BANFF – October 29, 2026 -- BLUETTI has become Official Major Partner of the 51st Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and of the festival's World Tour across North America, extending its "Power the Story Beyond the Screen" initiative to its US and Canada official sites.

Loretto, Tennessee – October 29, 2026 -- Over-dosing disinfectant wastes chemicals, accelerates equipment wear and can create regulated byproducts, according to Justin McGee of Southeastern Tank, who argues that water treatment operators should manage dosing by precision rather than volume.

CINCINNATI – – October 29, 2026 -- FirstLight Home Care has passed 300 locations across the United States and sent President and CEO Glee McAnanly on a cross-country RV tour to visit its franchise owners, their teams and caregivers.

Best Days Tour began in Maine on Oct. 26

The tour started Monday, Oct. 26, with a kickoff event at Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The first leg covers the East Coast this fall, and additional stops across the United States are planned for 2027.

San Antonio – October 29, 2026 -- The RK Group (RKG), a hospitality operator with 15+ integrated brands and more than 1,100 team members, is marking 80 years since it began event service on November 11, 1946. The company will observe the anniversary with a year-long series of community service and giveback initiatives.

Charlotte – October 29, 2026 -- Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR) has been awarded a $19.9 million federal grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program to rebuild track laid in the early to mid 1900s.

Oakland – October 29, 2026 -- Kaiser Permanente has awarded a $15 million charitable grant to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland to build 20 private inpatient behavioral health rooms, adding capacity to treat approximately 700 children and adolescents a year.

Grant funds a 21,300-square-foot behavioral health wing

The money will pay for construction of the wing as part of the hospital's modernization project. The plan includes an outdoor therapy space and a therapeutic roof garden. The wing is expected to open in 2031.

NAPA – October 29, 2026 -- AM Best has raised The Doctors Company's financial strength rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent), and its long-term issuer credit rating (ICR) to "aa-" (Superior) from "a+" (Excellent), with a stable outlook.

AM Best affirms A+ ratings across six TDC Group entities

The agency affirmed the A+ FSR, "aa-" ICR and stable outlook for The Doctors Company, an Interinsurance Exchange, and these subsidiaries of The Doctors Company Insurance Group (TDC Group):

ATLANTA – October 29, 2026 -- Georgia-Pacific is investing approximately $150 million to rebuild a paper machine at its Palatka, Florida, mill, with completion expected in the second quarter of 2028.

Georgia-Pacific replaces the Number Four machine installed in 1980

Work on the project has already begun. The investment replaces the Number Four paper machine, which produces paper for Angel Soft bath tissue. Georgia-Pacific says the rebuild will preserve existing production while increasing the mill's manufacturing capabilities.

DETROIT – October 29, 2026 -- DTE Energy has put its 132-megawatt Fish Creek Solar Park near Sheridan, Michigan, into operation. The $268 million project was fully funded by customers who voluntarily participate in the utility's MIGreenPower program.

MIGreenPower customers fund the full $268 million build

DTE says the voluntary program adds generation capacity without raising costs for other customers. The park can produce enough energy to power approximately 30,000 homes.

Lisbon – October 29, 2026 -- Movantis, whose network moves more than $60 billion a year, is adding the Stellar blockchain as a digital settlement rail, with USDC settlement for US-to-El Salvador payments as the first planned use case. The company announced the integration at Meridian 2026, the Stellar Development Foundation's annual conference.