The U.K. is home to two species of seal, the gray seal and the smaller harbor seal. In some areas of Scotland, harbor seal numbers are in decline or are at drastically depleted levels compared to 20 ...

"We're in a belt-tightening spot this fiscal year ... and so it is what it is unless we want to consider a tax increase," said Commissioner Mark Jerrell at the commission's annual retreat.

Mecklenburg County paid almost $11,000 to send a county commissioner and staff member to Germany for an economic development ...