Meet the 2 candidates running to represent Polk County District 3 in Altoona, Ankeny
Democrat Kim Hagemann will face Republican Mark Holm for Polk County supervisor in District 3 in the general election. In a primary upset, Holm, 48, won his party's nomination for ...
Meet the candidates running for Polk County supervisors District 2 in Urbandale, Johnston
Republican Jill Altringer and Democrat John Forbes are vying for a seat on the Polk County Board of Supervisors representing District 2.
Rain brings end to burning bans in Vanderburgh, Henderson counties
With the Evansville area seeing rain over the past few days, the Vanderburgh County Commissioners lifted the open burning ban ...
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As I See It: Republic Services' 'expansion-first' policies at landfill
Republic Services has filed a conditional use permit application with Benton County to build a landfill on part of a larger 59-acre forested parcel south of Coffin Butte Road.
127 tons of trash collected by over 28,700 volunteers during annual coastal cleanup
Thousands of volunteers flocked to the California coast and waterways on Saturday to participate in the 40th annual ...
WVAW proposes to buy Nitro’s Regional Wastewater Utility
NITRO, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The city of Nitro is considering selling their Regional Wastewater Utility to West Virginia American ...
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Virginia commission reverses decision to reopen winter crab dredging
In a reversal from a decision earlier this year, the Virginia Marine Resource Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday to have a public ...
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The plastic pollution crisis
By 2015, 60% of all plastic ever produced had become plastic waste, and in today’s world, plastic waste is ubiquitous – it’s in the air, in the soil, in freshwater, and in the sea. Much of the world’s ...