She chose one of Oregon’s most grueling challenges.
In the early morning darkness of Aug. 1, the 35-year-old Eugene resident laced up her shoes at the Oregon-California border and stepped onto the Pacific Crest Trail.
Then she started running.
Over the next week, Halnon ran up mountains and down river valleys, through a frigid thunderstorm and boiling temperatures, felt her shins ache and feet swell up on 17-hour days in remote wilderness.
When she reached the Washington border on Aug. 9, Halnon had set a new speed record for the Oregon section of the PCT: 455 miles in 7 days, 19 hours and 23 minutes.
COURTESY MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER By Deborah Harbsmeier Kentucky
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. A month after announcing President and CEO Donald Lassere would be leaving the Muhammad Ali Center, the Center has named Laura M. Douglas as its Interim President and CEO.
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Laura Douglas named Interim President and CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center
She is the first woman, and first Black woman to lead the center.
She replaces Donald Lassere who is leaving to return home to Chicago and lead a museum there.
Douglas has been a board member at the center for ten years
Douglas has been a member of the Center s Board of Directors for the past ten years and is the Ali Center s Immediate Past Board Chair.
Southeast electric providers submit filing with FERC for proposed advanced bilateral market platform
If approved, the new platform could be operational by early 2022
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ATLANTA, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) members filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today for the approval of an automated, intra-hour energy exchange that aims to lower costs to customers and optimize renewable energy resources.
The FERC filing and approval process will provide an opportunity for the members of SEEM to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed market design and for interested parties to provide feedback and comments for FERC to consider.
A significant winter storm is possible for Monday into Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
How are the roads?
After a Wednesday that saw MetroSafe report 70 crashes between 1 and 10 p.m., including 17 with injuries, drivers should take it slow, as the roads throughout Jefferson County remain a bit hazardous during the morning commute.
MetroSafe reported at least 20 crashes between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, with no fatal injuries. Emergency crews also reported 24 downed trees, 25 downed wires and three traffic light outages.
Mayor Greg Fischer s office said the Louisville Metro Snow Team made three passes in the past 24 hours on all 110 snow routes in the metro area, with a fourth pass starting in the late morning and early afternoon.