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Attorney general warns Radford store owner about selling products containing THC
September 14, 2024
In a letter to the Good Vibes Shop, the AG said selling products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, without the proper childproof packaging and warning labels violates the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
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Deadly Devastation From The Lahaina Fire Was ‘Years In The Making’
September 13, 2024
State, county and community inaction including years of ignoring the dangers posed by wildfire made the Aug. 8, 2023 fire that destroyed Lahaina worse than it should have been.
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Are Cape Cod’s Beaches Accessible For Everyone?
September 03, 2024
Towns offering services, such as public beaches, must make sure it is accessible, but Cape Cod’s switching sand, steep dunes and historical buildings prove challenging in making it more accessible.
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All Mat-Su schools to stock anti-overdose medications under new state rule
September 03, 2024
The rule requires schools to keep on hand at least two doses of opioid overdose reversal drugs aimed at reducing drug-related deaths.
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Hawaii Has Done Little To Shore Up Neighborhoods Against Fire. Some Are Doing It Themselves
August 22, 2024
Residents aware of the dangers can take some steps to protect their communities, but they’re still looking to government to enforce stricter codes for all.
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Jury finds parents of student accused in Santa Fe school shooting not negligent
August 20, 2024
Jurors instead put the responsibility with the shooter and a firearms ammunition retailer in a trial over the 2018 shooting.
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Warmer temperatures mean devastating E. coli outbreaks like the one at Lake Anna could become more common
August 06, 2024
Considering that there are dozens of beaches closed nationwide this summer due to high E. coli concentration in the water, there are reasons to be more cautious and thoughtful before entering the natural waters.
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As Vermont’s weather worsens, emergency communications aren’t reaching all of its rural residents
July 28, 2024
Local officials say they can only do so much, and only a fraction of Vermonters have signed up for the state-level emergency alert system.
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Schools across Maine confront unique challenges in ridding their water of ‘forever chemicals’
July 21, 2024
Funding and delays have kept schools on bottled water for over a year as they try to eliminate their PFAS.
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These paramedics are for more than just emergencies in North Carolina communities
July 19, 2024
As fentanyl-related overdoses increase across the state, community paramedics are administering medications to help people recover after opioid overdoses. McDowell County touted itself as one of the earlier programs in the country and among the first in rural North Carolina after launching in 2013.
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Local Ky. governments mulling ways to use opioid settlements funds to help communities
July 15, 2024
More than a year after localities began receiving shares of the state’s opioid settlement funding, several local leaders in far western Kentucky are still figuring out how best they can use those funds to tackle the opioid epidemic.
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Local health officials across Kentucky say they’re getting more naloxone access, training
July 11, 2024
Health officials in the eastern part of the state say access to naloxone – the nasal spray medicine that reverses opioid overdoses – has improved throughout the past couple years.
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What do Oklahoma grocery shoppers think of buying bananas and bullets in the same trip?
July 10, 2024
KOSU went to Noble to talk to customers and hear what they think as the machines draw national headlines.
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Short-Handed Kona Public Defender’s Office Won’t Accept New Drunken Driving Cases
July 10, 2024
Former Big Island Judge Robert Kim says DUI cases are starting to back up in Kona – a seaside town – and he worries it could affect public safety. Officials are exploring the idea of a program to provide limited license waivers to lawyers from the mainland who want to take government jobs in Hawaii to allow them to practice there.
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Yellowstone shooter approached building with 200 people inside while firing rifle, park says
July 09, 2024
Samson Fussner, 28, worked for a park concessionaire. Authorities say they’d received reports he had earlier threatened to kill a woman and carry out a mass shooting outside Yellowstone.
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