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'A smashing good time': Destructive boat races with no water sail in popularity each year at...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 20—A Stateline staple, it's an event simply called the boat races. The nearest body of water is about 4 miles away. The racetrack spectacle mixes racing and demolition-derby destruction ...
Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis story originally appeared on Stateline. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — About a year ago, veterinarian...
Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl.
Stateline.org via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 5—A new Stateline analysis shows that U.S. residents under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths. Death ...
Drought hits the Midwest, threatening crops and the world's food supply
Stateline.org via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJun. 23—City leaders in Storm Lake, a rural community of 11,000 in Northwest Iowa, are asking residents not to wash their cars or water their yards and gardens during the hottest part of the ...
'It's an emergency.' Midwest towns scramble as drought threatens drinking water.
Stateline.org via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 15—SEDAN, Kan. — James Rainbolt typically can tackle most problems at his rural water plant with some extra time or money. But he can't fix this. "I just can't make it rain," he said. Like ...
America’s abortion access divide is reshaping blue-state border towns
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Tennessee-based health care provider announced plans in May — just one week after POLITICO published the draft Supreme Court opinion that foreshadowed the end of federal abortion protections ...