BILLINGS, Mont. – The Montana parks department says it inadvertently built a public latrine on private land, and it might be cheaper to buy the land than to move the facility. The Billings Gazette reported Tuesday that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks built the $ 15,000 latrine for a public fishing access site on the Madison River… Read More: Montana inadvertently builds public latrine on private land »
California’s San Joaquin Valley is an agricultural powerhouse in the U.S., producing more than $ 17 billion a year in crops on some 7 million acres of fields.1 The region is also home to CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) animals, including cattle. At the valley’s largest feedlot, Harris Ranch, 100,000 cattle are packed in over… Read More: CAFO California — One of the Most Polluted Places on… »
Mary Zeigler donated a kidney to her ex-husband Bill 20 years after the pair split up. (Fox 9 ) Former childhood sweethearts, whose fairytale ended 20 years ago after 24 years of marriage and two children, still fulfilled their promises of “in sickness and in health” after Mary Zeigler provided her ex-husband Bill Henrichs with a kidney.… Read More: Woman donates kidney to ex-husband years after divorce »
The Gilead COMPASS Initiative awarded Transformative Grants to 32 nonprofits battling the HIV epidemic in the South. Together, the recipients represent all nine states in the deep South, and they’re focused on reducing stigma, building organizational capacity, addressing HIV-related disparities in the South and promoting well-being, mental health and trauma-informed care. An overview of the… Read More: 32 “Transformative Grants” Awarded to Groups Fighting HIV in the… »