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Jun 06 2024
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Unsafe levels of bacteria in Chattahoochee River from Phenix City plant, watchdog says
The Phenix City wastewater treatment plant is discharging significantly more E. coli bacteria into the Chattahoochee River than the facility is permitted to, a river watchdog group has alleged. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the river watchdog group, has been collecting samples near the water outfall spot near Rigdon Park and South Columbus neighborhoods more periodically since last fall. On
Ledger-EnquirerJun 03 2024
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A Sinkhole on U.S. 1 Near Pineda Causeway
A Sinkhole on U.S. 1 Near Pineda Causeway A portion of southbound U.S. 1 just south of Pineda Causeway is closed off Monday afternoon, as workers deal with a small but reportedly widening sinkhole in the left lane. Traffic is reduced to one lane. TIM SHORTT/ FLORIDA TODAY A portion of southbound U.S. 1 just south of Pineda Causeway is closed off Monday afternoon, as workers deal with a small
Florida TodayJun 06 2024
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African American Cultural Center Long Beach works to teach Black history beyond the basics
Inside the Expo Arts Center, in Long Beach’s Bixby Knolls neighborhood, is a growing home for Black history — and the future narrative of African American culture in the city and beyond. The African American Cultural Center Long Beach, located inside the Expo Arts Center’s South Gallery, was born out of a 2012 report titled the “State of Black Long Beach,” said Darick Simpson, president of the
Long Beach Press-TelegramJun 06 2024
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Bradenton woman stuck with someone else’s toll bill
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Pamela Laplante is sick and tired of receiving toll violations for a car she doesn’t own, going through tolls in a city she doesn’t live in. “It feels like harassment. It’s every single month,” she said. Laplante lives in Bradenton with her three horses and uses a trailer to get hay a short distance away. She said when she bought and registered that trailer three years ago
WFLAJun 06 2024
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Pasco parents question plans for new Patel charter school in Odessa
Plans for a new 1,000-student charter high school in south-central Pasco County face mounting opposition from families who say they expected a bigger district school to serve the booming Odessa community. Some parents living in the Starkey Ranch subdivision say the growth in the region demands a large public school that does not have a lottery system to gain admission. They note the area’s K-8
Tampa Bay TimesJun 06 2024
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Man arrested after performing ‘dangerous burnout maneuver’ on Broadway
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville man was arrested after performing “a dangerous burnout maneuver” with his car on Broadway Wednesday evening. According to Metro Nashville Police, Mark Gist, 41, entered Broadway from 4th Avenue South at a high rate of speed at 6:15 p.m. and performed the dangerous move. Due to heavy vehicular traffic at that hour, Central Precinct officers were able to
WKRN News 2Jun 06 2024
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Controversial Lava Ridge Wind Farm moves one step closer after BLM
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued its final environmental review for the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Farm. The proposal has been controversial in Idaho, with pushback coming from even high-ranking congressman. The most recent proposal would scale back the wind turbine project by almost half, a move BLM says would significantly lessen the impact on south-central Idaho. The number of
KBOI 2Jun 06 2024
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TIMELINE: Oklahoma could see storms with hail, damaging wind later
EVERYBODY. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN CONDER HERE. WE’RE NOT DONE WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THERE IS A RISK JUST WEST OF THE METRO LEVEL ONE AND TWO. REMEMBER THIS IS TIED THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE REPORTS SO ISOLATED SCATTERED THE CONCERN ONE INCH. SO QUARTER SIZE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL AND THEN DAMAGING WIND 60. MAYBE UP ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR. TIMING LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING STORMS
KOCO 5Jun 06 2024
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Elgin Area Chamber awards five student scholarships
The Elgin Area Chamber and its economic development program, Elgin Development Group, granted five $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors. From left, are: Ethan Zagore (South Elgin High School); Lucio Avila (Elgin High School); Robyn Kopenny (Elgin High School); and Lucia Lopez-Magallanes (Central High School). Not shown: Eirini Karavasis (Central High School). Courtesy of Elgin
The Daily HeraldJun 06 2024
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Short North's Parkside on Pearl apartments prepare to open with rents up to $8,000 a month
What does $8,000 a month get you in a new Italian Village apartment building? Windows stretch floor to ceiling in the new Parkside on Pearl complex, on Hubbard Avenue a block east of North High Street. And the ceilings stretch 12 to 17 feet high in the building's 35 apartments. On the east side of the building, apartments overlook the greenery and mature trees of Italian Village Park. On the
The Columbus Dispatch