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Jeffersonville approves 1-year data center moratorium
Jeffersonville is the latest Southern Indiana city to implement a data center moratorium.
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MaineHealth sued over potential closure of labor and delivery unit
The lawsuit comes after months of community opposition to a potential closure of a Damariscotta hospital’s birthing center, and follows requests from Gov. Janet Mills and other officials to delay the decision.
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Virginia Steel and Fabrication to invest $3.6 million, create 52 jobs in Bland County
The expansion will more than triple the company’s existing workforce while adding new advanced manufacturing equipment.
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City manager calls for skipping motorcycle rally in 2027
The announcement comes in the wake of criticism of the city’s handling of the rally by the San Benito County Civil Grand Jury and a dip in attendance at this year’s event.
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Rachel Livinal for The Merced FOCUS
Young Brains, Huge Stakes: How transitional kindergarten is shaping San Joaquin Valley’s youth
As California expands transitional kindergarten statewide, this four-part series examines whether San Joaquin Valley schools can meet the needs of young learners.
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Courtesy of U.S. Senate
Cardinal News 250: Virginia’s stories. A nation’s birth.
The project spotlights Virginia’s overlooked contributions to America’s march to independence ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial.
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Gordon Hodges for Door County Knock
Locked Out: Door County’s affordable housing shortage
An in-depth series on Door County’s affordable housing shortage, examining its causes, shrinking availability and the roadblocks to building more.
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Maine’s new strategy to stop another insect disaster in the North Woods
August 04, 2026
After a 26-year outbreak devastated Maine’s forests, the state is testing a targeted attack on spruce budworms invading from Quebec.
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The grass looks healthy. But most of Georgia’s marshes are losing their roots to sea level rise
August 04, 2026
Higher elevations support more robust root systems, helping spartina keep pace with rising sea levels.
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Colorado’s new wolf conservation manager inherits a growing program — and a lot of uncertainty
August 04, 2026
Matthew Hyde replaces Eric Odell at a time Colorado’s wolf-reintroduction program is at a crossroads with increasing rancher conflicts, a federal review but also new packs and pups.
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Lake Victoria’s Peatland Conundrum
August 04, 2026
In western Kenya, the highlands gradually flatten into the vast expanse of Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake.
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A proposed dam near the Glenn Highway in Glacier View draws community concerns
August 04, 2026
Chugach Electric Association is researching the viability of a hydroelectric project on Caribou Creek and in three other locations across Southcentral.
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Trustees OK yearlong pause on zoning for data center
August 04, 2026
The trustees said they need to determine the environmental effects and land impact of a data center.
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Trump Administration Lawyers Admit Hawaiʻi Funding Cuts Were Partisan
August 03, 2026
The admission about terminated clean energy grants emerged in recent court filings, confirming what many already suspected.
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On the Blackfeet Reservation, families learn to search for their own missing relatives
August 03, 2026
As Indigenous people go missing and are murdered at disproportionately high rates, families learn forensic skills to find their own loved ones.
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Coal’s share of electricity-production in Wyoming at all time low despite peak demand
August 03, 2026
Coal accounts for 47% of the state’s power production this year, down from 94% in 2008.