Around the nation
News from every state.
ALABAMA Florence: Wilson High School says it will remove doors from some bathroom stalls in an effort to stop students from vaping in them.
ALASKA Nome: Alaska Native women say the Nome Police Department has a history of failing to conduct full investigations on rape complaints. Police data show from 2008 to 2017, just 8% of calls about sexual assaults against adults resulted in an arrest.
ARIZONA Tucson: The cost of a gem and mineral museum under construction – set to be among the largest in the world – has grown by $3.25 million, and officials say they would, in a worst-case scenario, sell part of their collection to cover expenses for the University of Arizona’s Gem and Mineral Museum.
ARKANSAS Camden: Lockheed Martin has broken ground on the first part of a $142 million expansion at its southern Arkansas facility.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: College athletes could hire agents and sign endorsement deals under a bill the Legislature sent to the governor Wednesday, setting up a potential confrontation with the NCAA.
COLORADO Trinidad: Gov. Jared Polis says Fisher’s Peak and the former ranch land surrounding it will become Colorado’s newest state park.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: State health officials are urging residents to minimize outdoor activities in the evening to avoid mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis.
DELAWARE Dover: The deadline is nigh for anyone hankering to be the state’s chief justice. Applications are due by noon Friday.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: The nation’s capital has hit or surpassed 90 degrees a total of 54 days so far this year through Wednesday, WUSA-TV reports. On average, D.C. sees 36 days of 90-plus temperatures for the entire year.
GEORGIA Atlanta: A fire Wednesday night engulfed Furber Cottage, a former dormitory at Morris Brown College that was built in 1899, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
HAWAII Honolulu: The state’s supply of doctors is the lowest since 2015 as older physicians retire and younger practitioners move elsewhere for higher pay.
IDAHO Caldwell: Seven jail inmates have filed tort claims against Canyon County because they say deputies gave them used razors to shave, after which they tested positive for hepatitis C.
ILLINOIS Chicago: The sale of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church – the second-oldest Greek Orthodox church in the nation – for $2.5 million to Universal Life Church has been approved by a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge.
INDIANA Indianapolis: The History Channel has dropped out of a planned documentary on John Dillinger that would have included the proposed exhumation of the 1930s gangster’s Indianapolis gravesite.
IOWA Bondurant: The BondurantFarrar school district won’t be getting nearly $900,000 it expected for this year’s budget because the revenue was based on an erroneous tax valuation. A $52.4 million building at Facebook’s data center in Altoona was exempted from taxation for 20 years as part of a development agreement.
KANSAS Overland Park: The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union say they have reached a settlement with the Federal Bureau of Prisons that allows an inmate at the federal prison in Leavenworth to receive a drug used to treat his opioid addiction.
KENTUCKY Richmond: Fort Boonesborough State Park is hosting its annual 1778 Siege of Boonesborough weekend Sept. 28-29.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Officials have voted to require new commercial parking surfaces to use porous pavement in this city where flooded streets are a common sight.
MAINE Bar Harbor: Acadia National Park officials say they have some leeway in regulating electric bikes following an Interior Department directive to treat them the same as regular bicycles.
MARYLAND Annapolis: An attorney representing Maryland’s four historically black colleges is urging the state to settle a long-running lawsuit over disparities in programs for $577 million.
MASSACHUSETTS Scituate: Experts say a minke whale has been found dead in state waters, after another washed up in Duxbury over Labor Day weekend.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Mercedes-Benz USA is asking a judge to protect it from legal action over its use of images of outdoor murals in the city. The company says four artists threatened to sue after their works appeared last year in Instagram posts about the G 500 Series truck.
MINNESOTA Bemidji: A summer of heavy rains has caused a rise in cases of a rare fungal infection, blastomycosis.
MISSISSIPPI Tylertown: Some students say they won’t return to class while protesting the removal of their prayer group from school hours to after school. News outlets report students at Tylertown High School walked out of class Wednesday and won’t return until their program is reinstated to its normal time.
MISSOURI Kansas City: A Catholic priest says “fornication,” not pregnancy, was the problem in the case of a teacher who alleges she was fired because she was pregnant and unmarried.
MONTANA Kalispell: Wildlife officials say feral hogs from Canada encroaching on the state’s northern border are a serious concern.
NEBRASKA Kearney: City leaders are backing a proposal to restore the Sonotorium, an open-air theater in Harmon Park.
NEVADA Wadsworth: Officials broke ground Tuesday for a $23.5 million fish-passage project to help Lahontan cutthroat trout navigate the Truckee River’s Derby Dam.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Hanover: Dartmouth College has become the latest university to let students easily change their name or gender identity in directories, on identification cards and elsewhere across campus.
NEW JERSEY Atlantic City: Gamblers wagered more than $293 million on sports in the state in August, helping Atlantic City’s casinos win 13% more than they did a year ago.
NEW MEXICO Gallup: Hiroshi Miyamura High School is becoming a tiny house factory to build affordable homes. The Gallup Independent reports Principal Jack McFarland says the program will provide hands-on learning for students.
NEW YORK Albany: A state law that went into effect Thursday lengthens the waiting period on certain gun purchases from three to 30 days.
NORTH CAROLINA Fayetteville: The mayor wants the public’s input on a proposed Civil War history center. The Fayetteville Observer reports Mayor Mitch Colvin says the $7.5 million the city would have to invest could be put to better use.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The Department of Agriculture has confirmed invasive Palmer amaranth in a seventh county. The Bismarck Tribune reports the herbicide-resistant plant can grow up to 7 feet tall.