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Local officials said the instructors had belonged to a private company that offered rope-jumping activities, though some local reports suggest they had belonged to informal groups of practitioners.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
Local coalitions of neighbors are springing up in the most rural towns and counties as quiet, nature-filled lands are being replaced with loud, energy intensive data centers.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Local resident Reyna Vaca visited the memorial Tuesday afternoon and told the Santa Barbara News-Press that she remembered laughing with one of the victims, Munoz-Gautreaux, at a party just hours before the crash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Local human-rights groups have tied excessive microfinance debt to suicides, migration, child labor and decreased food consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Local inhabitants help him portage around a barrier.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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