Local News Briefs

Local News Briefs

Deer season has begun! The Venice baby deer hunting season begins on Saturday and Sunday. The week-long fishing season, open to all anglers, begins on Monday 28 November and runs through Sunday 4 December. The deer hunting weekend runs from December 17-18. During gun season, legal hunting weapons include shotguns, shotguns, bolt action rifles, pistols, … Read more

‘The Dark Matter Is Just Sitting There: Whats Standing In The Way Of AI For Life Sciences

‘The Dark Matter Is Just Sitting There: Whats Standing In The Way Of AI For Life Sciences

© Madrona Venture Group’s Smart Apps Summit powered by GeekWire Life Science Speakers . From left: Lucas Nivon, CEO of Cyrus Biotechnology, Jonathan Carlson, a researcher at Microsoft, Madison Masaelli, CEO of DipCell, and moderator Chris Picardo, Madrona’s business partner. (Photo by GeekWire/Charlotte Schubert) Life scientists have a data problem: data is fragmented, ambiguous, and … Read more

Kate Middleton And Prince William Sport Poppy Pins At Festival Of Remembrance

Kate Middleton And Prince William Sport Poppy Pins At Festival Of Remembrance

Chris Redburn/Pool/AFP via Getty Kate Middleton and Prince William are taking part in the annual tradition of honoring fallen British soldiers on Remembrance Sunday. The 40-year-old Prince and Princess of Wales joined the royal family for the annual musical tribute to British and Commonwealth war dead at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday. King Charles … Read more

County Offices Across Arkansas Working Without Computers During Possible Breach

Scores of local government workers in Arkansas worked without computers Wednesday after a Rogers-based information technology company said it was shutting down computer servers because of possible security breaches. “We were told not to burn the ends,” said Newton County Coroner Stephen Willis of Jasper. “No one can pay taxes through the tax authority, no … Read more

Crypto Giant’s Bankruptcy Puts Industry In Washington’s Crosshairs

Crypto Giant’s Bankruptcy Puts Industry In Washington’s Crosshairs

© Alex Wong / Getty Images FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried testifies before the House Services Committee on Capitol Hill on December 8, 2021. Failed crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday and announced the resignation of CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, in a week where the company’s steep decline rocked digital asset markets and angered Washington. … Read more

Hanna Yeager Earns VSU College Of Nursing And Health Sciences Excellence Award

Hanna Yeager Earns VSU College Of Nursing And Health Sciences Excellence Award

November 11, 2022 22-162 Jessica Bishop Communications and media relations coordinator Hanna Marie Yeager of Hahira, Georgia received the Fall 2022 President’s Award for the Valdosta State University College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a college certificate. Valdosta – Hahira, Georgia. … Read more

Review: In The Shadow Of Grief, ‘Wakanda Forever Forges Messily But Valiantly Ahead

Review: In The Shadow Of Grief, ‘Wakanda Forever Forges Messily But Valiantly Ahead

The end comes from the beginning: fast, expected, wonderful. King T’Challa, the black panther of Wakanda, is terminally ill, and his brilliant scientist, Shuri’s sister (the powerful Letitia Wright), are working desperately to find a cure. The clock is ticking and the cameras are racing, but as you’d expect, there’s no suspense in the suspense; … Read more