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Agricultural runoff damages our water and kills wildlife. Could a simple drainage stopper be the solution?
December 11, 2024
Some farmers hope these devices can keep thousands of gallons of precious water — and expensive fertilizer — back in their fields, helping them achieve better yields while protecting the environment.
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Conditions after Helene could make NC mountain wildfires difficult to contain
November 20, 2024
Loss of infrastructure, accumulation of storm debris could fuel wildfires, make it difficult for firefighters to reach blazes in Western NC.
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Six-Hour Meeting on Opioid Settlement Funds Results in No Definitive Board Action
November 14, 2024
Some supervisors are pushing to develop a strategic plan before allocating any funds, while others want to start deploying money quickly, in hopes of having a more immediate effect. Chair Kevin Crye says the most urgent priority is funding substance use prevention efforts with youth.
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Vermont implements statewide ban on debris burning due to wildfire risk
October 28, 2024
“We are also concerned with fire department personnel becoming strained and fatigued as they share responsibility for wildland fire response,” said the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.
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Amid fires and red-flag warnings, the future of San Benito County’s rural fire protection is precarious
October 24, 2024
The county has until March 2025 to find a new contractor to provide fire services in the county’s unincorporated areas.
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Unsealed: Syngenta spent decades attempting to quiet health concerns about its profitable herbicide.
October 23, 2024
A former Florida rancher battling Parkinson’s disease reflects on years of using paraquat, as thousands of lawsuits claim the herbicide contributed to their illness and new documents shed light on the ongoing legal fight.
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Student Arrested for Making Threat of Mass Harm at Rhinebeck High School, State Police Report
October 18, 2024
Police concluded that the threats were not credible, but they carried out a search of the building as a precaution.
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Train derails near Glacier, spills hundreds of tons of grain
October 14, 2024
While no hazardous material was spilled in the wreck, the hundreds of tons of grain that did will likely concern wildlife officials in northwest Montana.
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A public safety disconnect among Liberty County voters
October 11, 2024
Only one race on the Nov. 5 ballot – the sheriff’s race – specifically involves public safety. But when The Current asked Liberty County residents about public safety and the election, not one mentioned the county sheriff’s race.
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LISTEN: Kentucky’s TikTok lawsuit revealed executives knew about app’s effect on teens
October 11, 2024
The contents of a two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general is now public due to a redaction error by Kentucky’s attorney general.
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Simpson County Sheriff’s Deputy Kicked Handcuffed Man in the Head, Federal Indictment Alleges
October 11, 2024
Neighboring Rankin County was the site of an unrelated brutality case by law enforcement officers in 2023: Five former deputies and a former Richland police officer pleaded guilty to federal and state charges in torture of two Black men.
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Hurricane Milton damage? Here’s where to find help locally
October 10, 2024
Seminole County Emergency Management officials said that Gee Creek, Howell Creek and the Little Econlockhatchee River experienced major flooding and cautioned that the St. Johns River, which those water bodies feed into, is expected to rise higher and higher over the next few days.
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Out of the mud. Talking with storm survivors in Yancey and Mitchell counties.
October 05, 2024
A week after Tropical Storm Helene hit NC, storm survivors in Yancey and Mitchell counties talk with CPP. Their stories and a photo essay.
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List of localities declared under a major disaster grows to nine in Southwest Virginia
October 05, 2024
Montgomery and Pulaski have been added to the list of localities under the federal major disaster declaration issued in the wake of flooding and wind damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene in late September.
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Pilot Dies in Fiery Crash During Saturday Aerodrome Airshow; Nine Agencies Called to the Scene
October 05, 2024
This is the second crash this year at the Aerodrome.
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