Paula MacLeod, a contract specialist with the Air Force, was recognized as one of three winners of the Albert Berger Outstanding Chapter Leadership Award from the National Contract Management Association. The award is the association's highest honor give

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State Rep. Gordon Howie, a Rapid City Republican, wants to move into the state Senate but Democrat David Melmer of Custer is hoping to fill the seat instead.

John Henry Holloway graduated from Indiana University May 3 with a bachelor of science degree in business, with a concentration area in finance/real estate and entrepreneurship.

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies were in Boone this week for a K-9 and handler seminar. Watauga County Sheriff's Office hosted the event, attended by 35 K-9 teams. The handlers and dogs went through training and critique sessions in the many ar