STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Troy: Rex Lumber Co. is investing $110 million in a new facility, bringing more than 100 new jobs.
ALASKA Kodiak: Rocket Lab has shortlisted the spaceport in Kodiak as a possible home for its launches.
ARIZONA Phoenix: A warning has been issued about online romance scams after an investigation found area residents trying to wire thousands of dollars overseas.
ARKANSAS Fort Smith: A 1953 ordinance that essentially outlawed public dancing on Sundays has been repealed.
CALIFORNIA Joshua Tree National Park: A five-day search for a Canadian hiker has been scaled back after no trace of the man has been found.
COLORADO Boulder: University of Colorado President Bruce Benson announced he will retire in July 2019.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: Republican governor candidates are pushing proposals to eliminate or scale back the state income tax.
DELAWARE Dover: The Lenape Indian tribe is seeking to reclaim lands of a church, cemetery and school.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The ACLU of D.C. has filed a lawsuit against an officer who they say conducted an anal search during a stop-and-frisk encounter.
FLORIDA Tampa: Eighteen tombs and statues have been vandalized at the historic Centro Espanol de Tampa Cemetery.
GEORGIA Dalton: A teacher who fired a gun inside a classroom has been sentenced to two years behind bars.
HAWAII Mountain View: A suspect is wanted for fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop.
IDAHO Boise: Officials have approved auctioning 128 residential lake lots over the next six years.
ILLINOIS Wadsworth: Fire severely damaged a giant pyramid home that doubles as a tourist attraction.
INDIANA Gary: The city is interested in purchasing one of 33 shuttered schools being sold by the Gary Community School Corp.
IOWA Remsen: A person trapped inside a grain bin has died.
KANSAS Topeka: Sen. Barbara Bollier has been stripped of a committee leadership position for supporting two Democratic candidates.
KENTUCKY Lexington: Lexmark says it plans to lay off about 1,000 employees over the next year.
LOUISIANA Gretna: A doctor has been charged with sexual battery after a suspicious patient used a cellphone to record him fondling her during an exam.
MAINE Boothbay: Gov. Paul LePage and his wife Ann sold their home for $397,500, three years after buying it for $215,000.
MARYLAND Baltimore: Former senator Nathaniel Oaks has been sentenced to 3 1⁄ years in prison 2 after pleading guilty to corruption charges.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Berkshire County hotel and its owner will pay more than $62,000 for illegal payroll dedications from five employees’ paychecks.
MICHIGAN Paw Paw: A teenager who admitted a planned attack on his school has been expelled.
MINNESOTA Falcon Heights: The Minnesota State Fair will have seven new rides and an expanded equestrian program among its new attractions.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Officials want the state to take over the Noxubee County school district.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: Former Gov. Eric Greitens’ campaign spent $610,000 on legal fees between April and the end of June before he resigned amid scandals.
MONTANA Bozeman: Phillips, Blaine and Lincoln counties are in moderate drought condition.
NEBRASKA Omaha: Election Systems & Software says Russian hackers didn’t breach its election machines or software in 2016.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Gov. Brian Sandoval is being asked to serve as chairman of a committee for a memorial to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Groton: Apryl Rogers, 71, was attacked by a bear in her home during the middle of the night. Rogers, who was in a wheelchair, survived but suffered injuries that required surgery.
NEW JERSEY Atlantic City: The Ocean Resort casino has been cleared for full internet gambling operations.
NEW MEXICO Socorro: Floodwaters knocked out part of a transmission line, leaving hundreds without power, homes damaged, water lines broken and crops destroyed.
NEW YORK New York: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a 36-point lead over Cynthia Nixon in the Democratic primary election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: A woman says her request for a specialty license plate to honor her wife –‘LSBNSNLV’– has been denied by the DMV.
NORTH DAKOTA Watford City: Nearly $100,000 has been raised to help people affected by a tornado that hit July 10.
OHIO Dayton: Police seized 38 pounds of meth, valued at more than $1 million, from a home.
OKLAHOMA Kingfisher: Three people were injured in an explosion and fire at a saltwater disposal well.
OREGON Portland: The unemployment rate fell to 4 percent in June.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: Jay-Z said he’s disappointed that his annual music festival is leaving the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The mayor says alternative sites are being sought.
RHODE ISLAND Woonsocket: A job training and education center will open in the city.
SOUTH CAROLINA Hilton Head Island: People were ordered out of the water twice Tuesday at the island packet of Hilton Head because of a shark sighting.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: About one-fifth of the state’s winter wheat crop is in the bin.
TENNESSEE Nashville: A Republican debate in the governor’s race is canceled after three of four leading candidates dropped out.
TEXAS Corpus Christi: A woman attended a City Council meeting dressed as a cockroach to emphasize the influx of rodents near a road after new vegetation was planted.
UTAH Salt Lake City: The United Utah Party has nominated Tim Zeidner for the 3rd Congressional District race.
VERMONT Woodstock: The 165-yearold Vermont Standard will publish its weekly edition only one day late despite losing its office in a fire Monday.
VIRGINIA Richmond: A two-year investigation has led to the closure of six of Virginia’s nearly 30 fox pens.
WASHINGTON Seattle: For the third straight year, Seattle is the construction crane capital of the country with 65 looming over the city, 25 more than the runner-up.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Scott Marshall has admitted to attacking a paramedic and stealing an ambulance while being transported to a hospital.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The state will provide Milwaukee with $4 million to help pay for the removal of lead pipes.
WYOMING Jackson: About 7,000 applications have been received for the state’s first grizzly bear hunting season in 44 years.