Home and Garden Sees Rise in Sales Due to Coronavirus as Consumers Use Time at Home to Complete Improvement Projects

Hardware stores are seeing unprecedented demand for tools and hardware supplies as consumers in self-isolation use the time to complete home improvement projects. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic more and…

U.S. lawmakers ask Interior to cut offshore oil royalty rates due to market slump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers representing U.S. Gulf coast states on Friday asked Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to temporarily cut the royalty rate oil and gas companies must pay on their…

Wigtown Book Festival goes online for 2020 version due to coronavirus pandemic

One of the region’s top tourism events has a new chapter this month. Wigtown Book Festival is to go online across 10 days from September 24 to October 4 and…

Bride and groom who canceled wedding reception due to COVID-19 donate food to shelter

When Tyler and Melanie Tapajna canceled their wedding reception due to COVID-19, they didn’t let the food they ordered go to waste. The Ohio couple decided to take their wedding…