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Adult-use cannabis applications now open in New York State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- From now until December 4, those wanting to enter New York’s cannabis industry can apply to do so."We’re expecting tens of thousands of applications from all over the country to try and start their businesses here in the great State of New York," said Damian Fagon, The Office of Cannabis Management's Chief Equity Officer.The Office of Cannabis Management is looking to distribute between 1,000 to 1,500 adult- use cannabis licenses."Of those 1,000 new licenses, half of those are new retail dispensary licenses. Obviously we need a lot more stores around the state. We have some indoor grow licenses for folks who got a green thumb, processor, distributor, and microbusiness."There is a fee to apply. For social equity applicants it’s $500. For everyone else, it’s $1,000.People who have locations secured for a dispensary or microbusiness are being urged to apply by November 3 to fast track the process.As New York’s legal marijuana industry grows, the state is crackin...

CDTA Fall Festival returns for first time since 2019

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Capital District Transportation Authority is back for the first time since 2019! The festival will be held at the CDTA Headquarters at 110 Watervliet Avenue on Thursday, October 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Festivities include a reading by The RED Bookshelf, bounce houses, carnival games, balloon twisting, a petting zoo, a VIA Aquarium demonstration, and more! Families can also take a harvest hayride through the CDTA paint shop.Local law enforcement agencies and first responders will be on-site providing demonstrations. There will also be refreshments available.

Albany man charged with stealing from Domino's driver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany Police Department arrested a 27-year-old for allegedly robbing a Domino's delivery driver on August 29. Nasir Shabazz was charged with two counts of robbery in the second degree. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Police say the incident occurred around 11:55 p.m. in the area of North Pearl Street and Livingston Avenue. The victim told officers that when she told the man the fee for the food delivery, he punched her in the face several times and stole the food. The victim sustained swelling to the face. Shabazz was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court and remanded to the Albany County Jail.

Vice President Kamala Harris to visit St. Louis for DNC fall meeting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Vice President Kamala Harris will pay a visit to St. Louis this weekend and plans to speak at the Democratic National Committee's fall meeting. Harris currently plans to deliver remarks during a campaign reception Friday evening, according to a spokesperson from the Missouri Democratic Party. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is also expected to attend. Alderwoman grabs mic after questions about her absence from meetings Other plans around Harris' visit to St. Louis are still in the works.The Democratic National Committee's fall meeting consists of three days of events from Thursday to Saturday at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel. Anyone looking to attend the DNC fall meeting should fill out the following registration form.

St. Louis native Katurah Topps takes on Survivor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis native, Katurah Topps, 35, is competing on the 45th season of CBS's Survivor this year. She is currently a civil rights attorney in Brooklyn, New York, and she represents a strong local presence on the show.MANA ISLAND - SURVIVOR, Wednesday, Oct. 4, (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R): Katurah Topps. (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images)In this season of Survivor, a group of 18 contestants finds themselves stranded in Fiji, divided into three tribes of six members each. They are tasked with building a new society while adapting to the physical and social challenges of their environment. The game subjects players to a series of challenges that test both their mental and physical abilities.Players must make choices about taking risks for potential rewards while also navigating the complex social dynamics and forming alliances that can assist them. Despite their diverse backgrounds, all participants share the common goal...

Coach Prime TV series: Colorado film office may provide half a million dollars in tax rebates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

All eyes have been on Colorado this college football season — including the eyes behind these sunglasses — as Deion Sanders, better known as Coach Prime, has taken the University of Colorado Buffaloes team to a 3-2 record, so far, with the kind of unique panache that has garnered international attention, celebrity accoutrements and headline after headline.The next big news? Amazon Prime Video and SMAC Productions have begun filming season two of “Coach Prime,” a multi-part “documentary” series that followed Sanders last year when he was coaching at Jackson State University and eventually to Boulder.And just as interesting: the Colorado Office of Film, Television, and Media said Wednesday that it has “approved a Colorado film incentive for the show.“Per the applicant’s estimations, (the state) anticipates approximately $4.9 million in qualified local expenditures, resulting in an anticipated rebate of $500,000. With the multiplier effec...

Jefferson County airport announces full shift to unleaded fuel, setting 2027 goal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

BROOMFIELD — Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport said Wednesday it will fully shift from the use of toxic leaded aviation gasoline to unleaded fuel at its facility within four years.The Jefferson County airport, with nearly 300,000 takeoffs and landings last year and even more expected by the end of 2023, will beat by three years the federal mandate that piston engine aircraft switch, by 2030, to unleaded-only fuel.The announcement comes as neighbors living around the general aviation airport have in recent years decried contamination from lead particles that descend from overhead propeller plane emissions — many of which are flight-school aircraft. They have also complained of continuing noise overhead from all the flights at the airport, though that’s a problem that changing to unleaded fuel won’t mitigate.“The majority of flight schools can switch to the 94UL,” airport director Paul Anslow said Wednesday, as airplanes buzzed the skies above the...

Colorado Springs police searching for missing 17-year-old last seen Wednesday morning

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

A 17-year-old girl with a developmental disability was last seen early Wednesday morning, Colorado Springs police said.Community Notification: Missing At Risk JuvenileCSPD is searching for 17 year-old Alena Frisby. Alena was last seen at 5 AM this morning at her home at the area around the da Vinci Academy at Middlecreek Parkway and Voyager Parkway. pic.twitter.com/TCeYIs7wV6— Colorado Springs Police Department (@CSPDPIO) October 4, 2023Police are searching for Alena Frisby, who was last seen at her home near the da Vinci Academy at Middlecreek Parkway and Voyager Parkway about 5 a.m. Wednesday.Alena is an 80-pound, 5-foot girl with long black hair.Anyone with information on Alena’s whereabouts is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at 719-444-7000 or Crime Stoppers at 719-634-7867.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Jefferson County deputies find missing boy Crime and Public Safety | AI project imagines adult faces of ch...

'My BRI Career Day': A day in the life of a Belt and Road Initiative employee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

In a special series titled "My BRI Career Day," produced by China Media Group (CMG) Europe, five "Youth Cultural Ambassadors" were given a unique challenge. They were tasked with taking on a one-day job related to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The "My BRI Career Day" challenge featured five ambassadors hailing from Spain, Serbia, France, Sweden, and Greece who had been winners of of UN Chinese Language Day. They were given the unique roles of becoming a high-speed railway stewardess, a traditional Chinese medicine assistant, a China-Europe freight train attendant, a silk museum docent, and a wind power project inspector.One standout project they explored was the Yixin'ou, also known as the Yiwu-Madrid freight route. This is the world's longest cargo line, connecting China's bustling small commodity hub of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province to Madrid in Spain. It has emerged as a crucial component of cross-border transportation, forging strong connections among trading partners over thou...

Los Angeles using AI to prevent homelessness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:53 GMT

Los Angeles County officials are hoping new technology that poses a threat to some industries could be the saving grace in turning around the region's homelessness problem.Writers and actors went on strike in part to prevent artificial intelligence from taking their jobs, but the burgeoning tech is widely believed to have great potential in other areas.In this case, local officials are hoping it can prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place.On Wednesday, NPR reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services is using data and machine learning to identify those most at-risk of becoming homeless and step in before they become unhoused.Homelessness continues to increase year over year in Southern California, despite billions of dollars being spent to help stem the flow.That could be due in part to the way the money is being spent. For instance, delays have meant some projects being funding by Proposition HHH cost more than $800,000 per unit created, as re...