STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is lauding a $25 million donation to the School of Law from Florida businessman Hugh Culverhouse Jr.
ALASKA Kodiak: Kodiak Island School District officials have closed Larsen Bay School and are discussing the impending closure of Karluk School.
ARIZONA Surprise: The city’s economic development team had a birthday party for Costco in its bid to lure the retailer.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Law enforcement agencies say 1,260 people have been arrested across the state as part of a statewide drug investigation.
CALIFORNIA Laguna Beach: A
17,000-square-foot mansion sold for
$32.7 million five years after it was put on the market for $65 million.
COLORADO Denver: Lawmakers have approved $1 million to upgrade an empty prison near Canon City.
CONNECTICUT Mashantucket: Archeologists will gather for the International Fields of Conflict Conference.
DELAWARE Milford: The Ladybug Festival, featuring more than 40 musical acts by women made its first appearance last week in Milford.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: D.C. Fire and EMS crews worked over the weekend to secure the Arthur Capper Senior building that caught fire last week, displacing about 160 people
FLORIDA Tampa: Criminal defense attorney Barry Cohen has died of leukemia at 79.
GEORGIA Savannah: Chatham County employees who work downtown will get free parking starting Jan. 1.
HAWAII Hilo: The Big Island visitors bureau has launched a campaign that reminds tourists to treat the island and its people with respect.
IDAHO Boise: Residents Ashley Brennan and Trever Lambert are transforming a former cross-fit gym into
Idaho’s first ax-throwing arena. ILLINOIS Chicago: Medline Industries will pay a nearly $5 million penalty for selling and distributing an unregistered pesticide.
INDIANA Bloomington: Officials are holding a contest to name the fishshaped weather vane that has been a landmark for more than 150 years.
IOWA Dubuque: Updated Federal Emergency Management Agency maps show that fewer buildings in the city are a flooding risk.
KANSAS Manhattan: Former secretary of agriculture Dan Glickman will receive an honorary doctorate from Kansas State University on Dec. 7.
KENTUCKY Lexington: University of Kentucky student Mark Clayton Oppenheimer is suing the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for allegedly fracturing his jaw during a party, the Herald-Leader reported.
LOUISIANA Lafayette: Samuel Oliver will lead Acadiana Center for the Arts, The Daily Advertiser reported.
MAINE Portland: The state saw 287 car-moose collisions in 2017, down from 646 crashes in 2007.
MARYLAND Owings Mills: Democrat Ben Jealous and Republican Gov. Larry Hogan squared off Monday in the only debate of the governor’s race.
MASSACHUSETTS Cambridge: Harvard University marks “Outbreak Week” which commemorates the 1918 influenza pandemic.
MICHIGAN Petoskey: The Michigan Hemingway Society’s annual conference Oct. 5-7 will focus on Ernest Hemingway’s time in the area following World War I.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: State regulators unanimously approved permits for Invenergy’s Freeborn Wind Farm project amid opposition.
MISSISSIPPI Moorhead: Mississippi Delta Community College is resuming its search for president.
MISSOURI St. Joseph: The Trails West! Festival that has been operating for 26 years is ending.
MONTANA Missoula: University of Montana enrollment has fallen more than 7 percent in the last year.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Turning Point USA, a conservative group, is moving forward to establish a chapter at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
NEVADA Reno: The University of Nevada-Reno will open 122-year-old Manzanita Hall as a dormitory.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The Small Business Administration has awarded $250,000 to the state Department of Resources and Economic Development.
NEW JERSEY Camden: The Camden County Improvement Authority is seeking bids for demolition of Campbell’s Field.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Wildflower International and Silent Falcon are hoping to use solar-powered aerial vehicles to gather data.
NEW YORK Buffalo: The Buffalo Zoo’s Tashi, a greater one-horned rhinoceros, is expected to give birth in the summer of 2019.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Insurance camps will be held this week in two flood-battered communities, New Bern and Jacksonville.
NORTH DAKOTA Devils Lake: City commissioners will decide next month if to move forward on a $6.4 million project to revamp downtown streets.
OHIO Columbus: Dominic Paretti, quit after two female colleagues in the Ohio House filed sexual harassment complaints against him.
OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Musician Jack White donated $30,000 to help restore a house featured in the 1980s movie “The Outsiders.”
OREGON Lake Oswego: A family has filed a $5.5 million lawsuit against a 17-year-old arsonist’s parents.
PENNSYLVANIA Town: The 10th anniversary of Boyd & Blair potato vodka is being celebrated with a limitededition bottle.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: The Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network is being launched.
SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort: Josh Gruber has been paid $24,000 to work the last two months for Beaufort County, even after officials voted to hire and drop him.
SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton: The North American Falconers Association likely won’t hold its national meet in South Dakota.
TENNESSEE Memphis: The owner of Southern Meat Market was sentenced to prison for a $1.2 million fraud scheme.
TEXAS Dallas: The Dallas-Fort Worth area has received a record 11 inches of rain so far in September.
UTAH Park City: The Summit County Children’s Justice Center has hired Christie Hind, as its director, the Deseret News reported.
VERMONT Rutland: The city dedicated a statue of a stoneworker in the Center Street Marketplace Park.
VIRGINIA Charlottesville: The University of Virginia’s endowment has increased by nearly $1 billion in the past fiscal year.
WASHINGTON Olympia: American Cruise Lines, set to make its first stop here over the weekend, canceled because of “operational matters,” according to the Port of Olympia.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: A free clinic for the needy, hosted by West Virginia Health Right, will be held Oct. 20-21 at the Bible Center School.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: City residents are raising safety concerns about the city’s new streetcar.
WYOMING Laramie: University of Wyoming officials may recommend that the state build new dormitories capable of housing 2,000 students.