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LENEXA, Kan. – The Biden-Harris Administration on Wednesday finalized a significantly stronger air quality standard that will better protect America’s families, workers, and communities from the dangerous and costly health effects of fine particle pollution, also known as soot. By strengthening the annual health-based national ambient air quality standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from […]

CLOVER, South Carolina – World Heritage International Student Exchange Program (WH), a Non-Profit, Public Benefit Organization, is seeking local families to host foreign exchange students this coming school year.   World Heritage students come from a variety of countries worldwide: Italy, Denmark, Spain, France, Germany, Ukraine, Japan, Australia, to name just a few. They are between

LENEXA, Kan. – EPA Region 7’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Program invites the public to join a new quarterly Community Stakeholder Meeting that is open to all community members in Region 7, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations. EPA will hold the virtual meeting on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 6:30 to 8

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have drafted a plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean,

Dear Editor, Generosity throughout ​​​​​​ contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected 10 million shoebox gifts in 2023. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2023, the ministry is now sending over 11.3 million shoebox gifts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released Missouri Job Openings and Labor Turnover – November 2023. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted these Missouri highlights:   Missouri had 173,000 job openings in November, compared to 176,000 job openings in October. The job openings rate was

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Regions Bank is the highest-rated bank in Forbes’ newest list of the top 300 U.S. companies for customer service – selected after a year-long survey of 201,000 people providing 4.2 million ratings of more than 3,000 brands.   “We believe the message is resonating: Regions is here to be more than just

By Jackie Dover I am one of those people who like to be early to an event. “If you are on time, you are late” my Grandma Grace used to say. I did not really understand that growing up but now I understand the need to do things a little early or on time. The

ATLANTA, Georgia – The Centers for Disease Control released their weekly snapshot of respiratory viruses Friday, January 19th, 2024 providing a summary of the key viral respiratory illness findings for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV from the past week and access to additional information and figures.   Note: data summaries are based on CDC subject matter