Tag: mud

International Mud Day celebrations bring family fun to Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mud: It’s something kiddos can’t resist playing in, but it is also necessary for plants, crops, and other vital agriculture to thrive. Albuquerque’s Open Space Division celebrated International Mud Day in northwest Albuquerque near Coors Boulevard. Fundraiser aims to help 121-year-old Albuquerque building stay structurally secure The worldwide celebration aims to bring […]

Old video of hippos bathing in mud not filmed in Bangladesh

An old video of hippos in a muddy creek was repeatedly shared in posts that falsely claimed it was filmed in a dried-up waterway in southwestern Bangladesh following a suffocating heatwave in April 2024. The video has circulated online since November 2022 in posts about a national park in Uganda. “What’s this thing showed up […]

Kids Mud Run coming up June 2, and more Oshkosh news in brief

OSHKOSH – Oshkosh YMCA will host the ninth annual Kids Mud Run June 2. Kids 4 to 16 are invited to get wet and muddy as they complete a 1-mile course with more than 15 obstacles. Proceeds from the event support the For All Financial Assistance Program, which provides financial assistance to youth, families and […]

New adventure for DeMarco, new chief at energy agency and a message in the mud

Jamie DeMarco, the Maryland director of the regional Chesapeake Climate Action Network and a second-generation Annapolis lobbyist, is about to embark on a new, adjacent professional journey. Beginning Aug. 1, DeMarco will move over to the environmental group’s advocacy organization, the CCAN Action Fund, to simultaneously work on two independent expenditure campaigns this election season: […]

40 people work to free two horses stuck in mud for hours in Connecticut

Two horses that were trapped in the mud for several hours in Lebanon, Connecticut, were freed by dozens of people Saturday. Firefighters first got a call about the animals in a swampy area behind a farm about 2. p.m., the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department wrote on Facebook. Fire officials said they were able to shuttle […]

Rescuers free 2 horses stuck in the mud in Connecticut

LEBANON, Conn. (AP) — Two horses stuck deep in mud for hours in Connecticut were pulled out by more than a dozen rescuers Saturday, emerging messy and tired, but safe. A trio of horses were walking from a pasture to a barn though swampy woods in Lebanon, Connecticut, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of […]