New EPA standards may affect Crittenden, Newton, Pulaski counties (Pine Bluff Commercial)
LITTLE ROCK - New ozone standards that are being proposed by federal regulators would place Crittenden and Pulaski counties in violation of air-quality standards....more...Jail expansion funding approved (The Ascension Citizen)
After debate on the topic between members, the Parish Council's Finance Committee voted unanimously to approve payment of 152,219 to Grace & Hebert Architects Inc., to construct an expansion to the overcrowded parish jail....more... Ponds to oceans (The Columbus Dispatch)
As he leaned over the side of a bridge at O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, Cliff Yamamoto studied the domed contraption dangling 30 feet above the water. ...more... Ride Lake bus, get free book (Orlando Sentinel)
The Lake County library system and Lake's newest public transportation service, LakeXpress, will offer a free paperback book to each bus rider....more... Allamakee County Board of Supervisors approves funding for MRT feasibility study (Waukon Standard)
The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors held its regular meeting Monday, June 11 at 9 a.m. Chairman Lennie Burke and member Bill Clark were present, with member Kathy Campbell absent. There was no public comment....more... Bicycling on the road to freedom (Daily Breeze)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - While there's no one path that escaping slaves took to claim their freedom, cyclists can get a sense of some of America's Underground Railroad history from a new bicycle route of 2,100 miles that cuts from coastal Alabama up to Canada....more... Travel Briefs: 1,000 more places to see before you die (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Read this article ]...more... Supervisors again delay zoning land (The Vicksburg Post)
Property owners wary of Warren County's plans to zone land can bide their time, as supervisors put off adopting any part of an ongoing study on the topic until after elections are held later this year....more... GIS internet component said vital (Hope Star)
With the broad band internet initiative in Hempstead County still pushing forward, a meeting was held recently on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope to explore the benefits of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) used through high speed internet....more... |