Bears euthanized after near camping attack in Smokies
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers euthanized two adult black bears after a camper in Elkmont Campground reported a bear biting his arm. Authorities nabbed two roaming males, weighing 178 and 247 pounds, for necropsy and rabies testing.
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Life sentence doesn’t end case of slain officer
HALIFAX AP The life sentence for one man in the slaying of Enfield police Sgt Tonya Gillikin isn’t the end of the case says the district attorney. Douglas E Travis was sentenced to life plus 400 months for murder and related crimes after a 1999 shooting following a robbery. Co defendant Lawrence Brody still faces trial as part of the same incident. Gillikin’s family expresses gratification. relatives of Travis say the trial wasn’t fair.
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Ceremony marks end phase in Warren County PCB fight
A ceremony reunites former demonstrators and state officials to mark the start of resolving the Warren County PCB waste controversy. Decades after protesters blocked a landfill site, the state plans to bake contaminated soil in high tech ovens to extract PCBs, producing about 30,000 gallons of oil. The site may later become a park.
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