The Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act, introduced separately by U.S. Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming and Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., would require any increase or suspension of the debt limit to be matched by equal or greater spending cuts over the current year and the following 10 years.

The Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities will be holding their regularly scheduled monthly meeting Aug. 18 at 4:30 p.m.

Highland County Sports Schedule for the week of Aug. 17-22 (varsity only). Schedules subject to change.

Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics — from arresting academics at airports to setting up a checkpoint at a popular creek in a National Forest — to boost their arrest numbers, leading to more arrests in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration.

The University of Rio Grande is one of 203 NAIA institutions to be named Champions of Character Five-Star Award winners for the 2025-26 school year.

As Americans prepare to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is honoring those murdered by two terrorist attacks committed in lower Manhattan, as well as at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.

Twelve state department of transportation projects in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin have won top regional honors in the 2026 America’s Transportation Awards competition. From bridging safer connections for pedestrians and bicyclists to deploying innovative high-water warning systems that help protect motorists during flooding events, these projects are strengthening communities by bolstering safety, mobility and quality of life.

Highland County first responders recently teamed up to bring National Night Out back to the community for the first time in several years, with the event bringing in over 200 guests for an evening of free, family-friendly fun.