New Street United Methodist Church presented a Handbell Concert hosted by Asbury United Methodist Church in Charles Town, on Oct. 8. The concert benefited two
On Saturday, Nov. 5, starting at 7 p.m., a free discussion of several new publications pertaining to the 1859 prosecution and conviction of abolitionist John Brown for treason, murder and
would you like to see him reelected or do you want to see change there as there are challengers? we don t have the republican candidate locked down yet. the primary election is august 2. do you want to see a change in your federal leadership in the senate? i haven t endorsed anybody. senator kelly has been here and done some work with us. i think if we had a change it would help us with some of the narrative so there is no party conflict when we have some discussions on the appropriate actions. but to say senator kelly hasn t been here wouldn t be true. he has been and engaged in this but i think it needs to be a more holistic approach not just one or two people on the border. dana: when you are on the front lines local government is some of the hardest government to do. you are on the front lines of everything. thank you for being with us doug nichols of yuma, arizona.
see these gaps in the wall? and then you ve got people pouring through piglets and other city and sector are breaking different records. they are traveling the additional 60 miles or whatever it is shipped to the sectors in order to cross he regrets doug nichols is the mayor of yuma, arizona who believes in part the un- finish border wall is to plane. counters have increased 345% so far for the fiscal year. close to 212,000 have been logged versus more than 47000 for all of 2021 according to cbp data. each community has its own unique challenges. back in texas it is the rio grande river. we do get called upon as part of our boat operations augmenting and helping a border patrol and bps and local law enforcement for a quick search, rescue and recovery is also part of the job as more migrants who
going to get through. thank you very much. it to the front lines of this crisis, yuma, arizona, mayor doug nichols. your town local emergency. i think this goes back to early december. why now? what is happening with this crisis that you have to do this? it comes down to basic numbers. if you look at a year ago at this time, we are of over 5000% of where we were a year ago today, on the number of crossers family units alone. we came to a position where border patrol is being overwhelmed for a short period, and we have seen a lot a lot more activity in our community. in order to make sure we had the right attention and resources, i declared that local emergency. i think that s been effective in helping us address this on a national level. what happens when you do that? do you get federal help with that emergency?