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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.
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Discovery KANSAS Manhattan: Center is hosting The Flint the Hills 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.
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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.
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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.