ATA names finalists for 2026-2027 America’s Road Team

WASHINGTON — The American Trucking Associations is releasing the names of the 31 professional truck drivers who are finalists for the 2026-2027 America’s Road Team. “These [people] were selected as finalists for America’s Road Team because they...

District 34 candidates speak in King Hall about upcoming election

The two candidates running to represent District 34 — incumbent Tony Wilt (R) and challenger Andrew Payton (D) — spoke individually on JMU’s campus last week to directly address students on hot-button issues before Election Day. The Madison Center...

Ep. 14: Wolf West

00:00:01 Speaker 1: As native animals. Wolves shape American ecologies for millions of years and impressed early travelers with their numbers and tameness, but were rapidly destroyed in the West when old world stock raising replaced an Indian...

Penguin Solutions to Demonstrate Optimized AI Infrastructure Solutions at SC25

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 4, 2025-- Penguin Solutions, Inc. (Penguin Solutions, Nasdaq: PENG ) today announced its participation at Supercomputing 25 (SC25), the international conference for high-performance computing (HPC),...

Rancher lobbyist knocks Wyoming bill recognizing corner crossing’s court-decided legality

Care about high-quality wildlife reporting? Sign up for our free newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox. Stock growers won’t support a bill that would clarify Wyoming law following a court decision allowing public access to...

Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously

Back in the early 2000s, when we were outraged by the excesses of authoritarian dilettantes George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, a friend suggested I start a blog. I had been a lawyer, but was eager to change careers. Having studied the rise of the...

Three generations of United States Marines

In a quiet corner of Caledonia, a family stands tall with three generations of United States Marines, each carrying the torch of duty in their own era. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq and now to the control towers of Pensacola,...

Board demands evidence for sunshine allegations

The board of aldermen and mayor at the last meeting at the Police Department on Monday, Oct. 27. Matt Morey, Democrat News The Fredericktown Board of Aldermen responded to Mayor Travis Parker’s Facebook post in September alleging they had...

The best bonus perks your entry ticket covers at 6 top US theme parks (including Disney and Universal)

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Washington Supreme Court restores $185 million verdict for teachers allegedly poisoned by Monsanto-made PCBs

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). The Washington Supreme Court this week restored a $185 million verdict against the former Monsanto company, now owned by Bayer, over toxic chemicals in a state school building that...

Vital Farms Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 4, 2025-- Vital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL), a Certified B Corporation that offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 28, 2025....

Major power line expansions will fuel future growth in South Dakota

November 3, 2025 BIG STONE CITY, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) – This small city in northeastern South Dakota already serves as a major hub for energy. It’s home to a coal-fired power plant, a Poet Biofuels ethanol plant and a major electrical...

Musick: Making sense of Sen. Moon’s stand against stadium subsidies 

Last month, Sen. Mike Moon of Missouri’s 29th District went to court against the state, challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted Senate Bill 3. Under Senate Bill 3, Missouri could subsidize up to half the cost of new MLB or NFL...

Robert “Bob” L. Berry

Robert “Bob” Linn Berry, age 83, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Nov. 1, 2025. He was born Oct. 16, 1942, in Kewanee, Illinois. Robert was the son of Clarence and Dorothy (Downey) Berry of Neponset, Illinois. He married Jennie A....

Major power line expansions will fuel future growth in SD

Bart Pfankuch investigative reporter and content director bart.pfankuch@sdnewswatch.org BIG STONE CITY, S.D. – This small city in northeastern South Dakota already serves as a major hub for energy. It's home to a coal-fired power plant, a Poet...

Solar arrays supply shade — and land — for Midwest farmers

Linda Hezel starts clipping the herbs, vegetables and produce from the vines on her farm in Kearney, Missouri, early each morning. The ground-mounted solar array that powers Hezel’s home also provides shade as she harvests produce in the extreme...

"In the Weeds" Glyphosate News Roundup: November 4, 2025

Viewpoint: The MAHA movement’s wrongheaded war on glyphosate is part of a misplaced broader attack on modern agriculture By Michael Grunwald Published October 1, 2025 on Genetic Literacy Project The MAHA movement’s war on glyphosate is part of a...

Prevalon Energy and Emerson Announce Global Strategic Collaboration to Deliver Integrated Power and Energy Storage Solutions for Data Centers

Strategic alliance combines advanced battery energy storage, automation, and control technologies to drive next-generation data center resilience and efficiency HEATHROW, Fla. (Nov. 4, 2025) - Prevalon™ Energy LLC, a leader in integrated battery...

Kansas biologists are bringing back rare mussels, fish and turtles to our rivers

COFFEY COUNTY, Kansas – On a warm day last spring, wildlife biologist Trevor Starks squatted in a few feet of water and felt the riverbed with his hands in search of one specific mussel species. Starks wanted to find native, endangered Neosho...

Cutting-Edge Fiber-Optics Sensor Modernizes Steelmaking

Rony Kumer Saha, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Missouri, USA A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is bringing a new level of safety and efficiency to the global steel industry through advanced fiber-optic...