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Sabrina Thaler for KOSU
Luther joins growing list of Oklahoma communities with data center moratoriums
The town is the latest Oklahoma community to delay action on data center proposals amid intense local resistance.
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In southeast Montana, a history of coal mining haunts farmers and ranchers
Longtime water users fear they’ll be left with salt flats following energy development ‘nightmare.’
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Spearfish affordable housing project 1st to tap new fed funds
The project will rely in part on a low-interest loan made from a $30 million pool of money allocated by Congress for affordable housing projects across the greater Black Hills region.
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When school’s out, who will feed the kids?
Eastern NC summer meal programs and pantries strive to keep hunger at bay for food-insecure children when school’s out as new federal restrictions have sent SNAP enrollment numbers plummeting.
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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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Controversial affordable housing bill faces final hurdle
June 21, 2026
Housing costs are rising in Delaware, leading to strained budgets, longer commutes and an increase in the homeless population.
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Asked & Answered: Reporting on public figures
June 21, 2026
We received several questions about why one of eight people arrested had his profession pointed out in a recent article about a Texas DPS undercover operation in Randall County.
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HHS removes nearly one-fifth of sessions from early childhood research conference
June 21, 2026
The removals affected almost a fifth of the 48 sessions at the three-day National Research Conference on Early Childhood in Arlington, Virginia.
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Water guzzlers may provide critical relief for wildlife during drought
June 19, 2026
How much these human-made oases help and whether they’re appropriate is still up for debate.
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Texas Supreme Court rejects attempt to block beach closures for SpaceX launches
June 19, 2026
The state constitution preserves public access to Texas beaches, but it doesn’t give private groups the right to sue to enforce that access, the court ruled.
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Education key to preventing recreational shooting wildfire starts in Oregon’s state forests
June 19, 2026
Across Oregon, approximately 70 percent of wildfires are caused by human activity.
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Nearly 40 years after Shelly Hansen vanished in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, unsealed records reveal a hidden suspect
June 19, 2026
The Price County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant for Michael D. Raskie’s DNA in 2008, but he wasn’t charged in Hansen’s case before he died in 2015.
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State, Trout Unlimited embark on major trout habitat project in Moose River Plains
June 19, 2026
Campsites on Limekiln Lake-Cedar River Road to close as culvert replacement begins.
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America at 250: Examining equality through photos
June 19, 2026
WyoFile invites readers to share what equality means to you through photography.