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California Coastal Commission staff met with a Newport Beach staff member earlier this month to discuss the city's fire ring removal application then followed up with a letter listing four points where the application needs clarification before the...

Fall’s crisp breeze might make the summer’s hot, dry conditions seem like just a memory, but the 2012 drought’s brutal effects are carrying over into autumn. Arborists and forestry specialists are predicting less vibrant fall palate this...

All over Northern Michigan, a billion small deaths are happening. Lucky for our residents, those deaths will result in a brilliant landscape of color. "Here's basically what happens: as the sun angle goes down in the fall, a tree's leaves lose the...

Edmunds County 4-H Members displayed their 2012 projects and animals at the 4-H Achievement Days held August 1-3 in Ipswich. Crowned 4-H royalty was Queen Kayla Perrion, daughter of Doug and Janice Perrion of Ipswich and King Austin Weisser, son of Rick...

Feeder Steer Purple - Alex Aesoph, Highmore Breeding Gilt Purple - Dylan Wager, Seneca Static Exhibits Aerospace & Rocketry: Hadrick, Teigen, 9, Model Constructed Rockets, Purple Cramer, Taylor, 10, Model Constructed Rockets, Purple...

“We’ve known each other since we were in diapers” is a commonly-used expression. And for John Saylor and Jason McKinley, the expression is true. “I always say God didn’t give me a brother, but he gave me Jason McKinley,&...

This year's North American flower-popularity contest, as voted on by consumers, is now open for voting! This year, there are six contestants flaunting their showy petals in 28 participating public gardens throughout the United States. For those...

IPSWICH — When Keith Hainy graduated from South Dakota State Universityin 1974 with a degree in plant science, he had every intention of returning to the farm where he was raised.  "I decided to get other experience, and I never went back," said...

IPSWICH - When Keith Hainy graduated from South Dakota State University in 1974 with a degree in plant science, he had every intention of returning to the farm where he was raised. "I decided to get other experience, and I never went back," said Hainy,...

As Cydney Steeb, advanced master gardener with the Emmet Conservation District, warned in her July 11 gardening column, "beware the wild parsnip!" It's a plant that has earned the name "noxious," if ever such a term was earned. If broken open, the...

I am writing in response to your article "Too many occupational licenses?" (Commentary, May 31). Specifically, I am writing about the licensing of tree experts. The work of a tree expert is very dangerous; rates of fatality and injury are among the...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cattle are being bred with genes from their African cousins who are accustomed to hot weather. New corn varieties are emerging with larger roots for gathering water in a drought. Someday, the plants may even be able to...