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Leavenworth, Kansas, relents and will allow a private prison to reopen and house immigrants

A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen as an immigrant detention facility after a nearly yearlong legal fight

The Independent UK

Influencer Keeps Leavenworth Christmas Plans As Floods Test Pacific Northwest

An influencer keeps her Leavenworth Christmas plans despite severe flooding, sparking debate over tourism, safety and local livelihoods.

International Business Times UK

Leadville Trail 100 MTB lottery underway, Grasshopper Series and Leavenworth Bike Fest open registrations for off-road events

Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28 switches to Stromm bikes, Salt Lake Criterium returns to city-centre with three-day event - North American Roundup

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A Euro trip, without leaving America: Seven US towns that look exactly like places in Europe

These places will whisk Americans to the European continent without the hassle and expense of a long-haul flight. US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill has the lowdown on the lookalikes...

The Independent UK

Private Prison Giant Looking to Expand Migrant Detention Faces Fierce Local Resistance in One of America's Most Pro-Prison Towns

When CoreCivic applied earlier this year for a permit in Leavenworth, Kansas to reopen a migrant detention facility, city officials balked and the community protested

Latin Times

Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts

Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts

The Independent UK

ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation

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Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

The Independent UK

Not just Alcatraz: the notorious US prisons Trump is already reopening

Amid outrage over ‘far-fetched’ plans to revive Alcatraz, Trump is pushing to expand Ice detention to other closed lockups marked by scandals

The Guardian - US

How an unlikely Bavarian village became the Christmas capital of Washington state

Freshly baked pretzels, shining tree lights and sleds in the snow lend a ruddy warmth to an unlikely collection of Bavarian-themed chalets in the mountains of Washington state

The Independent UK

Election results in Kansas’ Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board

Incumbent Judi Price, incumbent Dannielle Wells, Karen G. Overbey, and Jessica Wilson won election to the Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to four candidates.

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Ten candidates running for Leavenworth Unified School District 453 School Board

Ten candidates are running in the general election for Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats are up for election, and voters can choose up to four candidates.

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Beshear Outspends Cameron 4-1 As Kentucky Gubernatorial Election Nears

Leavenworth School Board Race Heats Up Ahead of November Election

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Black bear is killed after injuring woman in Washington

SEATTLE — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killed a black bear Saturday morning, after it injured a woman near a park in downtown Leavenworth.

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