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Mountain Grove couple named Missouri Tree Farmers of the Year
University of Missouri Extension
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MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. That is what University of Missouri Extension state specialist in forestry Hank Stelzer often hears when talking with landowners, and even some professional foresters, about an...
Minteer awarded NSF grant to develop sustainable fuel technology
Missouri S&T News
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July 3, 2025
How can we turn carbon dioxide into fuel? Biomanufacturing might be the answer. Dr. Shelley D. Minteer, founding director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability and professor of chemistry; and Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh, assistant...
Leaders praise Missouri B-2 bomber pilots steering ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’
Houston Herald - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
Operation Midnight Hammer is the kind of mission that Whiteman Air Force Base’s B-2 Spirit stealth bomber pilots have been trained to do. On Saturday, June 20, it was not a drill. Several national media organizations reported B-2 stealth bombers...
Officials: U.P. at low risk for natural disasters
The Daily Press - Michigan
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ESCANABA — With a string of thunderstorms and unusually warm weather hitting the area over the last few weeks, some may be wondering exactly what risk tornadoes, high winds and other natural disasters pose to Delta County. According to the Federal...
Opinion: Missouri families need the 'Unsafe School Choice Option'
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Susan Pendergrass When asked why they want school choice, families often cite safety as their number one reason, which makes sense. How is a child supposed to learn if they’re afraid to be at school? Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act...
Plants vs. Critters: Missouri Releases Strategy Guide for Backyard Battles
Mix 92.3 - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
Gentle Reader, you might be aware that I've gone a little nuts in the plant department lately. Well, I think it's a little nuts, anyway. I have many, many plants on my back porch and on the front porch, all the way around the house, and inside as...
Missouri Senate committee to hear testimony in MU Health Care and Anthem contract dispute Monday
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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June 29, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate's Insurance and Banking Committee is set to hear testimony from University of Missouri Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on Monday, in an effort to break the stalemate in insurance negotiations....
Grain Belt Express responds as Missouri AG launches investigation over project promises
KHQA 7 - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has launched a civil investigation into Grain Belt Express, accusing the company of misleading the public and misrepresenting the benefits of its massive energy transmission...
Northwest Missouri State advances $105 million infrastructure project
NW Missouri Times
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July 1, 2025
Northwest Missouri State University is progressing with the second phase of a significant infrastructure modernization project this summer. The project, estimated at $105 million, includes an expansion and renovation of Martindale Hall. Upon...
When your garden becomes a drive-thru for wildlife
University of Missouri Extension
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Most gardeners know the frustration of having a beautiful garden decimated by wildlife, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Wildlife can be more formidable pests than insects, diseases and weeds....
Trump’s Scorched Earth Environmental Policies Will Harm Us All
Current Affairs
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July 2, 2025
Since January, the Trump administration has done everything within its power to exacerbate our climate crisis. The budget bill on the horizon will codify much of the DOGE and administrative gutting of climate programs we’ve seen over these last...
Maryville Mosaic named semi-finalist for Missouri Main Street Connection Premier Partner Award
Nodaway News Leader - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville has been named a semi-finalist for the Premier Partner Award by Missouri Main Street Connection, a statewide honor recognizing outstanding partnerships that support the revitalization and sustainability of...
Fort Buford and Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center Planned July Events
The Roundup - Montana
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July 2, 2025
WILLISTON, ND — Learn stories of the past and explore the beauty of the present at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center and Fort Buford State Historic Site near Williston throughout July. Weekly events offer engaging,...
Missouri mosquito testing is inadequate, experts warn after West Nile case in Illinois
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Experts are warning that mosquito monitoring in Missouri is inadequate, days after the first bad case of the West Nile virus this year was discovered in Illinois. Illinois authorities announced this week that a person had been hospitalized with...
After marathon session, Missouri senators give crucial votes to pass massive budget bill
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 1, 2025
Missouri Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt voted in favor of a massive budgetary package on Tuesday that includes controversial restrictions on medical provider taxes. Senators labored overnight on more than 45 amendments to the...
What the Old Lead Belt can teach Missouri about critical mineral mining
Democrat News - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
Ryleigh Hindle/Missouri Business Alert By Ryleigh Hindle, Lydia Williams, Lucy Valeski and Reade Snelling – Missouri Business Alert This story is part of a series by Missouri Business Alert on critical minerals in the state People dressed as...
Gasconade, Osage, Maries, Crawford counties receive Missouri Blue Shield Designation
Gasconade County Republican - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday announced that 201 Missouri counties, cities, and towns have received the Missouri Blue Shield designation. Sixty counties, 137 cities and four towns were approved as Blue Shield communities...
Best golf courses in Missouri 2025: Golfweek names top…
Columbia Daily Tribune - Missouri
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Now that summer is officially underway, it's never been a better time to grab your clubs, call up some buddies and hit the links — golf season is in full swing. And with well more than 300 courses in the state, Missourians aren't short on options...
National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change
Media Matters For America
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Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original episodes of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, CBS’ Mornings and Evening News, and NBC’s Today and Nightly News, as well as all original...
Preserving Missouri's night sky
KCUR - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
People across Missouri and Kansas are losing their starry views to light pollution. But the right lighting decisions can help preserve night skies and benefit animal and human health. Missouri's Thousand Hills State Park is the 12th place in the...