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Ohio State University researchers, led by Katrina Cornish, are working to increase rubber production in the United States to decrease its reliance on other countries for the widely used product. School researchers say there are numerous benefits to domestic rubber production, including the creation of millions of jobs. “The four most important natural resources we [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent months of therapy to learn how to put words together in sentences and learn to walk again. He had to re-learn how to get in and out of a car and how to [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill. That's "very nerve-wracking" when you're grazing 600 to 700 cattle, said Kemp, who manages an organic beef farm in Sudbury. He describes [...]
WASHINGTON — People in Arizona and Nevada won't face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite water shortages on the Colorado River. However, officials said this week there will still be less water available next year from the river that serves 40 million people in the West and Mexico. Observers say a [...]
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the West's most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline. Ground zero in the conflict is Wyoming, a stronghold for golden eagles that soar on [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A mural that was painted in a Vermont synagogue more than 100 years ago by a Lithuanian immigrant — and hidden behind a wall for years — has been termed a rare piece of art and has been painstakingly moved and restored. The large colorful triptych painted by sign painter Ben Zion [...]
The Ohio State University College of Medicine has announced plans to start a new medical degree program designed to increase the number of physicians in mid-size and rural communities. The College of Medicine will start enrolling medical students in the community medicine MD track in 2024. Students will complete the first two years of training [...]
ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER (AP) — James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River. His silvery ponytail flutters in the wind, and a string of eagle claws adorns his neck. Kiona has fished for Chinook salmon [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening. The June Associated Press-NORC Center for Public [...]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as the Western region of the nation has become hotter and drier. More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the region from diverting more water than flows through [...]