TUCSON — An $86.7 million agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation has put Tucson on track to build a plant to treat wastewater to drinking water standards by late 2031. The federal agency will pay for constructing an advanced water purification facility northwest of the city in exchange for Tucson leaving 56,000 acre-feet of Colorado … Read more
Jan. 17—LOCKPORT — A more than two-week targeted high-visibility traffic safety campaign in Niagara County during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays yielded largely positive results local law enforcement officials say. With officers and deputies engaging in saturation patrols on area roadways, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported no drunken driving arrests and only one … Read more
Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber, a science teacher at Rocky Mountain High School, received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the White House and National Science Foundation announced in news releases. Award recipients will receive $10,000 from the National Science Foundation, a certificate signed by President Joe Biden and a trip to Washington, D.C., … Read more
A Fort Collins chiropractor will serve jail time after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching clients. Brian Rohrick, 41, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation Wednesday, months after pleading guilty to second-degree assault, a Class 4 felony, and unauthorized practice of a chiropractor, a Class 2 … Read more
A woman held on Rikers Island claims in a shocking 33-page handwritten complaint that she was repeatedly raped with sex toys by another female detainee late last month, a copy obtained by the Daily News shows. The 31-year-old alleged victim, Ana Allen, wrote in graphic detail how she was cornered in a shower stall Dec. … Read more
A police chase ending in a crash shut down southbound Interstate 71 near downtown Columbus, according to reports. At 5:12 a.m., the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that all southbound lanes of Interstate 71 at Greenlawn Avenue were shut down along with the eastbound and westbound Interstate 70 ramps to … Read more
California’s incompetent governance has been on full display as wildfires rage around Los Angeles—and also long before, if we’re being honest. Bizarre priorities, policy failures, unforgivable neglect, and officials who are out to lunch (or at overseas shindigs) have all played a role in throwing Californians on their own efforts to substitute for government institutions … Read more
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday and is an opportunity for Americans to honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. King is remembered as an important leader and activist of the Civil Rights Movement and for his iconic “I have a dream” speech that took place during the 1963 … Read more
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways A tricky snow and ice threat could unravel from Texas to at least the Carolinas during the first half of the week ahead. To … Read more
Snowmobile groups got the OK to groom and ride McKenzie Pass Highway 242 this winter, and possibly into the future, but popular offseason cycling will remain closed on the iconic roadway between Sisters and McKenzie Bridge — a departure from what was once called an “Oregon tradition.” In October, the Statesman Journal reported on an … Read more