After years of silence on West Plains ‘forever chemicals’ — and with an election looming — County Commissioner Al French has promised to pipe water to ‘everybody’ with a contaminated well, but his plan is thin on detail. Meanwhile, he’s known about the contamination since 2017.
For years, the air force base relied on a now-outdated standard for ‘forever chemicals’ to assure West Plains well owners they were out of harm’s way. The EPA has established a much lower, legally-binding drinking water limit for PFAS, and Fairchild’s water provision program will likely expand.
A Community School student tells you everything you need to know to understand the background behind the mifepristone case recently decided by the Supreme Court
"You will find your place. You will find your people. You will find yourself, all of the colorful parts of you that deserve to be recognized and honored."
Hours after getting a fresh coat of paint, the Pride mural downtown was vandalized again. But the queer community and their allies are rallying around the flag, which is still bright on the pavement of Spokane Falls Blvd.
