A state-of-the-art zoo is officially coming to Elk Grove after a marathon City Council session culminated in a 4-1 vote to approve construction of the $302 million project. The Elk Grove City Council approved the long-expected decision late Wednesday night capping nearly four years of discussion, planning and negotiations to relocate the Sacramento Zoo from […]
Apr. 22—The Alamogordo chimps may not be moving after all. Animal rights activists have fought for years to force the National Institutes of Health to allow a colony of former biomedical test subject chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base to retire to a sanctuary in northern Louisiana. Animal Protection New […]
Kentucky’s largest city got a shout out from Forbes, which called Louisville a top destination for transplants this year due to its lower cost of living compared to other big cities, among other quality of life factors. In its analysis, Forbes Home looked at 50 of the most populated cities in the country. It compared […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature Friday. Lawmakers on the Virginia House Appropriations Committee voted 17-3 to advance the measure, a top priority of Republican Gov. Glenn […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland parents are still left with questions as the district announces its in-person learning plans for hundreds of students whose school buildings were left with extensive damage from last week’s storms. Students at the impacted PPS schools will return to in-person learning next Tuesday, Jan. 30, but each one has a […]