Clay County Family Gets AmSouth's Fifth Habitat House; New Home in El-Dorado Heights Built With 200 Hours of Volunteer Labor
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The residents of the El-Dorado Heights community have a new neighbor, thanks to hard working AmSouth Bank volunteers, and Clay County Habitat for Humanity project coordinators.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 25--When the Petersens' well ran dry in June, the family dealt with the lack of water the best they could.   The Prunedale residents spent hundreds of dollars for thousands of gallons of water to be trucked to their home.
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By Linda Golz, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 12--The fight over access to water in southern Medina County has been waged for years.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--It's been 12 years in the recipe stage, and now it's about to be served for approval to the Placer County Board of Supervisors.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 6--CONCORD -- Contra Costa County Supervisor Susan Bonilla will hold an open house Wednesday in her new Concord office.
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By Angie Welling Deseret Morning News  With more and more mobile home parks falling victim to expensive real-estate development, a freshman lawmaker is looking for ways to help the displaced residents.  Rep.
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ST. FRANCISVILLE - Volunteers moved a step closer to their goal of building the first Habitat for Humanity home in West Feliciana Parish with the donation of land for the project last month.
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By Melanie D. Scott, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 4--For nearly 20 years, the Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team has worked to provide temporary shelter and food to the homeless throughout the county.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--HANCOCK COUNTY -- Rebuilding delayed due to faulty septic tanks   Thousands of property owners hoping to rebuild their homes here will soon find they are stuck between a rock and a smelly place.
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By Jonnelle Marte, The Miami Herald  Feb. 11--Getting all Pinecrest residents hooked into the county water system and improving Pinecrest Gardens are top priorities Mayor Gary Matzner plans to focus on in his annual State of the Village address Tuesday night.
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By Taylor Bright, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 4--Let's begin this week with some brick and mortar news out of Lancaster County. A 22,000- square-foot customer service center for Kennametal is being built in Indian Land.
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 22--When Mark and Janet Thew bought their lot in Loomis in 1999 and built their Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house the following year, they thought they were putting down roots in a rural paradise.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 8--The federal government is offering Mecklenburg County a big assistance in getting rid of Charlotte's most flood-prone residential area.
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By DAN MCKAY Journal Staff Writer  Water conservation is coming to unincorporated Bernalillo County.
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By Melissa Jenco  mjenco@@dailyherald.com  The Illini are taking up residence in DuPage County.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  By Seth Borenstein  The Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.