Montana State

California State

(CN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed listing the Long Valley speckled dace, a rare minnow native to the eastern Sierra Nevada, as an endangered species. The decision stems from a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity seeking to protect the subspecies on the...

Feds eye rare California fish for endangered species protections

Contributors represent independent, third-party users who have joined our contributor program and self-verified their accounts. They have also demonstrated their experience writing hard news for other outlets. Contributors are expected, like all users, to adhere to our Community Standards.

contributor

Wyoming State

WyoFile

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Montana is ready to manage the grizzly bear. That is the message from state leaders following the latest milestone involving the animal.
                Last week, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte and Wyoming Mark Gordon announced two grizzly bears successfully "translocated" from the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem in Montana to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming.
                "Working with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and...

Montana officials announce grizzly relocations

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has sadly determined that Asha, a young female Mexican gray wolf who ventured into northern New Mexico, will not be released back into the wild. Having been captured near the Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains in December 2023, Asha has...

The Fate Of Asha: The Mexican Gray Wolf Captured & Denied Freedom In The Wild

South Carolina State

Community Voices represent independent, third-party users who have joined our contributor program but not yet verified their accounts. Community Voices are expected, like all users, to adhere to our Community Standards.

community_voice

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Chicago, IL

CHICAGO (CN) — Five immigrant day laborers filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago on Tuesday, accusing off-duty Chicago police of carrying out a string of "discriminatory, unlawful, and brutal abuses" against them at a local Home Depot. Joined by the civil and labor rights advocacy group Latino Union, which...

Immigrant laborers accuse off-duty Chicago cops of racially motivated attacks

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Kansas State

Missouri State

Kansas, OK

Source New Mexico

Federal wildlife officials on Monday proposed listing a large butterfly once prevalent in the grasslands of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri as threatened. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would seek protections for the regal fritillary, large non-migratory butterfly with orange and black markings. It exists in an eastern and western subspecies. The service […]

Federal wildlife officials propose listing butterfly as threatened in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Texas State

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to pause a Texas man’s execution to review his intellectual disability claims. Arthur Lee Burton asked the high court for a stay to pursue an intellectual disability defense against his death sentence. The justices denied his request. There were no noted dissents.

Supreme Court won’t block Texas execution for 1997 murder of jogger

Dallas, TX

DALLAS — A Dallas cop crashed into a semi-truck and was pushed into an innocent motorist’s vehicle while pursuing a street racer without his lights or siren on, “because he ‘was never behind close enough to turn [on] the lights and sirens,’” but that motorist cannot sue for injuries to her and her children because official immunity protects the officer’s behavior. Because the cop is immune from suit, the motorist’s claims against the city are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

No recourse for cop chase victim

Ocilla, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last Thursday, agents from the South Central Drug Task Force (SCDTF) made an arrest following a successful execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ocilla. According to officials, the search yielded a significant quantity of drugs, including tablets suspected to contain fentanyl, associated with a criminal street gang.

Successful Drug Bust in Ocilla Leads to Arrest Linked to 'Local Criminal Street Gang'

Georgia State

Tallahassee, FL

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Savannah, GA

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Minnesota State

WASHINGTON (CN) — Vice President Kamala Harris added Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the 2024 presidential ticket Tuesday. Harris, who last month replaced President Joe Biden as Democrats’ presumptive nominee to challenge former President Donald Trump in November, confirmed in a post on X that she had chosen Walz as her running mate.

Harris taps Minnesota Governor Walz for VP

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a novel appeal from Missouri, refusing to lift a gag order and delay Donald Trump’s sentencing for felony convictions in his hush money criminal case. Missouri filed a bill of complaint against New York in early July, claiming that...

Supreme Court turns down long-shot appeal to put Trump’s hush money conviction on hold

Whiskey Riff

That's one big bear.

To be specific, it's grizzly bear 791, and it lives in non other than Yellowstone National Park. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) in Yellowstone does their best to capture and radio-collar a lot of the bear population within the national park in order to track them, and this one in particular is numbered 791.

And is estimated to be over 600 pounds, which easily makes it one of the largest bears in the entire park.

Its sheer size - along with its massive, sharp claws - helps to explain why it was stirring up so much dust...

Largest Grizzly Bear In Yellowstone National Park Stirs Up Dust Near Yellowstone River

Denver, CO

David Heitz

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

NewsBreak

Federal court orders Fish and Wildlife to rethink protections for Montana fish

(CN) — The Arctic grayling fish will have another chance to be protected, a federal court in Montana ruled Tuesday. The U.S. District Court in Montana...

Federal court orders Fish and Wildlife to rethink protections for Montana fish

Comments / 0