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Heat can wreck roads

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Although not as dramatic as the name would imply, pavement “blowups” are the summer’s version of potholes.
THIS DAMAGE is visible on Route J in southern Ray County. The surface, like surfaces on roads across the Northland, suffers from numerous cracks and potholes, with some of the wear being due to blowups, Missouri Department of Transportation information states. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

COVID-19 NUMBERS GROW

Body WEEK AGO, Missouri topped 100,000 COVID-19 cases; and this week, the nation surpassed 200,000 deaths, based on records kept by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
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Missouri bicentennial group creating time capsule

Body COLUMBIA– The State Historical Society of Missouri and the St. Louis Ambassadors seek public participation to develop a bicentennial time capsule containing items that document Missouri’s past, present and future.
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Coalition launches redesigned website

Body KANSAS CITY-NORTH – The Northland Coalition, the tri-county umbrella coalition for 20 local community coalitions, has launched a newly designed, user-friendly website featuring expanded prevention information, resources and partnership contacts, coalition information states.
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Researchers seek safe ways to boost farm production

Body AMES, Iowa – At the edge of a corn field on a clear but windy June day, microbiologist Tom Moorman lifts a metal lid and reveals a collection of bottles, tubes, meters and cables in a shallow pit. The system is designed to capture runoff from 24 plots.
AMY MEYER | Harvest Public Media USDA microbiologist Tom Moorman kneels beside the collection system that segregates water from unique drain lines placed under 24 plots.

Annual street maintenance projects completed

Body RICHMOND – Richmond’s infrastructure includes about 42 miles of city streets that the city maintains, with this year’s summer work completed. Streets are maintained regularly to ensure a viable transportation system for residents, businesses and visitors, city information states.
A SMOOTH SURFACE follows street work outside Ray County Memorial Hospital.
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