August Beef Exports Soar to New Heights

  U.S. beef exports set new records in August with export value topping $750 million for the first time. The U.S. Meat Export Federation says August pork exports were fairly steady with last year’s volume, but retaliatory duties in key markets continued to pressure pork export value. August beef exports totaled 119,800 metric tons,  up…MORE

3 Alarm Blaze Displaces 5 Adults, 2 Children at Fresno Triplex – 50 Firefighters Respond

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Fire was stretched thin while responding to a 3-alarm apartment fire on Tuesday in Northeast Fresno. The 2-alarm fire turned into 3-alarms, and 50 firefighters — half of the Fresno Fire Department — were assigned to put out the blaze. The fire was visible for miles, all the way to…MORE

Michael a ‘Monstrous Storm’

(CNN) – Hurricane Michael is poised to slam Florida’s Panhandle by Wednesday afternoon, threatening dangerous storm surges to low-lying areas ill-equipped to handle them — and officials are urging people to get out of the way now. [van id=”weather/2018/10/09/michael-threats-nhc-director-new-day-vpx.cnn”] Michael, spinning in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 3 storm Tuesday, is expected to…MORE

Nikki Haley Resigns as UN Ambassador

[van id=”politics/2018/10/09/nikki-haley-trump-resignation-un-ambassador-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday directly to President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her decision. A senior State Department official said Haley told her staff this morning. A source familiar with the matter said Haley’s resignation caught national security adviser John Bolton and…MORE

California DMV Finds Additional 1,500 People Wrongly Registered To Vote Under New System

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The California DMV finds an additional 1,500 people who were wrongly registered to vote under the new system. The Department of Motor Vehicles made the announcement on Monday that people, including non-citizens, were wrongly registered to vote between late April and late September. The errors are in addition to…MORE

Trump Administration Plan To Privatize Postal Service Sparks Protest In 140 Cities

[Photo: File]   FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – US Postal Service employees spent their Columbus Day holiday protesting the Trump Administration’s proposed plan to privatize the agency. Employees gathered on Monday in 140 cities across the country from Fresno to Washington D.C. saying they want the post office to remain a part of the federal government. Workers carried…MORE