Alaska State

Columbus, OH

UPI News

On Friday the Biden administration's Interior Department blocked construction of the 211-mile Ambler Road as it acted to protect 28 million acres of Alaska ecosystem from oil and gas drilling and mining.

Biden administration blocks Alaska industrial road to protect the environment

Baltimore, MD

Remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Photo from the Maryland Department of Transportation Flickr account. The White House on Friday reiterated its support for full federal funding to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in a request to Congress for $4 billion in emergency disaster relief funding. The letter...

Biden administration asks for emergency funds for Key Bridge replacement

Reuters

(Reuters) - Large areas of federal land in Alaska will be protected from development to conserve fish and wildlife habitats that are important to native communities' way of life, under two measures announced by the Biden administration on Friday.

US protects Alaska lands important to tribes' hunting, fishing

The Hill

The Biden administration is blocking a controversial proposed road that would have enabled mining in Alaska, the administration announced Friday.  In addition, it is separately indicating it will decline to open up 28 million acres of currently protected lands to oil and gas development as well as mining.  The decision to protect the lands from…

Biden administration blocks controversial mining road in Alaska

Michigan State

Grand Rapids, MI

First Lady Jill Biden sits on stage at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's annual First Ladies Luncheon in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 26, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) First lady Jill Biden is slated to return to Michigan next week for a series of four events in Middleville...

New: First lady Jill Biden to visit Michigan next week

California State

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Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

South Dakota State

Pierre, SD

A neon sign advertises delta-8 products at a store in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A new law barring the production or sale of high-inducing, hemp-derived cannabis products will take effect Monday after a judge declined to block it. Hemp Quarters 605, a Pierre-based shop that sells those products,...

‘Fake weed’ ban will take effect Monday as lawsuit against it proceeds

A-Z-Animals

We’ve all heard of polar bears and grizzly bears, but if you had to guess which one was the more dangerous species, what answer would you give? The truth is, with climates rapidly changing there have been showdowns that pit polar bears vs. grizzly bears, and one of the species has come out on top. […]

Polar Bears vs. Grizzly Bears: Which Would Win in a Fight?

North Dakota State

Col. Brandon Solberg, superintendent of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Brandon Solberg will retire from law enforcement and transition to director of facility management for the Office of Management and Budget effective Dec. 1, Gov. Doug Burgum announced Friday. Solberg...

Highway Patrol superintendent to retire, take new state government role

Massachusetts State

Dalton, MA

Dozens of residents from Dalton and surrounding towns rallied against a proposed landfill ahead of a meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Claire Sullivan | New Hampshire Bulletin) Andrea Bryant lives in Bethlehem, about a mile from the landfill there. She doesn’t open...

North Country residents rally against Dalton landfill: ‘I don’t want Massachusetts trash’

Washington State

Andrea Suarez dismantles a tent as garbage lies piled at a homeless encampment on March 13, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) The nation’s high court cleared the way Friday for cities and counties to outlaw sleeping outdoors in public places, igniting fear it will lead to more homelessness in Washington.

Washington cities can now penalize those sleeping outdoors, but will they?

Hawaii State

Lahaina, HI

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has completed its 600-page origin and cause report on the Lahaina wildfires but is waiting for Maui County to make the report public. Hundreds of homes in Lahaina have been cleared of fire-related debris and are being prepared for rebuilding. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

A Long-Awaited Federal Report On The Cause Of The Lahaina Fire Is Just Waiting For Maui County To Release It

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City received a federal grant of about $3.75 million, which will be used to construct new houses, provide housing counseling services and remove regulatory barriers to new construction. (Photo via Getty Images) Iowa City has received about $3.75 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...

Iowa City receives nearly $4 million for housing assistance

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Idaho State

USA TODAY Sports Media Group

A bear hunter in Idaho believed they had killed a black bear when in reality it was a protected grizzly bear, but it wasn’t the hunter’s fault. It was Idaho Fish and Game’s fault. The unidentified hunter sent Fish and Game recorded videos of the bear at...

Hunter mistakenly kills grizzly bear, but it wasn’t hunter’s mistake

Colorado State

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

Washington, DC

Wyoming State

WDHN

More than a dozen wildlife groups from around the country visited the Capitol on Wednesday to advocate for the federal protection of wolves.

Wildlife advocates push for federal protection of wolves on Capitol Hill

Fox Weather

The birth of a rare white bison calf in Yellowstone National Park could be a sign of better times ahead, according to a Native American tribal prophecy.

White bison calf born in Yellowstone National Park fulfills Native American prophecy

NewsBreak

Biden administration makes final decision rejecting Ambler Access Project in Alaska

The Kigluaik Mountains on the Seward Peninsula are seen in an undated photo. The mountains are in the D-1 lands that remain set aside under a...

Biden administration makes final decision rejecting Ambler Access Project in Alaska

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