VINELAND — The digital age is making itself felt in expansion plans for a private industrial park in East Vineland. The owner of an industrial park has decided to market it as a good location for a data center complex, an unexpected but acceptable idea under local zoning and a redevelopment plan for that area. […]
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FEMA recovery centers in some East Texas counties to close on Sundays
TRINITY, Texas (KETK) – FEMA Region 6 has announced that several disaster recovery centers across the state and here in East Texas will start to be closed on Sundays starting June 30. UPDATE: Smith, Van Zandt counties approved for FEMA assistance The following counties will have their FEMA disaster recovery centers start to be closed […]
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AISD renews contract with Austin Voices for family resource centers at five campuses
After a contract process that ended in April in the disqualification of both applications, the Austin school district has signed a new contract with Austin Voices for Education and Youth to run family resource centers at five campuses in North and East Austin. The Austin school board’s decision during a June 20 meeting maintains the […]
New Orleans cooling centers to reopen Saturday
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The City of New Orleans has announced the opening of two cooling centers as people cope with the high temperatures. Those seeking shelter from the heat on Wednesday, June 26, were allowed to cool off inside the city’s Main Library on Loyola Avenue and the Central City Library on Jackson Avenue. […]
As troops struggle to find child care, 24-hour centers offer help
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In the wee hours of the morning, Master-at-Arms 1st Class Imani Solomon pulls on her Navy uniform, loads her 5-year-old son Isaiah’s stuffed backpack into the car, and heads back upstairs to gather her still-sleeping son. The sky is still dark as she gently buckles Isaiah into the car. Most days, […]
Vintage postcard of Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza shows shopping center’s early history
Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at InsideLook@kcstar.com. The Country Club Plaza did not emerge full grown, as this postcard from the early 1930s […]
Temperatures causing Arkansans to find ways to beat the heat, organizations open cooling centers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As things are heating up, people are trying to cool down. Multiple cities around central Arkansas are providing resources, to help keep people safe during these dangerous temperatures. UPS drivers to get air conditioning in delivery vehicles for first time Dee McCastle took her kids to the local splash pad. “It’s […]
University of Utah closing, reorganizing LGBTQ+, women’s resource centers under new law
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The University of Utah said some of its student resource centers will soon be closed or otherwise reorganized once House Bill 261 — “Equal Opportunity Initiatives” — goes into effect on July 1. “Under HB 261, ‘Equal Opportunity Initiatives,’ student services must be available to all students and not provided […]
Nearly 50 NYC schools open on Sunday as cooling centers amid heat wave
The early-summer heat wave bringing scorching temperatures to much of the country has led New York City officials to open as many as 45 public schools to serve as cooling centers on Sunday. Heat advisories will remain in effect in the tri-state area through 8 p.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service said in a Saturday […]
Maui centers assisting fire survivors in transition to new site
Two resource centers set up to assist survivors of the Maui wildfires will close at the end of the month and transition to one location at Lahaina Gateway, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. The Disaster Recovery Center at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, and the Community Resources Center at Royal Lahaina […]
Data centers offer energy peril and promise, with the Midwest increasingly in the crosshairs
Power-hungry data centers could put a strain on Midwestern electric grids. High-voltage power lines photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area are emerging as major players in the national data center explosion, most notably with Microsoft’s $3.3 billion planned data complex near Racine, Wisconsin. Clean energy advocates in the region say […]