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Historic Preservation Groups Sue To Block Kennedy Center Changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of cultural and historic preservation groups is suing to block further physical changes to the Kennedy Center ahead of a two-year closure that President Donald Trump insists is necessary to renovate the prominent performing arts venue. The lawsuit against Trump, the Kennedy Center and others in the administration, doesn't dispute the need for routine maintenance and repairs. But it argues that the more substantial changes Trump has hinted are in the works should go through the typical review process that governs many major projects in the nation's ...

U.S. To Pay French Company $1B To Walk Away From Offshore Wind Leases

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced Monday. President Donald Trump's administration has tried to halt offshore wind construction, but federal judges repeatedly ...

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Tuesday, March 24 BASEBALL Brooke at Linsly SOFTBALL Martins Ferry at Indian Creek Toronto at River Buckeye Trail at Shadyside Wheeling Park at Steubenville John Marshall at University Magnolia at Linsly Wheeling Central at Monroe Central, 5:30 p.m. TENNIS Linsly at Wheeling Central, 3:30 p.m. Morgantown at Wheeling Park, 4 p.m.

Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club Sponsor Season Kick-Off

Photo Provided The Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club recently sponsored a free high school season kick-off for any prospective OVAC player at the Wheeling Park Indoor Facility. Drills were conducted by members of the West Liberty University Men's Tennis Team under the direction of coaches Ronnie ...

Hawaii’s Worst Flooding In 20 Years Prompts Evacuations

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials urged people in hard-hit areas to evacuate Saturday due to the state's worst flooding in more than 20 years, after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago with still more expected over the weekend. Muddy ...

Extreme Heat Continues To Strike Southwest U.S

Parts of California and Arizona were under extreme heat warnings again Saturday while sweltering summerlike weather even stretched as far north as Nebraska just a day into spring. Temperatures at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit were forecast in the Southwest, closing a remarkable week of record-breaking heat. Experts say April, May and June are likely to be hotter than normal almost everywhere in the U.S. Win Marsh said the heat was a reason to return home early to Utah after she and her husband, Stephen, hiked 170 miles over two weeks in Arizona, starting at the Mexico border. Their ...