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This image taken from video and provided by WTVQ shows people helping arrange cots at Rockcastle Middle School, being used as an evacuation center, in Mt Vernon, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. People were evacuated from a nearby town after a CSX train derailed Wednesday near Livingston, a remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County. CSX says two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached.

Failed wheel bearing caused Kentucky train derailment but didn’t trigger alarms beforehand, CSX says

November 28, 2023, 7:44am Business

A failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire and forced residents of a small town in Kentucky out of their homes for just over a day, including most of Thanksgiving, according to CSX railroad. Read story

The worst-performing major economy also faces a budget crisis. Germany’s leader vows fixes, but how?

November 28, 2023, 7:42am Business

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed Tuesday that his government will work “as fast as possible” to solve a budget crisis, but he offered few details on how he would achieve his goals of promoting clean energy and modernizing the struggling economy after a court decision struck down billions in planned… Read story

These members say LA Fitness misled them into signing up for long-term personal training contracts

November 28, 2023, 7:40am Business

John Chappelear and his friend Jeff Gordon say they were adamant when they told the LA Fitness personal trainer that Gordon could not afford a yearlong personal training program for $5,280. Read story

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Jan. 25, 2023, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Michigan will join four other states in requiring utility providers to transition to 100% carbon-free energy generation by 2040 under legislation that will soon be signed by Whitmer.

Michigan could implement ambitious clean energy mandates and have carbon-free electricity by 2040

November 28, 2023, 7:38am Business

Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040 in what is a pivotal test of the Democrats’ environmental goals in a state with a long-standing manufacturing legacy. Read story

nLIGHT secures $34.5 million military contract to create high-energy laser

November 28, 2023, 5:59am Business

Camas-based semiconductor and fiber laser provider nLIGHT announced Monday the company has secured a $34.5 million contract supporting the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities Critical Technologies Office. Read story

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Failed wheel bearing caused Kentucky train derailment but didn’t trigger alarms beforehand, CSX says

The worst-performing major economy also faces a budget crisis. Germany’s leader vows fixes, but how?

These members say LA Fitness misled them into signing up for long-term personal training contracts

Michigan could implement ambitious clean energy mandates and have carbon-free electricity by 2040

nLIGHT secures $34.5 million military contract to create high-energy laser

Building Industry Association of Clark County announces winners of its Industry Awards, People’s Choice Awards

GivingTuesday marks global generosity day in Clark County, across Washington

Stock market today: Wall Street edges lower as four-week winning streak cools off