STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Center Point: Police say a man is under arrest after he fired shots at a car he said was driving too fast, AL.com reported.
ALASKA Anchorage: State environmental officials are trying to determine whether the water in a North Slope Borough village is safe to drink after reports that industrial drums were found in the town’s water source, KTUUTV reported.
ARIZONA Phoenix: In a split decision, the Arizona Court of Appeals says the state Department of Agriculture didn’t break state law when it allowed a California ranching company to register a cattle brand that was already owned by Eloy rancher David Stambaugh.
ARKANSAS North Little Rock: Gov. Hutchinson joined other top elected officials to mark the start of the Magellan Midstream Partners pipeline system from Fort Smith to Little Rock. The pipeline became operational on July 5 and will transport gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
CALIFORNIA Nice: A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattled rural Northern California on Tuesday with no reports of damage or injuries.
COLORADO Air Force Academy: The Air Force Academy says superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson will stay on for another year beyond the normal three-year assignment, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported. Johnson is the first woman to lead any of the three major service academies.
CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: Regine Volcan, 34, was arrested after police said she bit her boyfriend’s pinky finger off following an argument, the Connecticut Post reported.
DELAWARE Dover: Harold “Jack” Peterman, a Republican state representative from Milford, died at age 74 after a long period of declining health. Peterman was absent for most of the two-year legislative session that ended last month and announced in March after undergoing prostate cancer surgery that he would not seek re-election.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Washington Post reported that conservationists are baffled about a microbial invasion that’s been covering the Jefferson Memorial, causing the 73-year-old white neoclassical structure to take on a dingy look. National Mall and Memorial Parks Chief of Resource Management Catherine Dewey says the biofilm has grown “immensely” in recent years.
FLORIDA Cape Canaveral: SpaceX is targeting a 1:26 a.m. Sunday launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Japanese communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Today reported.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Hank Huckaby, the leader of Georgia’s university system, announced that he will retire at the end of the year, closing a term of more than five years.
HAWAII Honolulu: The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $750,000 grant for the construction of a low-cost airpollution sensor network that will test for volcanic emissions on the Big Island. Scientists will develop the network to track how Kilauea volcano’s emissions affect air quality.
IDAHO Lowman: Cooler temperatures and reduced winds helped firefighters battling a central Idaho wildfire, authorities said.
ILLINOIS Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum here received a three-volume biography that includes writings from Lincoln and nine other presidents. The special edition of the biography includes personal letters and other correspondence from Lincoln and other presidents including John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan and Ulysses S. Grant.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Daniel Messel, a 50-year-old print shop employee, has been found guilty in the slaying of Indiana University student Hannah Wilson, The Indianapolis Star reported.
IOWA Des Moines: An aide says Gov. Branstad is acting as an adviser to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on agricultural issues, the Des Moines Register reported.
KANSAS Topeka: The Kansas Corporation Commission has further restricted the amount of oilfield wastewater that can be injected underground in southern Kansas in the hopes of further reducing the number of earthquakes in the region.
KENTUCKY Louisville: A man arrested in connection with a fatal vehicle crash involving a former University of Louisville cheerleader is now facing murder charges, The Courier-Journal reported.
LOUISIANA Kenner: Officials say Gov. Edwards’ administration has come up with $10 million to start work on a flyover ramp that will link Interstate 10 to the new terminal under construction at Louis Armstrong International Airport here. State officials told local media outlets the full ramp project is expected to cost another $90 million, which has yet to be secured.
MAINE Portland: A 1,500square-foot mural showcasing the collaborative work of local urban artists has been torn down as part of a local nightclub’s $9.1 million expansion project, the Portland Press Herald reported. The Asylum nightclub’s graffiti wall, which had once served as an open canvas for street artists and taggers, was destroyed on Monday.
MARYLAND Ocean City: A body washed ashore on the beach near 127th Street just past 4 p.m. Tuesday, The Daily Times reported.
MASSACHUSETTS Northampton: A man is singing the praises of his local police department after an officer settled a misun- derstanding by paying for the man’s gas, The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.
MICHIGAN Sterling Heights: The American Islamic Community Center has filed a federal civil suit against this Detroit suburb nearly a year after a proposal for a 20,500-square-foot mosque was denied.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Anglers have surpassed the walleye quota on Mille Lacs Lake, fisheries managers announced, but the season will stay open at the direction of Gov. Dayton, who voiced concern about the impact a closure would have on the area’s economy.
MISSISSIPPI Gulfport: The Mississippi Aquarium needs a director who can manage a $65 million project, namely construction and stocking of the aquarium planned for downtown, the Sun Herald reported.
MISSOURI St. Louis: A 12-yearold boy is dead after a hit-andrun accident in the city’s Bevo Mill neighborhood.
