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West Virginia airmen return home after Africa deployment
About 120 West Virginia Air National Guard members returned to Charleston after a roughly three-month deployment to the Horn of Africa, reuniting with family and friends.
Organic Carbon Amendments Support Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration.
Dr. Nanthi Bolan will lead a webinar on March 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM Beijing time, part of the 22nd Carbon Research International Forum, about how organic carbonaceous amendments relate to soil health and carbon sequestration.
CDMX's animal welfare policy adds hotline to report dog waste
Mexico City's mayor announced a 10-point animal welfare plan that includes a dedicated phone line to report owners who do not pick up dog waste and proposals to strengthen penalties for dog-biting and leash violations.
Recent heartwarming stories
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Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) and the City of Santa Maria are building a downtown EV charging station with five Level 2 ports and four Level 3 DC fast-charger ports; construction began in December 2025 and is expected to be completed in 2026.
Firefox 147 adds WebGPU support on Apple Silicon and enhanced security features.
Released January 13, 2026, Firefox 147 expands WebGPU support to Apple Silicon Macs and adds zero-copy hardware-decoded video plus a range of cross-platform fixes and developer features.
Stray cat King Julien rescued from 70-foot tree finds a new home
A stray cat stuck about 70 feet up a tree in Greenfield was rescued on Dec. 23 and was later adopted by a Pendleton resident who named him King Julien.
Buddhist monks and their dog walk for peace across the South
A group of Theravada Buddhist monks and their rescue dog have been walking through Southern U.S. communities since Oct. 26, 2025, sharing mindfulness and collecting large, often warm public gatherings; their trek is planned to end in mid-February in Washington, D.C., where they will seek recognition of Vesak.
Jersey City secures $1 million federal grant to build first of six recreation centers
Jersey City received a $1 million American Rescue Plan grant to build the Bayside Community Center in Greenville, the first of six planned recreation facilities under a 2024 city ordinance. Additional public meetings are scheduled for 2026 to gather resident input before construction begins.
Wake County Animal Center will close for repairs for more than a month
Wake County Animal Center in Raleigh will be closed from Jan. 16 through March 2 for repairs and maintenance; animal control services will continue but the shelter building will be closed to the public.
Tractor Supply opens 2,400th store in Aiken
Tractor Supply opened its 2,400th store in Aiken, South Carolina, featuring a 3,000-square-foot Garden Center and marking one of four new early-2026 openings; the company donated $2,400 to Aiken Equine Rescue at the grand opening.
BBB Iowa launches multilingual chat for customer support
The Better Business Bureau serving Greater Iowa has added real-time chat support in French, Spanish and Mandarin on its website as part of a national effort to offer consistent multilingual access across BBB markets.
Endeavor Health awards $8.1 million to local groups for food, housing and education
Endeavor Health announced $8.1 million in Community Investment Fund awards to nine Chicago-area organizations focused on food and housing security and improving access to health care; since 2022 the fund has provided $38.5 million to 59 local partnerships.
Multimodal Cortex Maps Reveal New Cognitive Regions
A Translational Psychiatry study used multimodal cortical parcellations combining fMRI, DTI, and structural MRI to identify previously unreported regions of the human cerebral cortex that correlate with measures of cognitive performance.