Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation examined how a lack of federal funding and climate change severely impact ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

Rose Senehi makes the short walk from the house where she has lived for two decades to sit in a worn rocking chair along the ...

Police Officer Russ Nichols, who is presently on leave following back surgery, serves as deputy emergency manager for the county under David Compton and preceded Mercer as the city’s director. Mercer ...

Newton's council scheduled a hearing on potential increases for new water and sewer hookups. The proposal would hike water fees by 9.4% and sewer hookups by 3.3%. The council also approved a ...

Cocoa City Council passed an ordinance requiring residents to connect to the new sewer system once available. Homeowners are concerned about potential costs if grants don't cover the entire septic ...

“With the passage of the tax reallocation, we now have a clear financial path to complete the long-overdue improvements to our sewer infrastructure. This vote allows us to finally shift from reacting ...

Des Moines has completed a multi-million dollar project to eliminate combined sewer overflows into the Des Moines River. The project, mandated by the Clean Water Act, separated stormwater and ...

Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent ...

DAY FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. WELL, IF YOU HAVE SEWER BACKUPS IN YOUR HOUSE, THIS NEXT STORY MAY SERVE AS A WARNING. A HOMEOWNER IS RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT COSTLY REPAIRS.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Tree roots caused a blockage in a sanitary sewer pipe Wednesday, leading to a sewer overflow in Dubuque. According to a release from the City of Dubuque, “tree roots grew ...

EMPTY VESSEL: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge, by Ian Kumekawa Container ships are designed to be blandly functional. Gigantic metal platforms, they chug along from port to port and ...