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Paul Newman's camp for sick kids rises from the ashes
March 21, 2023 - 9:13 AM

ASHFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amarey Brookshire was devastated when she heard about the fire at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children — her camp.
At Home: Gear, toys, tips to help beat the heat outdoors
July 26, 2022 - 7:21 AM

The thermostat has officially hit swelter. Whether you're trying to play in the backyard or just chill outdoors, there's a bunch of new ideas and gear designed to help everyone — pets included — stay cool.
From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics
September 11, 2021 - 7:31 AM

FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — The bald, broad-shouldered cyclist has spent years remembering a nighttime road in a faraway city. He can still describe the city’s narrow streets and crushing heat. He talks about the dead end that forced his convoy turn around.
Polio: When vaccines and re-emergence were just as daunting
June 08, 2021 - 5:55 AM

CINCINNATI (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic and the distribution of the vaccines that will prevent it have surfaced haunting memories for Americans who lived through an earlier time when the country was swept by a virus that, for so long, appeared to have no cure or way to prevent it.
Hardships from Hawaii volcano stretch on 1 year later
May 03, 2019 - 2:58 PM

PAHOA, Hawaii - A year after a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island rained lava and gases in one of its largest and most destructive eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and farms in the disaster are still struggling to return to their cherished island lifestyle.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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Paul Newman's camp for sick kids rises from the ashes

At Home: Gear, toys, tips to help beat the heat outdoors

From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics

Polio: When vaccines and re-emergence were just as daunting

Hardships from Hawaii volcano stretch on 1 year later

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