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FISHERS — Tens of thousands of jobs available in Indiana right now are tech jobs, but many people who could fill those positions just don’t have the right skills like knowing how to code. Eleven Fifty Academy in Fishers is looking to change that as they’ve already launched, changed, and enhanced the careers of hundreds of Hoosiers, including Autumn Henderson. As a young mother, Henderson wanted to find a career that she was passionate about, and that would pay the bills. “I was really worried for a long time,” Henderson said. “My parents were gracious enough to let me stay...

After enduring a deluge from multiple hurricanes earlier this year, the Carolinas are about to be flooded with something else far more preferable – jobs. Pharma companies based in both North and South Carolina are hiring for hundreds of positions, according to reports. In Raleigh, N.C., RedHill Biopharma is expecting to hire some additional employees following a $25 million underwritten offer in August and a $20 million underwritten public offering earlier this month. Speaking to WRAL TechWire, RedHill Chief Executive Officer Dror Ben-Asher noted that the funding will be used to support the company’s commercial capabilities. With the anticipation of...

TUSAYAN — Governor Doug Ducey today announced that regardless of whether the federal government shuts down, the Grand Canyon will remain open. Visitors to the Grand Canyon will continue to have access to services like trails, shuttles and public restrooms under Arizona’s Grand Canyon Protection Plan, a plan put in place by Governor Ducey following the federal government shutdown earlier this year.

HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — The second largest donation to a GoFundMe page to fund President Donald Trump’s border wall comes from a Holland company. The “We the People Will Fund the Wall” GoFundMe page has a goal of raising $1 billion dollars to help pay for the border wall. The veteran who started the page says if every person who voted for Trump donates $80, the wall would be paid for. Holland-based Fortress Stabilization Systems donated $12,000 to the fundraising page, second only to an anonymous donor’s contribution of $50,000. “It’s a legitimate cause,” said Ed Wheatley, who owns Fortress...

Kenyan RnB singer Eliud Sagini, popularly known as Sagini, who died on Monday, complained of not feeling well while on a live TV interview Saturday. During that interview with KTN’s Str8up, the singer told the show host that he wasn’t feeling well. Two days later, Sagini passed on after being rushed to the hospital. During the show the interviewer, after introducing the show, informed the viewers that although the guest was not feeling well and was under medication, he had managed to make it. ‘TESTIMONY’ “Thank you so much for coming Sagini, so you are not feeling well what is...

A Mississippi company will open call centers in Baton Rouge and Bossier City to provide help-line services for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, a move that will create 240 jobs. YoungWilliams PC said the Bossier call center will open in March, while the Baton Rouge location will begin operation sometime in the spring. Call center operations for DCFS had been outsourced to a private company operating in Florida and California. The Baton Rouge call center will employ 160 people, and 80 people will work in Bossier. YoungWilliams will spend $4.1 million to open the facilities. The Bossier...

Ever since Oscar Williams started working at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in 2005, people keep asking him the same question. “A lot of people have been asking me, ‘When are you going to hire out there?’” said Williams, a member of the UAW civil rights team at the plant. “It’s been a rough couple of years lately. But now, we’re starting to hire, and we just want to show people what they need to do.” Wednesday morning marked the first of several recruiting sessions for the government-owned tank plant, which is seeing its biggest hiring effort since a 2007...

A Pittsburgh-based company with a facility near Chesnee in Mooresboro, N.C., is investing $160 million to reopen a zinc processing facility this spring and hire 300 workers. American Zinc Products has begun hiring for jobs that pay an average of $16.25 an hour, such as logistics coordinator, control room operator, material handler, safety specialist and operations supervisor. A hiring event is planned for Jan. 26 at Spartanburg Community College....

Readers began reporting an odd sight Thursday, and while we still don’t have all the facts, it’s worth showing that even the fish are getting into the Christmas spirit at Claytor Lake.

An Adams County automotive parts supplier is investing more than $24 million to expand operations and creating up to 51 new jobs in the next two years, state officials announced Wednesday. FCC (Adams) LLC, which employs 675 in Berne, makes clutches for vehicles with automatic transmissions. The manufacturer also employs 790 at its Portland plant in Jay County, just south of Wells and Adams counties. Japanese parent company FCC Co. Ltd. supplies Honda, Toyota, Subaru, Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and BMW, among others. Shinsuke Kambara, president of FCC (Adams), said the expansion is in response to increasing customer demand....

