Before there was high-speed internet in Santo Domingo Pueblo, a tribal community about 40 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico, leaders would pass around a Verizon hotspot to help run their tribal ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – December 13, 2023 – Rooted Santa Barbara County is thrilled to announce the launch of two groundbreaking ...

As anyone who has taken a liberal arts course or completed their general education requirements should know: scholarly research can be a bit of a headache. Finding relevant sources, making sure they ...

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After more than a three-month wait, online systems are up and running again at Solano County libraries after hackers “disrupted the operability” of the system’s IT network in early April. The systems ...

After graduating from college in 2017, Timothy Bulger needed a quiet space for a few hours so he could concentrate on his job hunt. He would head to the Polito Branch Library in Fresno, California, ...

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