Haiti military leader says he will stay on despite invasion
Lt Gen. Raoul Cedras told the AP he would resign only if the world recognizes the Jonassaint government installed after Aristide’s ouster. He urged stability, claimed past governments lacked, and said he would not quit early unless a stable regime accepted his resignation. The U.N. peace plan had set an Oct 15 resignation, but Cedras reneged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Raoul Cedras
Associated Press
Emile Jonassaint
Jean Bertrand Aristide
Haiti
Cedras
Jonassaint
Aristide
U.N
United Nations
U.S
William Swing
Grand Inagua Island
Bahamas
Pentagon
William Gray
Clinton
PBS
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Peguyville
Port-au-Prince
Algae bloom chokes Trent River waterways near river towns
Neuse River area residents on the Trent River report heavy plant and algae growth in the water, with some samples from Trent and River Bend areas testing potentially toxic blue-green algae. UNC biologist Hans Paerl notes summer blooms in stagnant waters can be harmful, possibly affecting animals. samples will be tested in Ohio for toxicity, with results expected in about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trent River
Baggetts
John Baggett
Trent
Jane Ann Blackerby
Trent Woods
Rick Dove
Neuse River Foundation
Hans Paerl
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Dove
River Bend
Lawson Creek Park
North Carolina sees first Rocky Mountain spotted fever fatal of year
A recent NC death from Rocky Mountain spotted fever highlights the state’s high case count and tick awareness need. Florian Masson, who moved from California, died after an infected tick likely bit him in Mecklenburg County. Health officials caution fever awareness is vital year round and even backyard tick exposure poses risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Florian Masson
San Francisco
Rocky Mountain
Mecklenburg County
Steve Keener
Flooding in Georgia prompts review of crop disaster aid
Southern Georgia farmers assess crop damage as flood costs trigger debate over how the federal government should compensate losses. A White House task force urges relocating residents from floodplains and a Senate panel weighs merging disaster payments with crop insurance. Georgia counties Crips Crisp Dooly Worth show high loss ratios, with Dooly ranking 15th for disaster losses since 1985.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Georgia
Kenneth Cook
Environmental Working Group
U.S
Cook
Georgia
Congress
Senate
White House
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Senate Environment and Public Works Stree. c
House Agriculture Committee
South Georgia
Cook’s
Crisp County
Dooly County
Worth County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paerl
Ohio
Division
Environmental Management
DEM
Trent Woods Dock
Masson
Cheryl Masson
Ann Landers
The
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!