National Guard says goodbye to Roanoke Armory
WDBJ 7 Roanoke - Sat Dec 5, 7:20 pm ETAfter more than 50 years, the National Guard's Roanoke Armory has bid farewell. News7 was the first to report plans to vacate the building in August.
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National Guard to mark closure of Roanoke armory
WDBJ 7 Roanoke - Fri Dec 4, 12:05 pm ETSoldiers will hold a closure ceremony at the Reserve Avenue site at 10:00 a.m. Saturday.
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Site of Kent State shootings clears first step toward listing on National Register of Historic Places
The Cleveland Plain Dealer - Fri Dec 4, 6:44 pm ETThe areas on the Kent State University campus where protesters were shot by the National Guard in 1970 could be part of the National Register of Historic Places by the 40th anniversary of the shootings in May.
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Winter shelter opens
Burbank Leader - Sat Dec 5, 2:27 pm ETGlendale resident Terry Engle isn’t used to living on the streets, not having money or a place to sleep at night.
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Unexpected drop in jobless rate sparks optimism
Casper Star-Tribune - Sat Dec 5, 3:19 am ETIn this Dec. 1, 2009 photo, Pennsylvania Army National Guard member Spc. Brad Kenny of Ridley Park Pa., who recently returned from his second deployment to Iraq takes notes during a job fair in Philadelphia. The unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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384th National Guard unit to be home by Christmas
Evansville Courier & Press - Thu Dec 3, 6:36 pm ETThe Indiana National Guard 384th Military Police Company — which includes an Evansville-based detachment of about 70 soldiers serving in Iraq — is expected to return from deployment before Christmas , officials said Thursday.The unit, which is stationed at Forward Operating Base Sykes near Tal Afar, Iraq , has been training and mentoring Iraqi police officers since January.Cautioning that plans ...
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Is the Army Corp of Engineers Holding a Secret Public Meeting Today?
LAist - Sat Dec 5, 1:31 pm ETAt the Sepulveda Dam | Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist This following e-mails is floating around to Neighborhood Councils this morning. Dear Neighborhood Councils surrounding the Sepulveda Basin: If you have any concerns or suggestions about the Sepulveda Basin, please attend and speak up at Saturday's public meeting updating the Sepulveda Basin Master Plan. This is the first update in nearly thirty ...
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2009 Oregon/Idaho Grains Conference
AG Weekly - Sat Dec 5, 1:21 pm ETBoise, ID - The Idaho Grain Producers Association and the Oregon Wheat Growers League, along with wheat and barley producers from throughout the Pacific Northwest will converge upon the Coeur d’Alene Resort Hotel, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho for this year’s Oregon/Idaho Grains Conference December 1-3.
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Holiday Crafts Market provides unique gift alternatives
Daily Record - Sat Dec 5, 12:49 pm ETYou made it over the Thanksgiving Day hump, belted out the Black Friday blues while parking-lot vultures vied for the space you secured in the wee hours of the morning.
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Baltic Teacher Gets Special Sendoff
KELO Sioux Falls - Fri Dec 4, 9:05 pm ETSeveral members of the South Dakota Air National Guard are getting ready to deploy to Iraq to help fight the War on Terror.
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Got a spare jet? Soldiers want a holiday trip home
KVAL Eugene - Sat Dec 5, 12:21 pm ETTwo hundred Northwest soldiers found out at the last minute they get to come home for the holidays, but they’ve got to figure out how to pay for that trip themselves.
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Plaquemine Guard set for deployment to Iraq in early 2010
Post South - Sat Dec 5, 1:11 am ETThe 256 Special Troops Battalion, which includes the National Guard Headquarters in Plaquemine, is scheduled for deployment to Iraq early next year, Capt. Cristina Capello confirmed last week. The battalion will leave at the end of January for training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, before shipping out to Iraq in late February or early March for a one-year convoy security mission in Iraq, said ...
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Springfield Airport is Number One Priority of National Guard
KSPR Springfield - Thu Dec 3, 4:52 pm ETSpringfield signs covenant with Fort Leonard Wood to promote soldiers' quality of life. National Guard says the Springfield airport area our number one building project for the future.
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National Guard Company Prepares to Deploy
FOX 17 Grand Rapids - Thu Dec 3, 9:19 pm ETMichigan 1073rd Maintenance Company off to Iraq As many are preparing to be together with their families for the holidays...members of the 1073rd Maintenance Company of the Michigan National Guard are preparing to say goodbye.
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AREA DEATHS
Delaware Coast Press - Sat Dec 5, 12:12 pm ETLyneisha Caneice-Renee Cuffee, of Smyrna, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
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Casper soldier looks to counsel veterans
The Gillette News-Record - Sat Dec 5, 11:44 am ETCASPER: On a two-week leave of R&R from her second deployment at Bagram, Afghanistan, U.S. Army Capt. Diane Collver contemplates a career shift to help veterans who can neither rest nor relax.
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