STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Fultondale: A new high school will be built here as part of the Jefferson County Board of Education’s $200 million capital outlay plan, Al.com reports.

ALASKA Bethel: Health officials say a sample of native salad from the Cama-i Dance Festival preliminarily tested positive for botulism bacteria, KYUK-AM reports. One case of botulism was reported in an adult who ate the salad.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a measure extending a six-tenths of a cent sales tax that provides more than $500 million a year for K-12 schools until 2041.

ARKANSAS Crosset: Health officials say the hydrogen sulfide gas level near the Georgia-Pacific paper mill here is not too high for safe breathing but frequently is above levels where odor can be detected, The Arkansas

Democrat-Gazette reports.

CALIFORNIA Azusa: Wildlife officers tranquilized a mountain lion that was roaming Monday through backyards near the San Gabriel Mountains wilderness.

COLORADO Fort Carson: The Army says a wildfire that destroyed at least two homes this month was sparked by live-fire training at Fort Carson.

CONNECTICUT Fairfield: Police are warning people who take walks alone to beware of aggressive hawks that swoop in from behind for attacks.

DELAWARE Dover: The state has spent more than $370,000 defending two former governors and a half dozen prison officials against a lawsuit filed after a deadly inmate uprising last year, Delaware State News reports.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Tickets for the Kennedy Center’s Hamilton went on sale Monday, and within minutes thousands of people were in line, WTOP Radio reports.

FLORIDA Naples: Traffic was briefly closed Monday because of brush fire smoke along a portion of Interstate 75 known as Alligator Alley.

GEORGIA Milledgeville: Authorities cite the misuse of smoking material as the cause of a fatal weekend fire in a singlewide mobile home. The victim was a 43-year-old man.

HAWAII Honolulu: A poll finds strong public support for the stalled $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea, the Honolulu StarAdvertiser reports.

IDAHO Nampa: The Ada County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating a city police officer, but what prompted the probe hasn’t been disclosed.

ILLINOIS Napierville: Testing will determine how to fix structural problems at Moser Tower that houses the Millennium Carillon, The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports. Problems include deteriorating concrete and corroded steel supports.

INDIANA Fort Wayne: Projections show Hamilton County in suburban Indianapolis could pass Fort Wayne’s Allen County to become the state’s third largest in about a decade.

IOWA DesMoines: A study says tolls could help finance the widening and rebuilding of a nearly 250-mile-long rural stretch of Interstate 80, the Des Moines Register reports.

KANSAS Topeka: State lawmakers are trying to save a Kansas law prohibiting state contractors from boycotting Israel. A federal judge has blocked enforcement of the law.

KENTUCKY Madisonville: Officials say the Berry Global plastics packaging plant here is expanding, adding 79 jobs, The Paducah Sun reports.

LOUISIANA Kenner: Police say a stranger with a machete tried to snatch two children from their mothers in a Walmart.

MAINE Waldoboro: Police say a

woman’s Jeep Cherokee body was that recovered was upside from a down apparently in the jumping Medomak a guardrail. River after

MARYLAND cials plan to Baltimore: finance $10 City million offi- in green combination infrastructure of fees, projects bonds and with a state funds, The Baltimore Sun reports.

MASSACHUSETTS Malden: Officials say a man was seriously injured on a transit station escalator at the Malden Center when his arm and clothing became stuck, The Bos

ton Globe reports.

MICHIGAN Detroit: More than 17,000 city households could face water shutoffs next month as officials resume a program to manage delinquent accounts.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Investigators are reviewing surveillance video for a suspect in a fatal shooting near the Little Earth housing complex.

MISSISSIPPI Starkville: A Mississippi State University professor is traveling to Australia as a Fulbright Senior Scholar for robotics research. Cindy Bethel developed a therapeutic robotic dog called Therabot.

MISSOURI St. Louis: A judge denied Gov. Eric Greitens’ request for a bench trial without a jury in his invasion of privacy case, The St.

Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Greitens allegedly took a partially-nude photo of a woman he was involved with.

MONTANA Helena: Eighteen Native Americans are seeking seats in the state legislature this year, Lee Newspapers reports. Montana is

about NEBRASKA 7.4% Native. Lincoln: Officials say the Nebraska state has nursing taken homes control because of 21 owner couldn’t Cottonwood make payroll. Healthcare

say NEVADA a 4-year-old Henderson: boy is Authorities in critical condition backyard swimming after being pool pulled that from had a a mandatory reports. safety barrier, KSNV-TV

NEW HAMPSHIRE Bedford: The state’s Animal Rescue League is giving shelter to seven abandoned domestic rabbits that were rescued from the Las Vegas Dump, WMUR-TV reports.

NEW JERSEY Toms River: Authorities say a 95-year-old driver died when his car crossed into an oncoming lane and crashed head-on into another vehicle. The driver and a passenger in the other vehicle were treated for minor injuries.

NEW MEXICO Farmington: Authorities are offering a reward for information about two eagles that were shot – one fatally – on the Navajo Nation, The Daily Times reports.

NEW YORK NewYork: Police found a cache of weapons at a Queens apartment when they responded to a hysterical 911 call. Officers found the caller, who was armed, hiding in a bathroom.

NORTH CAROLINA Clinton: State officials say the Sampson County Animal Shelter illegally put more than a dozen animals to death and wasn’t taking proper care of other animals, resulting in a warning and a civil penalty of nearly $5,000.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: State and Canadian officials are working to settle differences over a long-delayed project to bring Missouri River water to residents of northwestern North Dakota, the Minot Daily News reports.

OHIO Columbus: The central Ohio Meals on Wheels Program has received an anonymous $5 million donation in a challenge grant, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A state law forbidding motorists on four-lane highways from impeding traffic by traveling in the left lane resulted in 60 citations during its first three months of enforcement, The Oklaho

man reports.

OREGON Ashland: A 50-acre patch of Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest land that was scorched in a controlled burn last summer that got too hot, killing some trees it was intended to protect, will get a new stand of sugar pine seedlings.

PENNSYLVANIA Orwigsburg: Authorities say the rural Blue Mountain School District that armed its classrooms with rocks to ward off potential shooters has arranged for additional armed security in its buildings.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Utility crews have replaced a telephone pole that was held together by duct tape for several weeks after it was struck by a truck, WJAR-TV reports.

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: South Carolina led the nation in the percentage of its population that died of Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, The Post and Courier reports.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: A $12 million street construction project got underway in the city this week, The Argus Leader reports. The work is expected to take eight months.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Authorities say an east Tennessee district attorney was found dead in a Nashville hotel room of apparent natural causes.

TEXAS Converse: Investigators say a 4-year-old Bexar County boy died after being mauled by the family’s mixed-breed dog in their backyard. The dog will be euthanized.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A study says state housing prices have risen faster than almost anywhere in the country for a generation and the trend seems likely to continue, The Salt Lake Tri

bune reports.

VERMONT Williamstown: The Boonie Club has canceled its April 7 crow shooting competition after a social media outcry, the Burlington Free

Press reports. Critics said they oppose “wanton killing.”

VIRGINIA Blacksburg: Virginia Tech officials are recommending a 2.9% tuition and fee increase, The Roanoke

Times reports. If approved, it would be the 17th consecutive year of an increase.

WASHINGTON Bremerton: Kitsap County commissioners are considering an ordinance to prohibit drones from taking off and landing near local military installations, The Kitsap Sun reports.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: An Easter Carnival including an annual marbles tournament is set for the West Virginia Capitol complex grounds this weekend.

WISCONSIN Ashwaubenon: The Green Bay Packers say warmer temperatures mean that ice skating at the Titletown District near Lambeau Field has ended for the season.

WYOMING Cheyenne: A Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming netted nearly $20 million. The state will get about half. From staff and wire reports