In early 2023, the Daung checkpoint on the Thai-Cambodian border in Battambang Province, Cambodia, saw up to 200 people crossing daily. This was a stark contrast to the situation two years earlier when thousands of people, many of them migrant workers, were passing through the checkpoint in a single day. The Impact of COVID-19 on...
Efforts to untangle the traffic snarl in Polk County advanced this week, at least for the Thompson Nursery Road extension project. During the April 16 County Commission meeting, the board unanimously approved a contract for a $3.276 million grant from the Florida Department of Transportation, contributing to the cost of constructing this road. These funds...