STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Montevallo: The University of Montevallo has received $3.6 million, the largest gift in the school’s history, going toward a new building for its Stephens College of Business, Al.com reports.
ALASKA Bethel: Six former Ravn Alaska airline workers are charged with intercepting nearly 350 Apple computers, many of which were bound for school districts in remote areas of the state, KYUK-AM reports.
ARIZONA Tucson: The historic Tucson Inn Motor Hotel was bought last week by Pima Community College for about $1 million, KVOA-TV reports.
ARKANSAS Fayetteville: An annual survey indicates that the endowment at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has increased to more than $996 million, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco: State officials are investigating whether microscopic organisms are attacking key welds on submerged tower foundations of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, KNTV reports.
COLORADO Durango: Officials are looking to relocate a homeless camp west of the city to a new location that’s less prone to wildfire, The Durango Herald reports.
CONNECTICUT East Haven: The pastor at First Congregational Church resigned after confronting police who arrested a domestic violence suspect in the church, The New Haven Register reports.
DELAWARE Wilmington: A man was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison in the death of a baby girl left in his care, The News Journal reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Workers are installing outdoor art displays in two underpasses in the District of Columbia’s NoMa neighborhood, after clearing out more than a dozen homeless people living there.
FLORIDA Tampa: Carnival Cruise Line is dry-docking the Paradise as it launches the 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle to serve the Tampa market, The Tampa Bay Times reports.
GEORGIA Savannah: Construction plans are moving ahead to improve the interchange of Interstates 16 and 95. The $319 million project is scheduled to begin next year.
HAWAII Honolulu: Hotel workers and hospitality union members picketed the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach after it outsourced its concierge desk, Hawaii News Now says.
IDAHO Boise: Federal officials closed a mine shaft that recently collapsed in historic Silver City.
ILLINOIS Springfield: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine opened a new clinic here for ear, nose and throat care, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports.
INDIANA Terre Haute: Officials are looking to establish two new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in Indiana, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly says.
IOWA Osage: Mitchell County officials have appointed Stacyville councilwoman Amanda Adams to fill a vacant supervisor’s position, The Mason City Globe Gazette reports.
KANSAS Pratt: Officials say the mother of four children who died in a fire last week when they were trapped in their home’s basement also has died, shortly after being taken off life support.
KENTUCKY Lexington: Officials with the Martin County Water District say it could collapse in 60 to 90 days without an immediate influx of cash, The Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The district is seeking an emergency rate increase of nearly 50%.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: LSU is asking students to attend classes on Saturday and Feb. 24 as make-up days for cold weather closings. That will allow students to keep days off for Mardi Gras and Spring Break.
MAINE Augusta: A bill would fund a small, rural prison that Gov. Paul Le Page wants closed. It would provide about $5.5 million for the 60-inmate Downeast Correctional Facility.
MARYLAND Baltimore: State lottery officials say the clock is ticking for three Powerball players to claim their $50,000 prizes. Officials say winning tickets from drawings on Aug. 5, Aug. 12 and Aug. 19 of last year have yet to be claimed. The tickets expire by mid-February.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A state law banning devices designed to make semi-automatic rifles mimic the firing action of fully automatic weapons goes into effect this week.
MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: An exhibit opening Saturday at the Grand Rapids Public Museum explores the science behind watersheds. The museum is highlighting restoration of the Grand River as part of the Water’s Extreme Journey exhibit.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The Minnesota Student Association wants the University of Minnesota to drop an outside dining service vendor for a self-operated dining service, Minnesota Daily says.
MISSISSIPPI Gulfport: A federal judge has approved Singing River Health System’s plan to pay more than $150 million to pensioners over 35 years, The Sun Herald reports.
MISSOURI Drexel: Authorities say Drexel Police Chief Jonathan R.G. Carpenter was arrested after pointing a loaded gun at his girlfriend’s son during an argument, The Kansas City Star reports.
MONTANA Billings: Lawyers representing victims of sex abuse by priests and other employees in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings say diocese cash and real estate assets should be available for settlements, The Billings Gazette reports.
NEBRASKA Beatrice: Homestead National Monument of America is seeking applicants for artists-inresidence. The deadline to apply is Wednesday.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Officials at Nellis Air Force Base say five people were treated for minor injuries after an aircraft aborted its takeoff and caught fire. The incident involving Royal Australian Air Force personnel occurred during combat training.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: The Currier Museum of Art is bringing together families struggling with addiction for a program called “The Art of Hope.” The weekly program is aimed at parents whose children have substance use disorders.
NEW JERSEY Jersey City: Police say a woman’s body was found in the back seat of a car following a crash, but no driver was present.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Authorities say Presbyterian Hospital was put on lockdown Sunday after a gunshot victim was brought to the emergency room. The victim later died.
NEW YORK Buffalo: No wine was offered during Catholic Masses in city churches last weekend, one of several directives by Bishop Richard Malone in response to the spreading flu.
NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington: UNC Wilmington Chancellor Jose Sartarelli is undergoing heart bypass surgery. Provost Marilyn Sheerer will fill in.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot: Some city landowners are warning against a proposed landfill expansion out of concern it will devalue their property, the Minot Daily News reports.
OHIO Findlay: In a move to combat repeated flooding, crews will begin removing trees along the Blanchard River next month and then will start removing soil this summer to widen the river, The Courier reports.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Prosecutors say three former tellers were sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling $427,000 from Great Plains National Bank in Elk City.
OREGON Pendleton: Officials say the turkeys that were causing problems in Pilot Rock have made themselves scarce since authorities issued a kill permit, the East Oregonian reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: A court worker who allegedly plotted with her jailed boyfriend to conceal money and pressure his wife to drop charges against him faces felony witness intimidation charges.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: A state lawmaker is pushing for a Rhode Island animal abuser registry. The goal is to prevent people with a history of mistreating animals from obtaining other animals.
SOUTH CAROLINA Lexington: Coroner Margaret Fisher says that if the body of Dennis Reidy isn’t claimed, she’ll help with cremation and burial. WYFF-TV reports that Reidy was a homeless Vietnam War veteran.
SOUTH DAKOTA Eureka: A $1 million campaign to fund a new hospital here raised more than double the goal in just six months, The Aberdeen American News reports.
TENNESSEE Chattanooga: The state is giving nearly $10 million in grants to help utilities, phone co-ops and cable TV firms extend high-speed internet, The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.
TEXAS Corpus Christi: The Coast Guard says proper life jacket use helped save four people who were thrown from their boat when it capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. UTAH Farmington: Hunters in Shepard Canyon found what are believed to be the remains of a woman who has been missing for three months.
VERMONT Montpelier: State Fish & Wildlife is reminding duck hunters that hunting blinds must be removed from Lake Champlain by Feb. 15.
VIRGINIA Culpeper: Prosecutors say two Culpeper County deputies won’t be charged in the shooting death of a domestic violence suspect who pointed a shotgun at them.
WASHINGTON Newport: A man who killed two wolves was fined more than $8,000 but got a suspended 364-day jail sentence.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Appalachian Power’s tax relief request citing mild weather was denied by the state Public Works board, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Madison: Court data show that the state’s Western District had 28 farm bankruptcies last year, the highest in the country, Wisconsin Public Radio reports. WYOMING Laramie: University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols, in office since May 2016, will undergo a job performance review, the Laramie Boomerang reports.