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Watkins store celebrates 44 years in business

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

WATKINS, Colo. (KDVR) -- O'Malley's Mercantile is a mom-and-pop retail store that just celebrated 44 years of being in business. The COVID lockdowns almost ended that, but it hung on and is now on the mend.It was 44 years ago, almost to the day, when Kathleen and Mike O'Malley opened the doors to their modest feed store, Watkins Feed and Supply.In 2001, they officially changed the name to O'Malley's.  "Watkins Feed and Supply was primarily horse, chicken, dog, that was about it," Mike O'Malley said.O'Malley, once a cowboy, used to wrangle for an outfit south of Denver now known as Highlands Ranch. He teamed up with Kathleen Marie Ziegler and got hitched in 1976.  Boar rescued from ‘hogging the roadway’ Together, they hatched up an idea to open a feed store in Watkins, but why there? "We were not very smart," O'Malley said laughing.Watkins was incorporated in 2004. About 18 months later it was unincorporated because, well, it is small.But it is big enough to be the c...

La Fuga at Kimpton Shorebreak invites you to escape into quality Italian dining

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

La Fuga. In Italian, it means “the escape.” It’s also the name of one of Broward’s newest Italian restaurants, and if you’re looking for a great meal in a really laid-back atmosphere, your search is over.At the Kimpton Shorebreak Fort Laudersale Beach Resort, La Fuga is a place to get away from it all.Chief Michael Mayer: “A nice hidden gem here in Fort Lauderdale Beach, a place to escape and enjoy some quality Italian food, good friends and your neighbors.”The kitchen concentrates on dishes from a specific area of Italy.Chief Michael Mayer: “We like to call it coastal Italian cuisine, using a lot of ingredients of fresh seafood.”What you’ll get is an inviting combination of old and new approaches to the art of preparing familiar food.Chief Michael Mayer: “I wanted to take Grandma’s cooking and elevate it with my flavors and my style.”FOR MORE INFO:La FugaKimpton Shorebreak Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort2900...

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, frequent co-stars and longtime friends, headline dark comedy ‘Moving On’

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

They’ve done two movies and a long-running series together. Now, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are back together on the big screen starring in the dark comedy “Moving On.”Jane Fonda’s got a killer role in the new movie “Moving On.” Let’s just say she’s got revenge on her mind when she goes to her friend’s funeral and sees her friend’s husband.Jane Fonda (as Claire): “Do you have any poison?”Lily Tomlin (as Evelyn): “I have a cyanide pill in case I’m captured by the enemy. You can have it.”So, why is she so mad at him? Well, you’ve got to watch the movie to find out.Anyway, she asks Lily Tomlin to help her.Lily Tomlin (as Evelyn): “I’m in.”Jane Fonda (as Claire): “You’re in what?”Lily Tomlin (as Evelyn): “My other murder canceled this week, so I’ve got time.”Jane and Lily have teamed up — for “9 to 5,” “80 for Brady” and “Grace and Frankie.” So…Paul W...

The Fair returns with 4 new rides

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

Now funner isn’t an actual real word, but it does apply to us because SoFlo is about to get funner than fun.That’s because the Fair is back in town, and there are four new rides, including a rollercoaster, this year.When they say “Be there, the Fair,” what they really mean is upside down!At the Miami-Dade Fair and Exposition, which is now open through April 9…Eddie Cora: “We made it the best place on earth this year with the World of Fun theme.”FOR MORE INFO:TheFair.me

Jalen Ramsey brings aura of confidence to Dolphins, explains why he wanted to get traded to Miami

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

Jalen Ramsey didn’t make any grand statements wrapped around Super Bowl guarantees or even that the cornerback combination of he and Xavien Howard are the best in the NFL, but his introductory press conference in Miami on Thursday still put his brash confidence on display.The six-time Pro Bowl, three-time All-Pro cornerback, outfitted in Gucci from head to toe, embraced championship aspirations in his new home with the Dolphins. He mentioned hopes of securing first-ballot Hall of Fame status over the second half of his career. And for those that think he’s past his prime at 28, he had some pointed words.“Alright,” he replied simply to a question about criticism for his 2022 season with the Los Angeles Rams. “Did you see me play last year? Cut on the film. You got to really watch it. You don’t become this successful without actually doing good things on the field and having the respect of your peers, media. … We gon’ see.”And when...

