STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Montgomery: Not all voters were split between Doug Jones and Roy Moore in Alabama’s hotlycontested U.S. Senate race last month. Election officials say 22,000 votes went to write-ins.
ALASKA Anchorage: Ketchikan officials are seeking an ordinance requiring health care providers to disclose estimated medical costs to patients before they receive treatment, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reports.
ARIZONA Grand Canyon National Park: Grand Canyon National Park has imposed mandatory water conservation measures due to a water pump failure.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: A man who’s worked nearly three decades at the state’s Game and Fish Commission has been named the agency’s new director. Pat Fitts worked as assistant deputy director.
CALIFORNIA Monterey: If all goes as planned, the boat that took author John Steinbeck on an expedition that resulted in the 1951 book The Log From the Sea of Cortez will come sailing back to Monterey Bay in a few years, The Monterey Herald reports.
COLORADO Denver: Authorities are investigating the death of a man caught in a snow-level lift he was working on at Loveland Ski Area, KUSA-TV reports.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: The state Department of Labor is warning of possible delays in processing new unemployment claims because of the volume of cold weather shutdowns.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Officials drafted a new version of a non-hunting firearms ban in state parks and forests, The News Journal reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A domestic situation led to a police confrontation with an armed man Saturday, WTOP Radio reports. The man was shot and was taken to a hospital with critical injuries.
FLORIDA Palm Coast: A Flagler County man accused of rigging the front door in an attempt to electrocute his estranged, pregnant wife is charged with attempted aggravated battery.
GEORGIA Atlanta: City officials are planning a major expansion for Piedmont Park, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
HAWAII Honolulu: A state audit found breakdowns in communication and inconsistencies in practices in the Hawaii Department of Health’s response to three disease outbreaks in 2015 and 2016.
IDAHO Sandpoint: Three counties in northern Idaho — Bonner, Boundary and Shoshone — are under avalanche warnings because of heavy snow, The Bonner County Daily Bee reports.
ILLINOIS Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has received a ring that once belonged to the 16th president’s youngest son, Tad.
INDIANA Brownsburg: Authorities say a 4-year-old boy crashed an SUV into a store after his mother left him in the running vehicle while she was shopping, WXIN-TV reports.
IOWA Garnavillo: A local historical group is raising funds to restore Lodge Hall, a community clubhouse from 1860 that’s listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Telegraph-Herald reports.
KANSAS Topeka: The state ACLU says local school boards are violating free speech rights with policies that restrict negative public comments.
KENTUCKY Owensboro: An anti-circumcision group has put up a billboard in this Kentucky city, The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports. The billboard tells readers: “Bring your whole baby home.”
LOUISIANA Slidell: A new nursing apprenticeship program will start its first class Jan. 29 at Northshore Technical Community College, The New Orleans Advocate reports.
MAINE Portland: The Eastern Trail Alliance has reached its $4.1 million fundraising goal to build two bridges to complete 16 miles of uninterrupted trail from downtown Saco to Bug Light Park.
MARYLAND Annapolis: A state law intended to expand and protect access to birth control took effect this week, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Yarmouth: A baby seal that wandered from the ocean to a road was returned to sea with the help of police on Cape Cod.
MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: Three companies have submitted plans to redevelop a local public works yard into new homes and room for shops, WOOD-TV reports.
MINNESOTA Preston: The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the death of a Fillmore County jail inmate.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The city is saving more than $5 million on a contract for sludge removal from a wastewater treatment plant, The Clarion-Ledger reports.
MISSOURI Kansas City: The city saw a staggering increase to 149 homicides in 2017, three years after being hailed for reducing homicides, The Kansas City Star reports.
