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Like gardening in general, school gardening has become hugely popular during the pandemic, with families and teachers saying its hands-on lessons can be applied to many subjects. Finding the expertise, labor and funding to keep a school garden going can be tough, but some experts and teachers are finding creative ways to make it work. [...]
COLUMBUS — The state of Ohio this week launched a new grant program this week designed to invests millions of dollars in the future of water infrastructure across the state. The Ohio Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program, which is part of Gov. Mike DeWine's initiative to strategically invest in Ohio's future, is open to [...]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — States across the country are looking to adopt new recycling regimes that require producers of packaging to pay for its inevitable disposal — but industry is digging in to try to halt the movement. Maine became the first state to adopt such a program in July when Democratic Gov. Janet Mills [...]
The Columbus Metropolitan Library is expected to reach another landmark in its aspirational building program in September with the planned openings of the new Karl Road branch and renovated Hilltop branch. A dedication ceremony and grand opening celebration are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Karl Road branch at 5590 Karl Road in [...]
Because of quality concerns caused by the pandemic, data from an annual Census Bureau survey that provides a wide-ranging picture of the U.S. on everything from commute times to education levels won't be released in its usual format this year, officials said Thursday. Answers for the 2020 American Community Survey one-year estimates were collected only [...]
Just 15 acres of natural green space is all it takes to see a marked improvement in bee populations in urban settings, researchers from The Ohio State University said in a study released last week. Published in the online journal Conservation Biology, the study found that certain types of post-industrial reclamation efforts — 15 or [...]
MALIN, Ore. (AP) — Judy and Jim Shanks know the exact date their home's well went dry — June 24. Since then, their life has been an endless cycle of imposing on relatives for showers and laundry, hauling water to feed a small herd of cattle and desperately waiting for a local well-drilling company to [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David de Russy steered his bicycle through a sparse crowd of midweek visitors streaming down Los Angeles' Venice Beach boardwalk between multimillion-dollar homes, T-shirt shops and eateries on one side and vendors peddling paintings, hawking crystals and offering tarot card readings on the other. For the first time in about a [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal officials who are trying to adopt out wild horses captured on public land say they are tightening protections to guard against the illegal resale of the animals for slaughter, but advocates say the government needs to do more, including ending incentive payments for adoptions. The Bureau of Land Management is [...]
COLUMBUS — New state water quality grants totaling $5 million will focus on building and restoring wetlands in the Ohio River Basin. The Ohio River Basin H2Ohio Wetland Grant Program is a competitive, reimbursement grant program that will provide up to $500,000 per project for wetland projects that address nutrient loading and contribute to water [...]