Tire recycling program to begin in county Sept. 1
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Waste center hopes to get rid of debris where water collects and mosquitoes tend to breed. By Diana Lamirand. Recycling junk tires may take a bite out of the local mosquito population.
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By Charles Rabin and Curtis MorganMiami-Dade County leaders see a pot of gold at the end of a runway. It's a not-so-long, largely ignored airport runway in the far northwest corner of the county now used for drag racing instead of takeoffs.
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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 The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--RALEIGH -- Wake County Solid Waste Management is kicking off its  annual Telephone Book Recycling Program as new directories arrive on  doorsteps.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- A local environmental group that is fighting a planned industrial park project in Newhall asked the city Thursday to reconsider a recycling facility that would be the first project built there.
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 16--The Daviess County Sheriff's Department completed training Thursday to use the container program offered by the Kentucky State Police that provides a disposal method for methamphetamine lab waste.
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Steven A. Silverman (D-At Large), Montgomery County Council president, yesterday introduced a proposal to require a special permit for free-standing discount stores larger than 120,000 square
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 10--For about two years, the Daviess County Sheriff's Department has been disposing of methamphetamine lab waste at the Daviess County landfill.
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By Heather Civil, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 15--FREEPORT -- Walton County has moved a step closer to building an affordable workforce housing project.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Sep. 16--Walton County commissioners may apply for an exemption from a new state statute rescinding the current ban against operating all terrain vehicles on public roads. The new statute, which goes into effect Oct.
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By Kelly Marshall Fuller, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 8--Georgetown County Council is working to fine-tune a list of projects that will shape the county for the next 15 years, including improvements to the local airport and a new judicial center.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 3--BOLIVAR -- Dealing with the problems at Countywide Disposal & Recycling Facility in southern Stark County is the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's No. 1 priority.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer (812) 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  A more beautiful Burkhardt Road is the goal of Vanderburgh County officials who launched a project Tuesday to spruce up the major shopping corridor on Evansville's East Side.
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By Kathryn Thier, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 21--Iredell County will take over erosion control permitting and enforcement from the state July 1.   Silted coves pose hazards to boaters and swimmers and can diminish property values.
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By Liam Ford, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 10--Chicago officials said Saturday they will expand a pilot recycling program, a sign that the city might be moving toward waving a white flag for its blue bag recycling--a program with a low participation rate a decade after it started.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 11--OCEAN SPRINGS -- Jackson County supervisors have asked staff to help find a way that would allow volunteers with a major relief operation to continue using the county landfill for refuse they create when they reconstruct homes.
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By Jeffrey S. Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 9--Camden County could get revenue from a 490-acre landfill even while opponents try to keep it from getting built.