OpinionOver one million New Jersey Gun owners defy Governor Murphy's gun magazine ban & turn in demands of what some estimate is easily more than ten million now illegal standard capacity gun mags. New Jersey –-(Ammoland.com)- New Jersey's standard capacity magazine ban is now in effect making New Jersey's one million gun owners criminals in the eyes of the state. But in an act of mass definace, New Jersey residents refuse to comply. Any magazine holding more than ten rounds is now illegal in the Garden State. The standard magazine for an AR-15 holds 30 rounds. Glock 19s, which is...

Thousands have signed a petition calling for the judge in an ex-Baylor frat president’s rape case to resign or be removed from office after he accepted a plea deal that involved no jail time. On Monday, Judge Ralph Strother accepted the plea agreement for Jacob W. Anderson, a former Baylor student who was accused of raping a woman referred to as Donna Doe in 2016. As part of the deal, Anderson agreed to plea to a lesser charge of unlawful restraint and will not have to register as a sex offender. Strother and Assistant District Attorney Hilary LaBorde, who prosecuted...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A Midlands community rocked by recent job losses received some good news Tuesday. Healthcare U.S. Co., a Chinese-based memory-foam mattress manufacturer, announced plans to establish new operations in Fairfield County and create up to 250 new jobs. S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Commerce announced the company plans to invest $45 million to open a 650,000-square-foot facility in Winnsboro in the first quarter of 2019. Hiring will begin early next year, according to a press release. The state’s Coordinating Council for Economic Development awarded Fairfield County a $300,000 grant to assist with the costs...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Nokian Tyres P.L.C. has opened its North American headquarters office in Nashville, housing the company's sales, customer service, IT, logistics and marketing teams. As many as 30 employees will work from the renovated facility, which has around 6,000 square feet of space and features an open-concept work environment. Several employees chose to move to Nashville, while others remain at the Finnish tire maker's previous North American headquarters in Colchester, Vt., which continues to serve as an office and distribution warehouse. Mark Earl, senior vice president, Americas, said employees have received a "warm welcome" in the Volunteer state. "We are...

JACKSON, Miss. — A home goods retailer is expanding its furniture manufacturing to Mississippi, with plans to hire 350 people. San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma Inc. announced Thursday that it will open a factory making upholstered furniture in Baldwyn, Mississippi, starting production in January. The company, which sells furniture under the Pottery Barn, West Elm and Williams-Sonoma Home brands, also has factories in Claremont, North Carolina, and City of Industry, California....

Today, Governor John Bel Edwards and Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd. executive Weiqi Hua announced the company will develop a $1.25 billion chemical manufacturing complex in the St. James Parish community of Convent, Louisiana. The 250-acre manufacturing site will be developed at the northwest corner of the intersection of Louisiana Highways 3125 and 3214, on the east bank of the Mississippi River with deep-draft river access and available rail service. The project will create 170 new direct jobs with an average annual salary of more than $80,000, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in additional 1,060...

SAVANNAH — (WJCL)- Wayfair is bringing 1000 jobs to our local community. The online home decor store is setting up shop in Savannah after looking at several cities. Savannah’s location and infrastructure played into the decision. The port and airport were also big selling points. The building where the company will run has been under construction and will officially open in April. Those involved in the process from the beginning are excited to see it come to life. "Any time you bring in a project that has over 500 jobs like this, it’s kind of like winning the SuperBowl," said...

So now we have combat ready armored vehicles with the EU flag which are being used against unarmed European protesters who are demonstrating against a pro EU authoritarian regime.

This is absolutely outrageous. How is this happening right here at home without more backlash? Every single American who values the First Amendment, whether they’re religious or not, should be horrified to hear that a man was arrested in a mall simply for privately sharing his faith with fellow shoppers. What’s worse, of course, is that the man is himself a religious refugee who came to the US to seek refuge from persecution. “I came to the U.S. as a political and religious — as a Christian — refugee. They oppressed me for my faith in Iran. I was stabbed...

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, an automotive products maker at 555 Marathon Blvd., will mark its 40th anniversary in Findlay with an open house and job fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Freudenberg will be hiring for a salaried position, some lab technicians, and 30 production jobs. Some of the jobs are maintenance and journeyman-level positions. “We’ll interview people on the spot,” said Stephanie Frazier, human resources manager. Some of the hiring will be to fill openings made by turnover, and some will be for additional positions, she said. Freudenberg reported employing 248 in February. The nationwide shortage of manufacturing...