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The Kanawha County Textbook War, also known as the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy, was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States.It led to the largest protests ever in the history of Kanawha County, West Virginia, the shooting of one bystander, and extended school closings.
An emergency burn ban in effect for all Connecticut state parks, forests and wildlife management areas prohibits use of all outdoor grills, firepits, campfires and any outdoor flames.
The West Virginia Legislature and the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia at the West Virginia State Capitol (pictured) cancelled sessions on January 9, following the tap water ban. As a result of West Virginia American Water's notice that the tap water was unsafe following the spill, Charleston area businesses closed and hospitals took ...
In 2021, the local air district and Air Resources Board agreed to a gradual phase-in of the law, starting with large farm operations, with the goal of a near-complete burn ban by Jan. 1, 2025.
A 10-acre woodland fire was reported in Wayne County. Burning is not advised.
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency , 597 U.S. 697 (2022), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court relating to the Clean Air Act , and the extent to which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can regulate carbon dioxide emissions related to climate change .
The announcement from Tippecanoe and Clinton county governments brings Indiana's total to 41 counties under current burn bans, according to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, which ...
On May 9, 1863 during the Jones-Imboden Raid partially to prevent West Virginia's statehood, Confederate raiders set every oil well afire, as well as 120,000 gallons ready for shipping, destroying the town and causing the river (and its forested banks) to burn for miles. The Rathbones and others managed to rebuild somewhat, but in 1865 ...