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Federal judge grants injunction amid proposed closure of Job Corps centers; future remains uncertain

CLEARFIELD — A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction halting the planned shuttering of 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers across the nation, including the campus in Clearfield. The decision came in the wake of the U.S. Department of Labor, or DOL, announcing a phased pause in operations at those facilities in May amid the Trump administration's efforts to slash spending at the federal level. On June 2, the National Job Corps Association filed for a temporary restraining order on behalf of all private Job Corps operators, which was later granted by U.S. District Judge ...

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Letter: Tax dollars shouldn’t be wasted on death-row prisoners

Our taxpayer dollars are once again being squandered on prisoners in death-row stasis. Just recently, a judge once again declared an inmate was fit for execution (after 37 years) and competent to carry out his demise. For those of you who remember the "Hi-Fi Shop" killings and torture of many ...

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