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ALASKA Fairbanks: Draft rules made public by the state Tuesday are expected to result in additional bans on burning wood and coal in Fairbanks North Star Borough, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The U.S. government plans to replace barriers running through 100 miles of the nation’s southern border, including in sensitive areas, according to documents and environmental advocates. Barriers will go up at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: Medical marijuana patients who would rather eat their pot than smoke it will have their chance to buy edibles as early as next week, cultivators say.

CALIFORNIA San Francisco: A cafe is brewing up what it calls the world’s most expensive coffee – at $75 a cup. Klatch Coffee is serving Elida Natural Geisha 803 at its Southern California and San Francisco branches.

COLORADO Colorado Springs: Officials say this year’s snowpack could recover the state’s hydrological system following last year’s drought.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: The West Hartford Libraries has launched its year of happiness, offering special programming centered around the things that make people happy – like music, meditation, food, games and even home-brewed beer.

DELAWARE Dover: Environmental groups are asking federal officials to take emergency action to protect the Bethany Beach firefly.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: The city is set to get its first official pet cemetery. News outlets report officials plan to open the Kingdom of Animals section of the historic Congressional Cemetery next month.

FLORIDA Naples: An audience member called 911 on an Egyptian-American comedian who joked about being of Middle Eastern descent. The complainant called police Sunday, a day after Ahmed Ahmed performed at the Off The Hook Comedy Club.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday school this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokeswoman says.

HAWAII Kahului: A $340 million facility for car rental companies has opened. The Kahului Airport Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility is the largest single public works project on Maui, The Maui News reports.

IDAHO Pocatello: A man has been ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution after damaging a Shoshone-Bannock tribal cultural site.

ILLINOIS Springfield: A newly introduced plan aims to end HIV in the state by the year 2030.

INDIANA Indianapolis: The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library has reached its goal of raising $1.5 million to acquire and begin renovations on a building to be its permanent home.

IOWA Okoboji: This lake town now has a vodka named for it. Foundry Distilling Co. is launching the first in its Heritage Collection of spirits: Okoboji Vodka, made from 100% corn.

KANSAS Topeka: Despite an increase in state funding for higher education, four of the state’s six major universities are asking for tuition increases for next year, frustrating regents.

KENTUCKY Lexington: The city is suspending paper recycling due to “changes in the global marketplace” for recycled materials.

LOUISIANA Lafayette: Downtown will be alive Memorial Day weekend with South Louisiana Songwriters Festival, the only songwriter jamboree in the United States. The SOLO event is a seminar and presentation mash-up May 21-26.

MAINE York: It was the vision and legacy of late art patron Mary Leigh Smart and artist Beverly Hallam to create an artist’s residency at their oceanfront property. Today that vision is closer to reality, with interviews underway by the Surf Point Foundation for the inaugural residents who’ll arrive in York this fall.

MARYLAND Assateague Island: The island has a new member in its wild horse herd. Mother N2BHS-A, also known as “Gokey GoGo Bones,” gave birth to a chestnut filly Saturday morning, according to the National Park Service.

MASSACHUSETTS Newburyport: A 71-year-old man has embarked on a 3,600-mile, coast-to-coast walk to draw attention to the plight of military veterans. William Shuttleworth departed his hometown here on Wednesday for what he estimates will be a 71⁄2-month trek.

MICHIGAN Detroit: A 100-foot-tall portrait of Stevie Wonder will be the latest addition to the downtown skyline. The muralis big enough to be seen by planes passing overhead.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The federal Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday renewed mineral rights leases for a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine, a project environmentalists fear would spoil the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: A new local law will ban the city from asking people about their salary history when they apply for municipal government jobs.

MISSOURI Eugene: The first section of a new biking and hiking trail on an abandoned rail line has opened in the Kansas City area. A ribboncutting ceremony is planned for June 1 for the Rock Island Trail.

MONTANA Missoula: City-County Health Department officials say the number of cases of whooping cough in the area has topped 100.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: State lawmakers have kicked off a debate on a proposal to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.

NEVADA Carson City: The governor has signed a bill that prevents insurers from denying coverage due to a pre-existing condition.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Canaan: A school cafeteria worker says she lost her job after giving a student free lunch.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: The fear of poachers stealing oysters from polluted waters and making consumers sick has long thwarted efforts to grow the shellfish in dirty water in the state, despite the potential to help improve water quality. But a proposed remedy could actually make matters worse by removing state oversight.

NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: The Las Cruces UkeFest is bringing topnotch instructors and performers to town this weekend, as well as ukulele players from across the country.

NEW YORK Beacon: The sloop Clearwater is celebrating 50 years of sailing on the Hudson River. Clearwater’s founders and crew members will gather with public officials Friday to mark the anniversary of the sloop’s launch May 17, 1969.

NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: The police department has honored a college student who was killed when a gunman opened fire inside a classroom. News outlets report the family of UNC Charlotte student Riley Howell was awarded the Civilian Medal of Valor posthumously Wednesday from the CharlotteMecklenburg Police Department.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Regulators say the state’s oil production was at a near-record level in March.

OHIO Newark: Moundbuilders Country Club plans to appeal an order that it sell back a lease to the state historical agency to provide public access to ancient burial mounds.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Authorities say falling debris is still a danger after a skyscraper was damaged when it was battered by a dangling scaffold holding two men.

OREGON Salem: Lawmakers have approved the largest statewide expansion of the federal free lunch program, ensuring all students living up to three times above the poverty line will have access to free meals.

PENNSYLVANIA Harrison City: A school district is defending itself after video surfaced of a safety drill that had a teacher posing as a shooter and donning what appeared to be a Middle Eastern kaffiyeh.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Despite millions in overspending by some agencies, the state is projected to end the budget year with a $24 million surplus.

SOUTH CAROLINA Rock Hill: The Catawba Indian Nation is bringing back the Yap Ye Iswa, or Day of the Catawba, festival after a 12-year hiatus. The free fest is open to the public Saturday at Catawba Cultural Center.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Attorneys for oil pipeline opponents are fighting an attempt by Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom to be dismissed from a lawsuit challenging new state laws that aim to prevent disruptive demonstrations against the Keystone XL pipeline.

TENNESSEE Murfreesboro: An elementary school will no longer have a student portray Adolf Hitler in its living history exhibit after a group of students began giving Nazi salutes.

TEXAS Houston: The ex-owner of a tiger rescued from a filthy cage in an abandoned house has been charged with animal cruelty.

UTAH Ogden: Wildlife officials have released into the Pineview Reservoir thousands of tiger muskie fish, a hybrid predator that helps keep other species in check.

VERMONT Montpelier: At least three people were arrested Thursday after a group of climate protesters disrupted a session of the state House.

VIRGINIA Arlington: A state panel has unanimously approved a request from Arlington County to rename a highway that currently honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

WASHINGTON Seattle: A trio of companies, including two of the city’s hospitals, have announced $15 million in donations for projects aimed at the homeless.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: State health officials and Boy Scout leaders say they’re preparing for the possibility children may bring measles to the World Scout Jamboree this summer. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: “Evicted,” an immersive exhibit based on Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer-winning book about low-income evictions in the city, is coming to town in June as the first stop on a national tour. WYOMING Cheyenne: Filters installed on storm drains in the city will attempt to keep trash out of a creek.