STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Sheffield:
The tour at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios just got a little more authentic. Pete Carr, lead guitarist for the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section in the 1970s, donated his black Music Man electric guitar.
ALASKA Anchorage:
Nearly 160,000 pounds of salmon from a failed Alaska fishing operation are in an Anchorage landfill after testing declared it unfit for consumption. The fishing vessel Akutan was planned to be a floating processor. But the vessel’s owner went broke.
ARIZONA Tucson:
Pima County officials are desperately looking for people to adopt pets from its care center, where kennels are exceeding capacity.
ARKANSAS Little Rock:
Scientists say several species of bats in the state are declining because of Whitenose Syndrome.
CALIFORNIA San Diego:
Jose Azano Matsura, a Mexican businessman who made $600,000 in illegal campaign contributions to candidates in the 2012 mayoral race, is going to prison for three years. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
COLORADO Denver:
Denver Water is fighting a proposal to increase the levels of the element molybdenum allowed in the state’s rivers and streams, The Denver Post reported.
CONNECTICUT Fairfield:
The Fairfield Medical Group has been ordered to pay $1 million to the family of Richard Tyler who died after being prescribed the wrong medication, The Connecticut Post reported.
DELAWARE Dover:
The Delaware Division of Public Health is recommending flu vaccinations after reporting the state’s first six confirmed cases of influenza for this flu season.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
The National Park Service is denying a permit to a group that wanted to place R-Evolution, a 45-foot statue of a naked woman, on the national Mall, the Washington Post reported.
FLORIDA Tallahassee:
Florida Supreme Court sided with Sirius XM Radio last week, ruling that owners of old music recordings can’t make radio stations pay for their use. In a dispute over The Turtles’ 1967 hit Happy Together, Sirius argued it can play the songs which were made before 1972.
GEORGIA Atlanta:
Jane Fonda will celebrate her 80th birthday raising funds for her foundation. “Eight Decades of Jane” will be held Dec. 9 at an downtown hotel.
HAWAII Honolulu:
A Hawaii judge has halted the commercial fishing of reef fish for aquariums until the state reviews the environmental impact, The Star-Advertiser reported.
IDAHO Boise:
Boise State University officials say they’ll build their own baseball stadium on or near campus rather than play in a proposed stadium near downtown.
ILLINOIS Champaign:
Chicago businessman Larry Gies and his wife Beth have donated $150 million to the College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
INDIANA East Chicago:
Indiana will spend up to $3 million in each of the next five years to provide lead testing, prevention and removal in East Chicago, South Bend and other cities.
IOWA Waterloo:
Black Hawk County supervisors have bailed out Country View nursing home. The board voted to transfer $500,000, The WaterlooCedar Falls Courier reported.
KANSAS Witchita:
Airline service will return to Dodge City and Liberal starting Jan. 1. The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved Boutique Air and SkyWest Airlines, The Wichita Eagle reported.
KENTUCKY Covington:
CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services moved its headquarters from Blue Ash, Ohio.
LOUISIANA Lake Charles:
Louisiana’s Board of Regents is asking for $192 million more in financing for public colleges, even as the state faces a $1 billion shortfall.
MAINE Winslow:
The Maine Department of Transportation is spearheading a project to make roads safer for pedestrians, The Morning Sentinel reported.
MARYLAND Baltimore:
State Sen. Jim Brochin is calling for a special session of the General Assembly to vote on funding cost-sharing subsidies to health insurers.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston:
Jamie Melo, a Bristol County Sheriff ’s captain, has been indicted on charges that he smuggled profits of a fishing scheme to Portugal.
MICHIGAN Harrison Township:
A $409,000 boat will make recovering people easier for the Macomb County Sheriff ’s Office Underwater Search and Recovery Team.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis:
The University of Minnesota is boosting efforts to recruit students of color. The admissions office is sending out recruiters and delivering applications to potential students, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
MISSISSIPPI Biloxi:
The National Register of Historic Places now includes the office of Gilbert Mason Sr., an African-American physician who led an effort to desegregate beaches on the Gulf Coast.
MISSOURI Mount Vernon:
The Mount Vernon School District is the first district to participate in MO Beef for MO Kids, designed to add more local meat to school lunches.
MONTANA Helena:
State officials have decided to decommission all but one of the state’s old airway beacons. The Helena Independent Record reported that the state still operates 17 beacons.
NEBRASKA Lincoln:
The city’s public transit system has received a $1.45 million federal grant to buy two electric buses, The Lincoln Journal Star reported.
NEVADA Las Vegas:
Las Vegas firefighters are investigating a twoalarm fire last week in two vacant apartments near downtown.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester:
The Farnum Center has expanded to include a new outpatient facility for the treatment of addiction.
NEW JERSEY Hightstown:
A smoke alarm led police to uncover a marijuana operation, NJ.com reported.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe:
The downtown post office is locking up its lobby overnight because homeless people have taken shelter there.
NEW YORK Albany:
A state Senate committee has released “Ticking Time Bomb,” detailing the health threat posed by ticks.
NORTH CAROLINA Winston-Salem:
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has agreeed to take over High Point Regional Health System from UNC Health Care of Chapel Hill.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck:
The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House, the only shelter for homeless men in Bismarck-Mandan, has closed after 30 years, Bismarck Tribune reported.
OHIO Sandusky:
Cedar Point amusement park is removing an outdoor arena that has played host to dolphin and diving shows.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma:
The city where parking meters were born more than eight decades ago is phasing out the coinoperated devices.
OREGON Medford:
The City Council is looking for a better way of reuniting shopping carts with their owners, The Mail Tribune reported.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia:
Chance, the Philadelphia Fire Department’s fire dog, retired last week with a bone and a chew toy.
RHODE ISLAND Providence:
Edmund Pittsley, 38, of Rehoboth, turned himself in and was arraigned for the theft of 36 batteries that delayed the start of school in East Providence.
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston:
Donna Haynes is accused of embezzling more than $750,000 over five years from a business which manages money for homeowners associations, The Post and Courier reported.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City:
In two minor accidents six days apart, cars hit two children in front of Wilson and Robbinsdale elementary schools, The Rapid City Journal reported.
TENNESSEE Memphis:
The Court of Appeals ruled that the City Council had the authority to rename three parks, a move challenged by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, The Commercial Appeal reported.
TEXAS Houston:
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will split $30.15 million of the more than $37 million he raised for Hurricane Harvey relief among Americares, Feeding America, SBP and Save the Children and keep $7 million for next year.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
The Utah Brewers Guild is looking to hire someone to lobby state regulators and legislators, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
VERMONT Barre:
The state Small Business Administration has awarded $1 million to Community Capital of Vermont, The Times Argus reported.
VIRGINIA Richmond:
Wait times to clear security at Richmond International Airport are creeping up. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
WASHINGTON Longview:
The City Council has lifted the city’s two-year ban on emergency homeless shelters, The Daily News reported
WEST VIRGINIA Williamstown:
The Fallen Highway Worker Memorial was unveiled at the I-77 Welcome Center.
WISCONSIN Madison:
Anyone of any age would be allowed to hunt in Wisconsin under a bill the state Assembly is set to take up this week.
WYOMING Cheyenne:
Psychologist Gibson Condie has pleaded guilty to health care fraud and is to reimburse the state and federal government nearly $2.3 million.
Compiled from staff and wire reports.