Wall Display at the Monument Memorializes Flood Victims,

WALL DISPLAY AT THE MONUMENT

TO MEMORIALIZE FLOOD VICTIMS,

CELEBRATE CITY’S GREENWAY

50-foot wall display will include

interactive elements, visuals, testimonials;

Public invited to June 9 unveiling ceremony

RAPID CITY, SD—The victims of the 1972 Black Hills Flood and Rapid City’s commitment to preserving the community’s greenway created in the floodwater’s path of destruction are now memorialized with the

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Assembly committee OKs resolution encouraging cities to

The state Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday passed a resolution that encourages cities with decades-old anti-cruise ordinances, such as National City, to repeal them and recognize the cruising culture.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 176, introduced in April by Assemblymember Luz Rivas, D-San Fernando Valley, was approved unanimously and now moves to the full Assembly.

The resolution is a symbolic gesture

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The Texas Abortion Ban Has Turned Clinics Into Travel

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Patients entering the bright third-floor offices of Houston Women’s Reproductive Services used to follow the familiar steps for a routine medical appointment: check in, get your blood pressure taken, have other vitals examined. But for the past nine months, the

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Why sounds and smells are as vital to cities as the sights

Around the world, researchers like Howes are investigating how nonvisual information defines the character of a city and affects its livability. Using methods ranging from low-tech sound walks and smell maps to data scraping, wearables, and virtual reality, they’re fighting what they see as a limiting visual bias in urban planning.

“Just being able to close your eyes for 10

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