New Mexico State

Columbus, OH

ProPublica

The agency recently said that it had reached 101% of its firefighter hiring goal for 2024, but those on the front lines say the agency is understating how badly depleted their ranks are, especially for experienced firefighters.

As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages

Oregon State

Vermont State

CBS Boston

In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she'd beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die."I really wanted to take control over how I left this world," said the 61-year-old who lives in Lancaster. "I decided that this was an option for me."Dying with medical assistance wasn't an option when Milano learned in early 2023 that her disease was incurable. At that point, she would have had to travel to...

Why Americans are traveling to Vermont and Oregon to die

Lahaina, HI

The New York Times

LAHAINA, Hawaii — As a whirlwind of flames nearly encircled the Lahaina Gateway shopping center on Aug. 8, 2023, Edralina Diezon hid in a storage room, surrounded by mops, buckets and brooms. Terrified, Diezon, who worked 80 hours a week as a janitor, did not leave for two days and two nights. When she finally emerged, starving and disoriented, the neighborhood where she lived was gone.

She Survived the Maui Wildfires. She Couldn’t Survive the Year After.

Arizona State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Over $47 million in federal taxpayer dollars is going toward service programs in Arizona as the state continues to facilitate migrant requests for transportation to other parts of the country, albeit fewer than before.
                The funds are part of $380 million in supplemental funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and United States Customs and Border Protection for the Shelter and Services program, which a news release states is used for "food, shelter, clothing, acute medical care, and transportation to noncitizens"...

Arizona migrant busing continues as feds send nearly $50 million more in aid

Texas State

Mountain lions are generally found in remote mountains, canyonlands, or hilly areas with good cover. In Texas, they are found throughout the Trans-Pecos region, the brushlands of South Texas and parts of the Hill Country. (Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily...

Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions

Mississippi State

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Hinds County, MS

Mississippi News Group

A Mississippi Attorney has been charged with multiple Counts of introducing contraband into a Correctional Facility as well as consipiracy according to a press release from Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.

Mississippi Attorney Charged with 3 Counts of Introducing Contraband into a Correctional Facility

Massachusetts State

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Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Montana State

Bozeman, MT

Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy greets supporters outside of a rally in Bozeman on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) Have you ever met someone who calls themselves a “successful businessman,” but lost his company $77 million, is being sued by former employees for allegedly stiffing them out of their pay, fraudulently certified his company as a socially disadvantaged business to try to win government contracts, prompted his biggest investor to cash out of the company and abandon their stake in it, and has had multiple board members resign from his company on his watch – all while paying himself fat multimillion-dollar bonuses?

I take on fraudsters and scammers for a living. Take it from me: Tim Sheehy is one of them.

South Dakota State

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Chairman Peter Lengkeek takes media questions after a roundtable about public safety on tribal lands with Sen. Mike Rounds, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and other tribal leaders on Aug. 14, 2024, in Wagner. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe has expanded state...

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe expands public safety partnership with South Dakota Highway Patrol

North Carolina State

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Town Talks

Life expectancy in the United States has been steadily increasing, with the average lifespan rising by nearly seven years over the past half-century. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average lifespan was 70.8 years in 1970 and increased to 77.5 years by 2022.

These are the Counties with the longest life expectancy in North Carolina

Blanding, UT

Cameron, AZ

Utah News Dispatch

Tribal leaders from the Havasupai Tribe and Navajo Nation were led to believe that Energy Fuels Resources, Inc., would give their communities two weeks’ notice before they started hauling uranium ore from Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon. However, that wasn’t the case when Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and the Havasupai learned on […]

Navajo Nation, Havasupai Tribe condemn transportation of uranium ore on tribal land

Florida State

Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Hollywood on June 14, 2024. Flanking him are state emergency manager Kevin Guthrie (left) and Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue. Source: Screenshot/DeSantis Facebook. Gov. Ron DeSantis denied Thursday that he is “losing his grip on Florida” amid the backlash against his administration’s proposal...

DeSantis says he doesn’t listen to chatter about him ‘losing his grip’

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Embrace your golden years amidst the desert's allure. Discover the top 15 cities where retirees can soak up the sun and live their best life.

15 Top Southwest Cities for Retirees (We’re in Love With Nevada Now)

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Los Angeles, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been ten years since the tragic loss of beloved actor Meshach Taylor. He was only 67 years old when he died of cancer in Los Angeles on June 28, 2014. Best known as beloved ex-con Anthony Bouvier on TV's classic sitcom Designing Women (CBS, 1986-1993), Taylor was Emmy nominated for his standout performance. But the actor also appeared in other TV shows and movies. This is his story.

In Memory of TV Star Meshach Taylor ('Designing Women'): 10 Years After His Tragic Death From Cancer

Tempe, AZ

UPI News

Arizona bank employee Denise Prudhomme, 60, died at work and her body wasn't discovered in her work cubicle until four days later.

4 days after Arizona bank worker died, her body discovered in work cubicle

Providence, RI

Javier Montañez, superintendent of Providence Public Schools, and Angélica Infante-Green, commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Education, are seen speaking to reporters after a meeting of the state’s K-12 council. Councilors voted unanimously to affirm Infante-Green’s recommendation that a state takeover of the capital city’s schools continue. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)

State to keep control of Providence schools for three more years

Georgia State

Daily Coffee Press

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

Charlotte, NC

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York will join Charlotte Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera and local parents in Charlotte on Tuesday to highlight the Harris-Walz plan to cut taxes for working families. The speakers will discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ framework for more than 100 million Americans to get tax relief,...

U.S. Sen. Gillibrand to address Harris tax plan in Charlotte on Tuesday

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Less than 5% of New Mexicans who lost Medicaid during ‘unwinding’ switched to private insurance

First Choice Community Healthcare South Broadway Medical Center on Sept. 7, 2023. First Choice Community Healthcare and other federally qualified health centers in New Mexico are...

Less than 5% of New Mexicans who lost Medicaid during ‘unwinding’ switched to private insurance

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