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Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator
Environmental advocates urge judge to halt Roxbury detention project
Filing cites pollution, sewage, and traffic concerns in protected Highlands region.
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Oklahoma County Commissioners reject funding cut for local Extension office
Public commenters said the cut would harm the extension’s ability to run programs like water conservation, soil testing, community gardens, youth development, nutrition and court-approved parent classes.
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A New Immigration Strategy Shakes Agro-Industrial Rural Towns
A Supreme Court decision is pushing immigration enforcement beyond jobsites into rural towns. A US citizen says an ICE agent told him: ‘We have the right to assume that you’re an illegal alien.’
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How To Stop Your North Shore Farm From Flooding? Move, Developer Says
Waialua farmers were flooded again last weekend, the fifth time since February. A local developer says it’s time to look for new land, but for many that’s unfathomable.
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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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Courtesy of U.S. Senate.
Caridnal 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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Justin Hardiman for Capital B
Sowing Resilience
Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity. Nine stories reveal how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
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Fact brief: Is Mount Rushmore National Memorial currently in extreme drought?
April 16, 2026
A look at the terrain around the national memorial three months before a planned fireworks celebration commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary.
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Del. Wren Williams’ wife gives birth on the side of the road en route to hospital
April 16, 2026
Mom and baby are doing fine, the Patrick County legislator says.
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Paris officials say it is too late in the budget cycle to consider alternatives to Police Department staffing
April 15, 2026
The debate over contracting with the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is not fading, even as Norway and Oxford make clear they are not interested in a regional partnership.
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Grand Isle County’s top prosecutor cited for DUI
April 15, 2026
State’s Attorney Douglas DiSabito was arrested Tuesday in a St. Albans courthouse on suspicion of drunken driving.
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Colorado policies cater to urban school districts even though more are rural, report says
April 15, 2026
A new report explores how state education policies often fail to meet the needs of rural districts and how those districts’ students still find success.
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Residents Raise Concerns As Data Centers Expand In Northeastern Pennsylvania
April 15, 2026
The growing debate over data centers is drawing attention from residents concerned about how development could reshape their communities.
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Georgia students urge Oreo maker, others to protect Okefenokee Swamp
April 14, 2026
University students with a personal connection to the Okefenokee urge miners, manufacturers to leave Trail Ridge alone.
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With Iran War, food prices will grow faster than originally expected this year, USDA predicts
April 14, 2026
In late February, the US Department of Agriculture had already predicted food prices in 2026 would increase faster than inflation. A month into the war, some prices will likely skyrocket.
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Hotline for Pa. farmers sees major drop in calls, texts amid mental health crisis
April 14, 2026
The Shapiro administration is now delivering $100,000 to staff the helpline, though the nonprofit that operates it had also requested funds for promotion.