Around the nation
News from every state.
ALABAMA Moundville:
The recent recovery of three Native American artifacts stolen nearly 40 years ago from the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park could be the thread that unravels the mystery of the greatest antiquities theft in this part of the world.
ALASKA Juneau:
A summit this week is bringing together the last remaining speakers of three indigenous languages of Alaska, organizers say.
ARIZONA Phoenix:
Pizza, an almost universally beloved food, is the life of the party at this weekend’s Phoenix Pizza Festival.
ARKANSAS Mountain Home:
Thanks to a new system being put into place, firefighters responding to emergencies will be given directions and a host of other information in real time.
COLORADO Loveland:
Northern Colorado Regional Airport’s new remote tower, the first of its kind, is in its final construction phase.
CONNECTICUT Windham:
Connecticut recycling operations are struggling to cope with increasing financial pressures involving plunging prices for recycled materials, higher trucking costs, growing difficulties sorting trash and worries about President Donald Trump’s tariff wars.
DELAWARE Wilmington:
Candidates have 21 days after last week’s election to remove their campaign signs from state-owned property, according to the Delaware Department of Transportation.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington:
Between Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, 67 bridges in the metro area have been labeled structurally deficient by the Federal Highway Administration.
Yulee: FLORIDA
Four cheetah cubs are beginning to explore their habitat at a wildlife refuge in northwest Florida. The two female and two male cubs were born Oct. 6 at White Oak Conservation in Yulee.
Atlanta: GEORGIA
The DeKalb Entertainment Commission will offer its final series of educational classes for the year Saturday for Atlantans interested in building their careers in the film and television industries.
HAWAII Wailuku:
Six women are entering Maui’s governing body, forming a female majority on the council for the first time.
IDAHO Fairfield:
Camp Rainbow Gold, an organization that offers camps and other support services for kids with cancer, has announced an agreement to buy a south-central Idaho resort property for $1.3 million.
ILLINOIS Chicago:
Michelle Obama visited her old Chicago high school and held a roundtable discussion with some 20 students at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School.
INDIANA Evansville:
A new report says Indiana’s tourism and recreation industry will have to adjust as climate change makes the state warmer and wetter in the coming decades.
IOWA St. Charles:
One of Iowa’s favorite festivals is set to expand in 2019. Hinterland Music Festival returns Aug. 2-4 to the Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in St. Charles, adding a third day of music, camping and summer jubilation.
KANSAS Manhattan:
Justin Schmutz, a Kansas State student who gave back a scholarship he didn’t need, is being honored with a new scholarship named for him.
KENTUCKY Louisville:
Churchill Downs is auctioning 19 spots for people to race on its iconic thoroughbred track.
LOUISIANA New Orleans:
Dr. Anthony Lazzara, a physician and teacher who left a tenured faculty position 35 years ago to aid poor children in Peru, is set to receive an honor from Loyola University New Orleans.
MAINE Augusta:
The federal government is investing more than a half-million dollars in Maine to help boost production of crops including state staples like potatoes and blueberries.
MARYLAND Salisbury:
Oysters thrive in brackish water, as found in the Chesapeake Bay. Experts expect a lower Maryland harvest this year after heavy rain this past summer likely lowered the bay’s salinity.
MASSACHUSETTS North Adams:
After all else failed, National Grid is bringing in a cannon to scare away the hundreds of crows that have been hanging around an electrical substation in Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN Traverse City:
A gray wolf relocated from Minnesota to Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park has died, the National Park Service says.
MINNESOTA St. Paul:
A Minnesota baby girl was born on Veterans Day – the 11th day of the 11th month – at 11:11 p.m. Erin and Mike Potts of Hugo, Minnesota, welcomed their first child Sunday, on the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson:
A study of whether ingredients extracted from marijuana can reduce seizures in children is moving ahead in Mississippi.
