STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: Auburn University’s Dixon Center has hosted the first eastern U.S. training program for wildland firefighters.

ALASKA Juneau: Doctors have confirmed a case of mumps in the city for the first time since 1997.

ARIZONA Lake Havasu City: Arizona State University’s campus here gets about 150 students a semester, and officials want to recruit more.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The 15-member Red Tape Reduction work group is studying the state’s occupational licensing requirements to identify unnecessary regulations.

CALIFORNIA Avalon: Authorities say a buffalo attacked and gored a camper last weekend on Catalina Island.

COLORADO Colorado Springs: Authorities say the super-secret National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base now operates 24/7.

CONNECTICUT Rocky Hill: The state lottery’s security director is on paid leave following a probe into why 100,000 special New Year’s game tickets were mistakenly disregarded.

DELAWARE Bethany Beach: Bethany Beach has become the third Delaware town to restrict beach tents.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Former school board president Peggy Cooper Cafritz, known for her contributions to art, died Sunday at age 70.

FLORIDA Orlando: Orange and Seminole counties, their cities and Kissimmee are on track this year to get “quiet zones” with no train horns at safety-enhanced railroad crossings.

GEORGIA Warner-Robbins: Robins Air Force Base will soon handle overhaul maintenance on C-130 planes flown by the Navy and Marine Corps.

HAWAII Honolulu: Officials say a good Samaritan drove a bulldozer through floodwater to get firefighters to three stranded motorists.

IDAHO Pocatello: Alpine Animal Hospital says it was notified of a canine flu case in Rigby.

ILLINOIS Evanston: Northwestern University will fund events this spring as part of the 50th anniversary of the bursar’s office takeover.

INDIANA Bloomington: The city’s police department is facing criticism for buying an armored truck.

IOWA Burlington: The Steamboat Senior Center may have to close after Des Moines County leaders cut $12,000 from its budget request.

KANSAS Wichita: Police say a woman who pulled over for a funeral procession was killed when a van slammed into the back of her SUV.

KENTUCKY Mount Washington: A special election is set Tuesday to fill the seat of Dan Johnson, a state legislator who committed suicide.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Congressman Clay Higgins wants state fishery officials to set up bounties for invasive Asian carp, saying that would lessen damage they cause.

MAINE Augusta: The state’s winter hunting seasons for bobcats ends Wednesday, while fox and squirrel seasons close a week later.

MARYLAND Baltimore: With an emergency transit shutdown already underway, officials say they’ll have to close and repair system tracks again in August.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The city is seeking artists to design a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

MICHIGAN Dexter: Officials plan to cut down more than 100 trees along a stretch of road because drivers keep veering over and hitting them.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: City teachers will vote Thursday on a tentative contract giving them 1% pay hikes.

MISSISSIPPI Greenwood: The U.S. Geological Survey says a low-flying helicopter is gathering data through early March over parts of the Mississippi Delta for high-resolution maps of underground aquifers.

MISSOURI Jeffersonville: State

lawmakers are considering easing workplace restrictions on convicted felons to help them get jobs.

MONTANA Potomac: A conservation easement has been put on the historic Hayes Family Ranch in the Potomac Valley of Missoula County.

NEBRASKA Sidney: Workers at Cabela’s former headquarters received buyout offers from Bass Pro Shops, which bought Cabela’s last year.

NEVADA Reno: A low snowpack has forced a ban on snowmobiling until further notice at the popular Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Plymouth: Tenny Mountain Ski Area that closed eight years ago now has snow tubing.

NEW JERSEY Camden: Authorities say an 84-year-old driver veered onto a sidewalk, striking and killing an 8-year-old girl riding her bike.

NEW MEXICO Farmington: The city of Bloomfield may use online fundraising to pay $700,000 in legal costs to defend a Ten Commandments monument ordered removed.

NEW YORK Albany: Attendance at state parks increased last year, totaling 71.5 million visitors.

NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington: The Corps of Engineers is pumping sand on Wrightsville Beach.

NORTH DAKOTA Fort Yates: Authorities say an ex-director of an elder abuse prevention program on the Standing Rock reservation is accused of embezzling $100,000.

OHIO Cleveland: Authorities say a body found burning in a trash pile had signs of a possible gun wound.

OKLAHOMA Yukon: Oil from a broken pipeline spilled into a pond near a residential neighborhood here.

OREGON Bend: A hiker fell at Smith Rock State Park while seeking a shortcut to a parking lot.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: The Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia are collaborating on a

program called “Restorative Justice,” where current and former prison inmates work on public art projects.

RHODE ISLAND North Providence: State Police are encouraging troopers to take their guns to church services.

SOUTH CAROLINA York: A man whose wife was killed when a car being chased by police collided with the car she was riding in has filed an “unreasonable risk” lawsuit.

SOUTH DAKOTA Mitchell: Dakota Wesleyan University has a partnership with Apple in which full-time students on campus will get an iPad on the first day of classes this fall.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Hunting and fishing licenses went on sale Sunday.

TEXAS Plainview: A former insurance agent was sentenced to life in prison for stealing from elderly clients.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Police say a car apparently involved in a street race smashed into the historic Eagle Gate Monument at Temple Square.

VERMONT Burlington: State health officials report an outbreak of mumps among students at the University of Vermont and St. Michael’s College.

VIRGINIA Stuart: Gov. Ralph Northam went to Patrick County to sign legislation paving the way to reopen Pioneer Community Hospital.

WASHINGTON Spokane: Construction of an overpass that will allow larger animals such as elk to cross over I-90 is now visible westbound.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: State Police Lt. Michael Baylous has been confirmed as U.S. marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: An original Pablo Picasso print worth as much as $50,000 was stolen from a downtown art gallery, WITI-TV reports.

WYOMING Sheridan: A Wyoming Community Foundation report says the state’s minority populations grew by a combined 57% between 2000 and 2016, while whites are up 20%.