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On Friday, March 15, 2019 high school students walked out of school worldwide in what was called "Climate Strike." Earther: "They are the first generation to grow up fully aware that they’ll suffer from climate change. And they refuse to accept inaction anymore."
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) — Freeda George Forman, the daughter of former heavyweight champion George Foreman and briefly a boxer herself, has died at a suburban Houston home. She was 42.
U.S. Forest Service has opportunities for young people. Summer is coming, so let's take a look at what they have to offer....
Catawba Valley Community College provides an innovative approach to a traditional curriculum subject. Since 2004, students enrolled in selected history courses have gained a first hand perspective on the past through CVCC’s HandsOnHistory initiative.
The Asheville Fire Department is accepting applications for its Citizens Fire Academy, which will start March 27.
(Kansas City, Kansas)-- Today, stakeholders held a press conference to call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect clean water and abandon its proposed Dirty Water Rule, the latest in the agency’s relentless efforts to rollback critical protections and make it easier for industry to endanger our kids and communities without any accountability.
RALEIGH – You wouldn’t take photos in the middle of an interstate, so why stand on railroad tracks to get that one shot?
RALEIGH -- With the onset of daylight saving time on Sunday, March 10, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey reminds residents to practice this life-saving habit: When you change your clock this weekend for the beginning of daylight saving time, remember to change the battery in your smoke alarm.
