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VIDEO: Newton County Board of Supervisors meeting for Jan. 16
By THOMAS HOWARD
Sat,01/18/20-8:00AM , 14,030 Reads
The Newton County Board of Supervisors held their recessed meeting on Jan. 16, 2020, at the Newton County Courthouse.

On the agenda for the meeting included:

• approval of mintues fromt he Jan. 6 meeting

• County Administrator

• Tax Assessor

• Executive Session on Personnel

• Sheriff

• ECPDD
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Conehatta home engulfed by fire
By THOMAS HOWARD
Wed,01/15/20-3:23PM , 13,777 Reads
First responders are on the scene of a structure fire this afternoon in the 1900 block of Andrew Milling Road near Stratton.
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