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Montana DEQ works toward impairment designation for Big Hole River

By AMANDA EGGERT/Montana Free Press The Big Hole River, a blue-ribbon fishery that's become a focal point in a years-long debate over nuisance algae growth, is poised to receive an impairment designation. At an open-house meeting in Divide on Tuesday, the Montana Department of Environmental ...

A giraffe named Gracie escaped in Texas. No one can seem to find her

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press A giraffe named Gracie is missing in Texas, and the search for her has become a tall order. Gracie, who is about 3 years old, has been missing for nearly two weeks after escaping her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch in the Texas Hill Country, said Vic ...

DeWine vetoes bill requiring photo ID for mail voting in Ohio

By ANDREW TOBIAS/Signal Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a new Republican-passed bill that would have required Ohioans to show a photo ID to vote by mail. DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for ...

17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A coalition of 17 states and a trade association representing U.S. wholesalers and distributors have sued California to block the enforcement of a stringent recycling law that aims to reduce plastic packaging waste. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, argues that ...

Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight

Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks — a grim milestone that could affect whether the United States can keep its measles-free designation. More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first outbreak began on June 20, 2025. Unlike measles outbreaks in Texas, ...

Heat, wind and drought conditions spark wildfires in US West

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City. The Iron Fire in Utah's Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square ...