MONTANA Helena: The state Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after concluding he made false claims against his opponent in a 2016 judgeship campaign. But the lawyer, Robert Myers, says he’ll seek a rehearing on the disbarment.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Federal education officials are questioning the state’s system for checking school performance and whether it’ll com- ply with the Every Student Succeeds Act, The Lincoln Journal Star reports.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Crews last month finished installing nearly 800 steel posts along Las Vegas Boulevard. Now, officials are considering putting up another 500, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: New Hampshire’s Executive Council approved a $180,000 emergency loan to Serenity Place, one of the state’s largest drug treatment centers.
NEW JERSEY East Brunswick: A surgeon’s medical license was temporarily suspended for allegedly reusing disposable anal catheters on multiple patients.
NEW MEXICO Alamogordo: Final renovations at the New Mexico Museum of Space History’s theater and planetarium call for a full dome replacement, The Alamogordo Daily News reports. The theater is closed through March 9.
NEW YORK Newburgh: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a $34 million modernization and expansion of Stewart Airport north of New York City to accommodate more international flights. The airport started offering trans-Atlantic flights last summer, with service to Ireland and Scotland. NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington: Authorities removed about 150 ducks and a dozen cats from a home near Wilmington, WECT-TV reports. The owner is charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Officials say the mountain lion hunting season closed early in southwestern North Dakota because the limits were reached. The season in the rest of the state has no harvest limit and is open through March 31.
OHIO Canton: The long-demolished house where William McKinley gave speeches for his 1896 presidential “front porch campaign” is being rebuilt as a miniature model, The Repository reports.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A death metal drummer accepted a $30,000 settlement in a lawsuit over his 2014 arrest on a public intoxication charge, The Oklahoman reports.
OREGON Portland: Authorities say a 5-year-old girl suffered “substantial injuries” after being bitten by a pit bull at Portland International Airport, KATU-TV reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: A group of city police officers sued their narcotics bureau bosses for allegedly ordering them to lie on drug arrest paperwork if a suspect was willing to become an informant.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: A nightclub described as a “drain on police resources” has been allowed to reopen — for now. WPRI-TV reports that The Vault Lounge has been sanctioned at least eight times since 2013 for violations.
SOUTH CAROLINA Manning: State troopers say a 75-year-old woman was driving under the influence when she slammed into a tractor, killing its driver.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: The state’s top elections official says supporters of a proposed government ethics constitutional amendment turned in enough valid signatures to put it before voters this year.
TENNESSEE Pleasantville: The body of a 15-month-old boy who died in 2001 was exhumed for a second autopsy, WTVF-TV reports. Jeffry Kelton Skaggs’ death from a skull fracture was ruled an accident, but some medical professionals said the fracture wasn’t consistent with accidental fall.
TEXAS Dallas: The city has filed a lawsuit to have Dallas County Schools keep its crossing guards program until July. Voters approved dissolving the school bus program that includes crossing guards because of its financial problems. But the city says that would jeopardize student safety.
UTAH Hill Air Force Base: State transportation officials have approved a $10 million loan to build roads for a hotel linked to Hill Air Force Base. The hotel will be open to non-military guests, but a set number of discounted rooms will be available for military personnel.
VERMONT Montpelier: Police say a woman who took a cash card in exchange for toys donated by Toys for Tots is charged with false pretense, WCAX-TV reports.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Curtis Turner, a stock car racer whose career took him from delivering moonshine to being inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, will be commemorated with a state historical highway marker. The marker is among a dozen authorized last month by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources.
WASHINGTON Seattle: The city has reached a $150,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed that former Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused him when he was a teenager. The suit eventually led to Murray’s resignation.
WEST VIRGINIA Moundsville: One of two emergency medical service providers for the city closed last week without giving any warning, The Intelligencer reports. Officials are turning to other agencies to ensure no interruption in service.
WISCONSIN Madison: State dairy experts say an oversupply of milk is straining the market, leaving some farmers unable to sell what they produce, Wisconsin Public Radio says.
WYOMING Rock Springs: Officials are investigating a possible case of measles in Sweetwater County, The Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reports. School officials announced in mid-December that a junior high student had measles, the first such case in Wyoming since at least 2010.