STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Birmingham:
Four people were arrested in connection with a barrage of gunfire at a home and some vehicles, but police say no one was injured, AL.com reports.
ALASKA Juneau:
The state is seeking to restore an exemption from a federal rule limiting road construction and timber harvests on national forest land. Opponents say the rule reduces access to logging and mining.
ARIZONA Flagstaff:
Dozens of elk have been rounded up from the Raymond Wildlife Area for a month-long quarantine before relocation to West Virginia, Arizona Daily Sun reports.
ARKANSAS Camden:
An ex-real estate agent and her daughter pleaded guilty to crimes involving a fake will for an oil rig explosion survivor who later died in a car crash, Arkansas Business reports. The will left most of the dead man’s $1.7 million in assets to the daughter.
CALIFORNIA San Diego:
New highdefinition cameras will be installed on area mountain peaks to boost fire protection, The Union-Tribune says.
COLORADO Denver:
The Colorado Supreme Court will consider a dispute over how much weight public health and the environment should get in oil and gas drilling decisions.
CONNECTICUT Willimantic:
A weekend fire that ravaged a local waste and recycling company was so intense that it showed up on weather radar. Authorities say flames and smoke from the Willimantic Waste Paper site could be seen for miles.
DELAWARE Magnolia:
Authorities say a 14-year-old boy pictured holding a gun and using social media to threaten his former high school is charged with terroristic threatening.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Authorities say a District of Columbia man died last week after hitting a tree while skiing at Big Sky Resort in Montana.
FLORIDA Lake Wales:
A man suspected of igniting marine flares in a mall corridor tells authorities he acted because he was trying to sleep and people tried to chase him off. But investigators dispute that.
GEORGIA Atlanta:
Last year tied 2016 as a record year for warmth in Georgia, the state climatologist says.
HAWAII Hilo:
A Big Island man caught a venemous centipede that’s more than a foot long in woods behind his home. Retired taxidermist Clayton Cambra tells the Hawaii Tribune-Herald that it stood up “like a cobra” when he captured it.
IDAHO Twin Falls:
State law enforcement agencies are working through a backlog of untested rape kits. Twin Falls police, after sending in 18 kits last year, are preparing 41 more to submit to the FBI, Times-News says.
ILLINOIS DeKalb:
Northern Illinois University is looking for a naming rights partner for its 10,000-seat NIU Convocation Center.
INDIANA Indianapolis:
A legislative report estimates that state and local governments would lose nearly $11 million a year under a plan to scrap fees for lifetime handgun permits.
IOWA Des Moines:
A closed city park that once drew thousands of people for its amusement rides, music and dancing will make a comeback, The Des Moines Register reports. Riverview Park advocates have raised $4 million for an outdoor concert venue and other features.
KANSAS Topeka:
Employment law experts are questioning a legislative policy requiring interns to sign confidentiality agreements for what happens or is said in a lawmaker’s office, The Kansas Star reports. Experts say that could deter reports about harassment or illegal activity.
KENTUCKY Bowling Green:
The 1962 Tuxedo Black Corvette that was one of eight Corvettes damaged in a sinkhole collapse four years ago at the National Corvette Museum will be unveiled Feb. 12, fully restored and back in its display space in the museum’s Skydome.
LOUISIANA Shreveport:
A bookkeeper for Woodlawn High School in Caddo Parish pleaded guilty to malfeasance in office after being accused of theft.
MAINE Portland:
A federal judge says the state must disburse $3 million in workforce funds even as Gov. Paul LePage appeals the decision, Portland Press Herald reports.
MARYLAND Baltimore:
A 2-yearold girl and a 1-year-old boy died after being pulled out of a row house fire in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood.
MASSACHUSETTS Worcester:
Students at Worcester State University will hold a forum on diversity issues after officials say a poster was defaced with a racial slur against African-Americans.
MICHIGAN Detroit:
Inmates in the Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county jails are being offered free hepatitis A vaccines to block the spread of the illness.
MINNESOTA St. Paul:
A woman was struck and killed last weekend by a light-rail train. Metro Transit says the woman was standing in an area marked as a hazard zone.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson:
The state Board of Medical Licensure will vote Thursday on a proposal to ease a requirement that nurse practitioners be supervised by a physician within 75 miles.
MISSOURI Hannibal:
The State Highway Patrol is no longer field testing for illegal substances during raids and traffic stops, citing concerns about exposing troopers to fentanyl and other dangerous drugs.
MONTANA Billings:
A recent federal audit of the Crow Tribe’s court system alleges mismanagement of federal funds, Billings Gazette says.
NEBRASKA Gretna:
Work will begin soon to fix a road leading to the Holy Family Shrine. Erosion forced officials to close the road last summer, Omaha World-Herald reports.
NEVADA Carson City:
Deonne Contine, the state’s chief regulator of recreational marijuana, is resigning to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:
The state’s 2018 moose hunt lottery is open. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online by midnight May 25.
NEW JERSEY Atlantic City:
Two new casinos due to open this summer plan to offer Internet gambling. The Ocean Resort Casino and Hard Rock casino applied for licenses.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe:
Operators of the taxpayer-funded New Mexico Spaceport Authority are seeking greater confidentiality for information about technology, security and customers.
NEW YORK Schenectady:
Several buildings are being demolished following a landslide Sunday that displaced nearly two dozen residents. The structures were left hanging on a hill, posing a risk to buildings below.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh:
For the first time in 48 years, the North Carolina Association of Educators won’t invite the state education superintendent to its March convention.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo:
The Fargodome has upgraded security with walk-through metal detectors, KFGO reports. The cost was about $150,000, including wand detectors.
OHIO Toledo:
FirstEnergy Corp.’s nuclear plant near Toledo is likely headed for closure and the outlook is just as bleak for plants near Cleveland and in Beaver Valley, Pa., a company executive says.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions of California plans to open offices — initially near Tinker Air Force Base — to design and build jet-powered drones.
OREGON Salem:
State lawmakers say voter approval of Medicaid taxes stabilized the budget, but they still face a shortfall of up to $300 million.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia:
Officials have announced the lineup for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts that runs May 31-June 10. Among the performers are a South Korean dance company.
RHODE ISLAND Portsmouth:
The historic Sarah J. Eddy House is being restored and divided into condominiums, Newport Daily News reports.
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston:
A prosecutor has proposed firing squads as an execution method if the state can’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections, The Post and Courier reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre:
A man arrested during an undercover sex trafficking sting during the 2014 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison.
TENNESSEE Nashville:
A political action committee has raised $1.3 million to support a city transit plan that’s up for a May 1 vote, The Tennessean reports.
TEXAS Forney:
Authorities say more victims are expected to come forward now that five soccer players at a Dallas-area high school have been charged with sexual assault.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
A small mountain cat that escaped the Hogle Zoo was recaptured after two days on the lam. Zoo officials say they used mice to trap the young Pallas’ cat.
VERMONT Essex Junction:
The annual Vermont Farm Show is underway this week at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Organizers say 155 exhibitors are taking part.
VIRGINIA Radford:
A freshman business major at Radford University will spend four years in prison for running what authorities called a “mini drug syndicate” selling cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
WASHINGTON Olympia:
Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected a permit for a oil-by-rail terminal proposed along the Columbia River.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston:
The University of Charleston plans to offer an associate nursing degree on weekends. The program will allow students to graduate as a registered nurse in less than two years.
WISCONSIN Madison:
Lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a bill to allow foster children to attend University of Wisconsin System schools without paying tuition.
WYOMING Jackson:
A report shows that the available housing inventory in Jackson Hole is the lowest in more than three decades, The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports.
Compiled from staff, wire reports.