WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has tapped Wal-Mart’s Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington’s heated partisan budget battles and is … more

With some trepidation, Campbell County school trustees agreed to approve a salary package for employees that will essentially give them a 1.3 percent raise over the past … more

CCHS junior Kenneth Petry, 17, sharpens his pencils before the start of the American College Testing exam Tuesday at Cam-plex Energy Hall. The facility was set up to test 473 students, proctor Tom … more

From school rap star to unorthodox teaching styles, Carl Matson will use any tool at his disposal to reach his sixth-grade students in Campbell County.For that effort, Matson was honored as a Peabody … more

BOSTON — President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring that Boston "will run again" and vowing to hunt down the perpetrator of the twin … more

STANLEY, N.C. — It was common knowledge around a rural North Carolina neighborhood that Jordan Arwood was digging a two-story-deep pit on his property. Some said it was for a bunker and warned … more

Feb. 20, 1949: Heralded as the worst storm in Wyoming history. About 30 inches of snow fell in Gillette with drifts reported as tall as 20 to 30 feet. All bus, rail and air traffic was stopped for 24 … more

If you’re doing any sort of development in Gillette, you have to go to the second floor of City Hall. And now, with most of the area renovated and up and running, it is already easier to navigate … more

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI greeted the faithful for the last time as pope on Thursday, telling well-wishers that he is beginning the final stage of his life as "simply a pilgrim," … more

Kaylee Moreno, 9, decorates an egg Tuesday for Hands On Pottery’s egg decorating contest on Tuesday at the pottery store on Fourth Avenue. “It makes your creativity come alive,” Kaylee … more