STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: Montgomery Fire/Rescue has received a $3.5 million, three-year federal grant to hire 33 more firefighters.

ALASKA Kenai: The Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District is expanding a program that rents agricultural equipment to small farmers.

ARIZONA Williams: Paul and Jan Osburne were able to watch as a bald eagle they helped save from lead poisoning took to the skies.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: Arkansas has about 526 registered sex offenders for every 100,000 residents – the second-highest rate in the country.

CALIFORNIA San Luis Obispo: A new U.S. Postal Service stamp honors first responders across the U.S., including those who assisted during a wildfire and mudslide in the Montecito area.

COLORADO Telluride: Plans are getting support for a 30-megawatt solar plant in western Montrose County.

CONNECTICUT West Hartford: The University of Saint Joseph has received a $650,000 grant to help attract high-achieving, low-income students to STEM courses.

DELAWARE Wilmington: About 42 state firefighters are in North Carolina to help with hurricane rescue efforts.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The owner of the Black Cat nightclub plans to shrink the club by half to make room for retail tenants.

FLORIDA Cape Canaveral: The Delta 2 rocket was retired Saturday and will be on display in the Rocket Garden at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

GEORGIA St. Simons Island: Officials are considering a ban on golf carts on main roads on one of the state’s most populous barrier islands.

HAWAII Honolulu: The state says pedestrian fatalities have increased by 84 percent from last year.

IDAHO Boise: The future of Petra Academy is in flux after its chairman was indicted as part of a cellphone smuggling ring.

ILLINOIS Caldonia: Winnebago County is the first in the state to offer a battery-operated, all-terrain wheelchair to rent and use for free.

INDIANA Noblesville: Gleaners Food Bank has opened the Gleaners Hamilton County Cupboard at Ivy Tech Community College.

IOWA Iowa City: Sixty people from 34 countries were naturalized as U.S. citizens Friday outside the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.

KANSAS Manhattan: The Flint Hills Discovery Center is hosting the exhibit “Bison: The Great American Icon” through Jan. 13.

KENTUCKY Lexington: The University of Kentucky says the number of black students dropped this fall.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: East Baton Rouge Parish is getting a grant to shred old tires that hold standing water and breed mosquitoes.

MAINE Portland: Officials approved a 2,450-space employee parking garage for Maine Medical Center.

MARYLAND College Park: The nonprofit Old Line Tailgating Club brought 500 young fans to the University of Maryland’s home opener.

MASSACHUSETTS Wellfleet: A man boogie boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach died after a shark attack.

MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: Kent County has created a $300,000 exhibit in its Recycling and Education Center to encourage recycling.

MINNESOTA Shakopee: Canterbury Park has closed its 2018 meet with a total handle of $48.1 million, a record and up 10 percent over last year.

MISSISSIPPI Itta Bena: Mississippi Valley State University has fired its police chief, Alex Granderson.

MISSOURI Kansas City: Students at Hickman Mills School District’s four secondary schools will have the chance to win $100 each month if they have perfect attendance.

MONTANA Glasgow: Photographer Sean R. Heavey sued Netflix, claiming it used a photo he took of a supercell in “Stranger Things.”

NEBRASKA Omaha: A $700 million proposal would deconstruct the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station and remove radioactive materials.

NEVADA Sparks: The movie theater in Victorian Square will reopen Thursday under the name Galaxy Theatre after closing two years ago.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state is getting over $2.8 million in federal grants to aid homeless vets.

NEW JERSEY Sea Isle City: The Townsend’s Inlet Bridge is closed for about eight months for an $8.6 million renovation project.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico is seeking $7 million in general obligation bonds for a new ROTC building.

NEW YORK Geneva: Cornell University researchers have developed the Everest Seedless, a new, Concordlike variety of grape.

NORTH CAROLINA Elizabeth City: Local residents have banded together to try to reopen Port Discover, a hands-on science center that abruptly closed last month.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: City officials say a n initiative for fixing blighted and vacant properties has aided the sale of over a dozen lots.

OHIO Toledo: Bowling Green State University and Mercy Health plan for the university to take over operations of Mercy College of Ohio.

OKLAHOMA Norman: University of Oklahoma professor Jizhong Zhou has received the 2019 American Society for Microbiology Award for Environmental Research.

OREGON Klamath Falls: Summer visitors to Crater Lake National Park declined for the second straight year because of smoke from wildfires.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: Animal welfare officials rescued hundreds of baby chicks from an empty lot in the Olney section of the city.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: The state Department of Environmental Management and the Arbor Day Foundation plan to give away 1,200 trees next spring.

SOUTH CAROLINA Gaffney: The Cherokee County School District has spent nearly $1.4 million to buy 61.68 acres from Hamrick’s Inc.

SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton: Yaggies Grain and Feed is building a $3.5 million oats processing facility.

TENNESSEE Knoxville: University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro will step down from active service Nov. 21 and retire Feb. 14.

TEXAS Sugar Land: Mosquito spraying was increased to twice per week after it was confirmed a resident tested positive for West Nile virus.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Members of the Shoshone nation are working with architects on the Boa Ogoi (Big River) Cultural Interpretive Center.

VERMONT Newport: The Vermont Land Trust has raised about $1 million for a bike path to link the city with the Canada border.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is visiting Des Moines, Iowa, this week to try to get Democrats fired up for the midterms.

WASHINGTON Yakima: Firefighters will conduct strategic burning Sept. 24 to Oct. 5 on 900 acres.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: About 3,500 aspiring performers came to Charleston Civic Center on Saturday for “American Idol” auditions.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The city is hoping to spur the economy with a new commercial center at the location of a bank that was burned down two years ago amid racial unrest.

WYOMING Green River: Sweetwater County is withdrawing funds from Bank of the West to protest its policy change concerning the financing of some fossil fuel projects.