http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-central-valley-flood-control-20170504-story.html By Joseph SernaContact Reporter Picture: Earthmovers shore up levees in and around Tranquillity in preparation for the projected snowmelt. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times) The rain has largely stopped after one of the wettest winters in California. But as spring temperatures begin to climb and snow in the Sierra Nevada melts, the threatread more

http://kiowacountypress.net/content/prevention-rodent-control-keys-preventing-hantavirus Friday, May 5, 2017 State health officials is reminding Coloradans to take steps to avoid hantavirus. There has been one confirmed case of the disease in the state this year, and the patient is recovering. Hantavirus is a rare, but serious and potentially fatal respiratory disease primarily carried by deer mice. People become infectedread more

http://www.nola.com/pets/index.ssf/2017/05/more_rats_in_new_orleans_are_c.html By Wilborn P. Nobles III, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on May 05, 2017 at 1:04 PM, updated May 05, 2017 at 1:05 PM Picture: Roof rats often nest inside attics and forage outdoors, according to the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board. They will forageread more

http://lompocrecord.com/business/local/wilco-distributors-hot-wire-foam-factory-win-evas/article_b043796d-0b1f-559a-b955-1a55d459c3cf.html Apr 16, 2017 Contributed photo Wilco Distributors receives its Economic Vitality Award. From left are Teresa Gallavan, Economic Development Director/Assistant City Administrator; Henry Gallina, EDC member; Mayor-for-the-Day Kris Lopez, VAFB; Blake Hazen, owner; Maria Hall, EDC chair; Patrick Wiemiller, City Administrator; Jasmine McGinty, City Development Programs Specialist; Mayor Bob Lingl; Marcin Dziurawiec, VAFB. 
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