Family spends holiday cleaning flood-hit home
KOTA KINABALU: It was a public holiday. But Penampang native Joeffrin Likius spent the long weekend busy cleaning up debris and mud from his house. The latest round of floods in his village, Kampung Kodou in Sugud, Penampang district, on Wednesday, which was triggered by hours of continuous heavy rain, was not as bad as […]
Benton County facility projects ongoing
BENTONVILLE — Benton County is either finished with or working on several facility projects, from remodeling bathrooms to building a temporary parking lot downtown, a county official said. Upgrades are underway to the 22-year-old bathrooms in the judicial tower downtown. The tower is sandwiched between the historic courthouse and old jail. The public bathrooms on […]
EXTENSION NEWS: Cleaning products you can make at home | Columns
You can make just about any clean product from three ingredients: lemons, baking soda and vinegar. This can save you money and help protect our environment as well. Lemons Lemons are acidic, that is had antiseptic and anti-bacterial properties. Plus, it can cut grease, dissolve soap scum and hard water deposits and can be mixed […]
Toxic Pollutants in Water Systems Increased Due to Frequency of Wildfires
According to academics in a review study that underscores the need for greater research in the region, as the frequency of wildfires has grown, so have contaminants in the streams from burnt watersheds. According to Stephen LeDuc of the United States Forest Service, the impacts of fire burning not just wood and grasslands but also […]
Shadow Home in need of supplies – The Breeze-Courier
TAYLORVILLE — The Shadow Home in Taylorville is in need of some supplies to help with cleaning and laundry. Cleaning supplies needed include items such as toilet bowl cleaner, dusting wipes, disinfectant wipes, window cleaner, disinfectant cleaner in liquid and spray. Laundry supplies needed include laundry detergent and dryer sheets. You may also send monetary […]
Clock is ticking on our water problem – Monterey Herald
As Tuesday’s Regional Water Forum before the Monterey County Board of Supervisors nears and in the third year of the current California drought, the challenge of sustainable, permanent water for Monterey County remains daunting. Recent developments offer an opportunity to ground-truth various perspectives and provide new incentive to bring everyone to the table. For the […]
Fairfield schools address heat concerns in buildings with no AC
FAIRFIELD — Residents raised concerns recently about the heat and lack of air conditioning in the town’s public schools. Board of Education Chair Christine Vitale said there was talk on social media, as well as a few emails sent to the board from parents and teachers, about the heat in Dwight Elementary School. In an […]
Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, presented various equipment to the Specially Abled and cleaning machines to Government Schools and Community Hostels at a service program organized in Hyderabad today on the birthday of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi
Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, presented various equipment to the Specially Abled and cleaning machines to Government Schools and Community Hostels at a service program organized in Hyderabad today on the birthday of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi – Odisha Diary Home National Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit […]
Governor Lamont Applauds $53 Million in Federal Funding to Connecticut for Water Infrastructure Improvements
Press Releases 09/17/2022 Governor Lamont Applauds $53 Million in Federal Funding to Connecticut for Water Infrastructure Improvements (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today is applauding the announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the State of Connecticut is being awarded more than $53 million in funding from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure […]
Patriots fan rescued from train tracks
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs. ‘CRISIS AVERTED’ A situation that could have ended tragically unfolded last Sunday, […]