MONTANA Kalispell: Tribal leaders from across North America are gathering in Glacier National Park in honor of the grizzly bear, which is considered sacred by tribes across the continent, the Flathead Beacon reported.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Nebraska will get to sell more than $405 million worth of corn, soybeans, wheat and other commodities to Taiwanese businesses under an agreement announced Wednesday.
NEVADA Elko: Authorities say a 17-year-old who escaped a juvenile detention center is back in custody after six weeks at large, the Elko Daily Free Press reported. The teen walked away from the Nevada Youth Training Center on June 27.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Franklin: A fundraising barbecue is planned for Aug. 20 to support efforts to turn a former paper mill site into an outdoor adventure park, the Concord Monitor reported. Marty Parichand, who already operates an outdoor equipment store here, hopes to install whitewater paddling amenities and a mountain bike pump track. NEW JERSEY Trenton: A state board approved $800 million in bonds to help finance the long delayed American Dream Meadowlands megamall. The mall, originally known as Xanadu, has been in the planning process since the early 2000s and has faced various delays and financing problems.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: New Mexico’s two major public pension funds have missed targets for investment returns for a second straight year. The Public Employees Retirement Association that oversees pension funds for state, county and municipal workers is reporting a return on investment of less than 1% for the fiscal year ending in June. The Educational Retirement Board that oversees school district pensions is reporting a return of 2.6% after fees.
NEW YORK New York: Local officials are building a 55,000square-foot food manufacturing hub with a Japanese salad dressing company as the first tenant. The city Economic Development Corporation announced the creation of the food hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Annex building.
NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: Police say two people were shot during a robbery that led to a two-county chase and ended when the suspects crashed their getaway vehicle into a utility pole and one of them was shot. The shooting victims had minor, non-lifethreatening injuries.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger says a measure seeking to increase the state’s tobacco tax will appear on the November ballot.
OHIO Jefferson Township: A 9-year-old boy died after being struck by lightning outside his home, the Coshocton Tribune reported.
OKLAHOMA Poteau: The railroad crossing where a woman and three of her sons died Sunday has been identified as needing safety improvements since at least 2011, but officials didn’t get approval to begin making the crossing safer until last month, Tulsa World reported.
OREGON Pendleton: A “drone rodeo” will be held at the Pendleton Airport, the Capital Press reported. The event is aimed at farmers, and will include flight and data-downloading demonstrations of various types of unmanned vehicles.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: Officials say two people leaving a Pirates baseball game were struck by a car. They were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
RHODE ISLAND Coventry: Authorities say an accident sent one person to the hospital and seriously damaged a Central Coventry Fire Department truck, which narrowly missed hitting an auto mechanic shop.
SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville: Greenville County Schools Deputy Superintendent Mason Gary sent a memo to all school principals with instructions on how to block their students from using Pokeman Go, The Greenville News reported.
SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen: Fire destroyed about 260 large round hay bales in rural Brown County, the American News reported. No one was hurt.
TENNESSEE Memphis: A federal appeals court here overturned a Federal Communications Commission ruling allowing cityowned broadband services to expand into areas overlooked by commercial providers.
TEXAS Galveston: Government funds for Hurricane Ike recovery will help pay for more than $20 million in local beach improvements eight years after the deadly storm. The Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees announced more beach restoration will begin in October.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Police say a 39-year-old man is dead and his suspected assailant is in custody after an argument turned deadly at a local apartment complex.
VERMONT Burlington: U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled that an environmental impact statement completed by the U.S. Air Force about basing F-35 fighter jets in Vermont complies with standards set by the National Environmental Policy Act, clearing the way for the planes’ arrival in 2019, Burlington Free Press reported.
VIRGINIA Richmond: State legislators set two hearings that will allow the University of Virginia to explain a $2.2 billion investment fund, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
WASHINGTON Seattle: Travelers in western Washington are now able to drive along a newly constructed avalanche bridge in Snoqualmie Pass. State transportation officials opened up the new eastbound bridge, which stretches along 15 miles of Interstate 90.
WEST VIRGINIA Vienna: Health officials have lifted the “do not drink” water advisory that had been in place in part of Wood County for nearly three months. The News and Sentinel reported that Wood County Health Department Director Drema Mace announced the lifting of the advisory.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: In newly published research funded by the National Institutes of Health, University of Wisconsin professor Hongrui Jiang demonstrated the ability to create tiny solar cells that capture current horizontally rather than vertically, which means they generate significantly more energy and can be used in compact devices, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
WYOMING Rawlins: Rawlins Family Medical and Rawlins Urgent Care has closed, the Rawlins Daily Times reported. The practice posted a Facebook message saying the clinic’s closure is effective immediately and patient records will be available for 30 days.