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TRUCKEE, Calif. - More than 1,200 scenic acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains around Truckee, including a spectacular waterfall, have been purchased by the U.S. Forest Service. The property, described as valuable for recreation and wildlife, was obtained through four separate transactions totaling $3 million. The purchases were part of an ongoing Forest Service effort to acquire portions of 350 ...
Constellation Energy says it has agreed to buy a wind power project under development in western Maryland.
For 40 years the Beck family has been growing and selling Christmas trees outside Doe Run on Route B. Each year families make the familiar trek to Beck’s Tree Farm to choose the perfect tree. Customers can buy a pre-cut tree or make their way into the fields to harvest their own evergreen. There’s free popcorn and lots of Christmas goodies for sale, as well as wreaths and decorative sprays ...
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined South Carolina and Georgia congressional members today to break ground on a new renewable energy fueled facility at the Savannah River Site.
The document stipulates capping India's emissions level by 2025, after which pollutants must be reduced
Updates from the Storm Lake Police Department, the Buena Vista County Sheriff's Office and the Storm Lake Fire Department.
Last week the Cochrane-Fountain City FFA club penned Joe Greshik a thank you note after they learned he had without fanfare made a significant contribution to their club.
This past week, Marion County prep basketball finally got underway as the Lady Foxes hosted their second annual preseason tournament during the week and the Mullins Auctioneers welcomed fans to their annual Thanksgiving Jamboree.
Archery bear hunt results in a harvest of 108
The City of Ste. Genevieve is getting $750,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The city is also getting a $1 million-plus Department of Natural Resources State Revolving Fund loan. The money will be used to help pay for its drinking water improvement project.
Speaking of Audi and advertising, the company plans to unveil the 2011 Audi A8 today at at 6:30pm ET -- not just for a select group of journalists, but for all the A8's Facebook fans. The timing of the live event might seem curious, since it comes after two major U.S. timezones have shuttered for the day and Europe is snug in its bed; however, ..
It appears as if Central Florida made it through another year without a major storm. November 30th is the official last day of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The number of storms this season fell below predictions.
WHEELING - U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-Fairmont, may be willing to support a proposed cap and trade bill if it contains the proper concessions for the coal industry.
Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population.
Kansas City Fire Department officials are on the scene at a downtown office building where the hazardous materials team is responding to reports of an unknown white powder.
Office in east mesa will be the nerve center for city's efforts to count every Mesa resident.
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks rose, poised for their biggest monthly gain since May, as financial and energy stocks climbed after the government reported economic growth for the first time in four quarters.
Demonstrators chanted, "Corporations, get out of Copenhagen!"
The offices of senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley will be visited today by college students lobbying for a stronger U.S. Senate Clean Energy Jobs and American Security Act.
Many bicyclists are seeking to influence a political agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference that begins next week in Copenhagen. A global bike commute challenge is underway and cyclists are joining climate-change bike rides in selected cities this coming weekend for Ride Planet Earth. Meanwhile, activists in The Bike Bloc Project who are planning to take to the streets in Copenhagen are ...
CHRIS A. COUROGEN, Of The Patriot-News Firefighters tend to a small red pickup truck after it collided with the minivan in the foreground just before noon today at the intersection of Technology Parkway and Wertzville Road in Hampden Township.
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