MISSOURI Poplar Bluff:
The Poplar Bluff R-I School District says it has suspended a teacher who oversaw a Friday “study group presentation” in the classroom that involved a student dressing up as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
MONTANA Great Falls:
A Great Falls audience will finally have a chance to see the new film “Wildlife,” set in the city and based on a Richard Ford novel. Ford will be on hand for the screening Wednesday at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
NEBRASKA Lincoln:
Girls at least 16 years old and women are invited to participate in a mentored squirrel hunt and workshop next month.
NEVADA Reno:
On Monday, the Nevada Museum of Art will launch a $1.5 million, 100-foot-long, diamond-shaped balloon 350 miles into the thermosphere.
Merrimack:
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Anheuser-Busch says the famed Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer train in New Hampshire.
NEW JERSEY Asbury Park:
Six Flags Great Adventure guests got a few extra chilly thrills this weekend. Riders aboard the SkyScreamer attraction at the Jackson thrill park were stuck in the frigid air for a bit too long Sunday evening, a park representative confirms.
Farmington:
NEW MEXICO
Biologists captured more yearling razorback suckers this fall in the San Juan River than they have in one season in more than 20 years, according to a press release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Syracuse:
NEW YORK
Syracuse has found a novel way of motivating residents to pay their back taxes: personal notes handwritten by city officials.
Raleigh:
NORTH CAROLINA
A federal report shows Hurricane Florence broke records in a key flooding measure at dozens of stream gauges in the Carolinas. The U.S. Geological Survey released a report Tuesday on streamflow, which measures how much water passes a fixed point at a river or stream.
Bismarck:
NORTH DAKOTA
A Bismarck addiction treatment center is using telemedicine to extend its reach to rural western North Dakota, where such services are limited.
OHIO Cleveland:
of “M.A.S.H.” fame will join the Cleveland Orchestra for its Christmas concerts this year.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:
The Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Health Care System is working to fill positions after the unexpected departure of two employees left the hospital shorthanded.
OREGON Salem:
Hazelnut growers in Oregon were anticipating a recordhigh crop in 2018, but it appears the harvest is coming in short of expectations, though far better than last year.
PENNSYLVANIA York:
Beloved characters from cartoons like the “Powerpuff Girls,” “We Bare Bears” and “Adventure Time” will soon have a new home in Central Pennsylvania. The Cartoon Network Hotel will be a 9acre property steps away from the Dutch Wonderland Family Amusement Park in 2019, according to a news release.
Providence:
RHODE ISLAND
Workers in the Providence area who lost their jobs when Papa Gino’s closed dozens of pizza parlors may not be out of work long. Domino’s is hiring and urging the displaced to apply.
Greenville:
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Peace Center has unveiled a statue of former Gov. Dick Riley, a Greenville native, in Graham Plaza.
SOUTH DAKOTA Hot Springs:
South Dakota Gov.-elect Kristi Noem says she wants to make this southern Black Hills city known for its Veterans Affairs health care campus a vacation destination for military veterans from across the country.
TENNESSEE Lynchburg:
The distillery that produces Jack Daniel’s whiskey is working with a military support group to make sure military service members and their families can celebrate the holidays at home.
TEXAS Corpus Christi:
The city has extended a deadline to find someone to preserve and restore a Hurricane Harvey-damaged replica of Christopher Columbus’ La Nina.
UTAH St. George:
Southern Utah’s 35th annual Jubilee of Trees opens its doors this week at the Dixie Convention Center.
VERMONT Montpelier:
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has released a new hunting app to help determine conditions throughout the state.
VIRGINIA Richmond:
Virginia Indian tribal leaders will join nationally renowned scholars for a symposium on the life, legend and legacy of Pocahontas on Wednesday afternoon.
WASHINGTON Spokane:
The six mountain caribou remaining in the lower 48 states will be relocated farther north into Canada. The Kalispel Tribe in Washington state had been involved in a breeding project to try to expand the herd.
Huntington:
WEST VIRGINIA
A couple of cardiologists are helping a West Virginia police department by donating $2,500 to purchase a K-9 bulletproof vest.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee:
The grand opening of the new $124 million streetcar The Hop attracted more than 16,000 riders.
WYOMING Gillette:
Snowmobiling season is set to open this week in the Bighorn National Forest, depending on the amount of snowfall.