Oregon halts electric vehicle rebates due to demand, money

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will temporarily suspend rebates for buying or leasing an electric vehicle for a year starting in May because too many people are applying and the program is running out of money, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Thursday.A growing number of Oregonians are buying or leasing electric vehicles, with over 60,600 registered in the state.The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced Wednesday the suspension of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program that has disbursed more than $71 million over five years to help people buy or lease roughly 25,000 of those vehicles. A fifth of the rebates went to low- and moderate-income households, state data shows.“Even though we’re announcing a temporary suspension, it really shows the program is a victim of our own success,” Rachel Sakata, senior air quality planner with the department. “We’re one of the top states in the nation in terms of the percentage of EV sales.”Oregon’s Department of Transportation estimates that...

Kentucky Senate passes bill to legalize medical marijuana

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate voted Thursday to legalize medical marijuana in the state, delivering a breakthrough endorsement after years of resisting access to cannabis for people suffering from a series of debilitating illnesses.The measure was passed by the Senate on a 26-11 vote, sending it the House, which has supported medical cannabis measures in the past. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers.“This is one of those issues where you take out the ledger and you list the pros and cons,” said Republican Sen. Stephen West, the bill’s lead sponsor. “And it’s a long list on both sides. But for me personally, the pros outweigh the cons.”Republican Sen. Gary Boswell opposed the bill, referring to cannabis as “a drug, not a medicine.” He said the qualifying medical categories listed in the measure are “too broad.” The dramatic vote came before lawmakers started an extended break to give Gov. Andy Beshear time to consider signing or vetoing the stack...

Vancouver mayor says foreign meddling ‘insinuations’ are because he’s not Caucasian

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said his race is behind “insinuations” in a newspaper report connecting him to election meddling by Chinese diplomats.Sim said at a news conference Thursday he was not aware of any foreign interference in the 2022 municipal election that saw him defeat incumbent Kennedy Stewart.“If there’s proof of foreign interference in our election, I want to know about it, because I’m a Canadian,” Sim said. “… If there was proof of this, I’d be as mad as hell as anybody else.”A Globe and Mail report said Canadian intelligence officials are concerned the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver interfered in the election by using diaspora community groups and grooming certain candidates.The newspaper cites a Canadian Security Intelligence Service document that it said does not name the consulate’s favoured mayoral and council contenders, although it wanted Stewart to lose.Sim said the accusations are “disgusting” and racial...

Pence defends joke about Buttigieg ‘maternity leave’

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday he hasn’t heard from Mike Pence in the days since the former vice president mocked his family, but will continue to hold him accountable for his words.Chasten Buttigieg was asked on ABC’s “The View” whether Pence contacted him after joking at a dinner for journalists and politicians that Pete Buttigieg took “maternity leave” after he and his husband adopted newborn twins.“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression,” Pence said Saturday at the Gridiron Dinner.Chasten Buttigieg, who said he doesn’t expect to hear from Pence, called the remarks “part of a much bigger trend attacking families.”“I spoke up because we all have an obligation to hold people accountable for when they say something wrong, especially when it’s misogynistic, especially when it’s homophobic, and I just don’t take that when it’s towards my family, and I don’t think any...

Southern California jailbreak mastermind convicted

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:36:10 GMT

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An inmate who organized a daring, elaborate Southern California jailbreak in 2016 was found guilty Thursday of the escape but acquitted of kidnapping a taxi driver while on the run, authorities said.Jurors in Orange County Superior Court also convicted Hossein Nayeri, 44, of Newport Beach of stealing a van but acquitted him of kidnapping during a carjacking and lesser offenses, the district attorney’s office said in a statement.On Jan. 22, 2016, Nayeri and two other men broke out of the Orange County Central Jail Complex in Santa Ana, prompting a weeklong manhunt.Using smuggled tools, they cut through a metal grate in their maximum-security dorm cell, then climbed through plumbing shafts within the walls to reach the roof, where they rappelled down five stories using a rope made of bed linens, according to authorities and a cellphone video shot by Nayeri.The men later kidnapped a 72-year-old unlicensed taxi driver. The driver was sometimes held at gunp...