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How researchers, farmers and brewers want to safeguard beer against climate change

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) — On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie’s farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer. Fall is the off-season, when the trellises are bare, but recently, her farming team has been adding winter barley, a relatively newer crop in the world of beer, to their rotation, preparing barley seeds by the bucketful.In the face of human-caused climate change impacting water access and weather patterns in the Willamette Valley — a region known for hops growing — Goschie will need all the new strategies the farm can get to sustain what they produce and provide to local and larger breweries alike.All of a sudden, climate change “was not coming any longer,” Goschie said, “it was here.”Climate change is anticipated to only further the challenges producers are already seeing in two key beer crops, hops and barley. Some hops and barley growers in the U.S. say they’ve al...

SWAT response in south Austin, APD confirms shooting involved officers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is responding to a SWAT situation in south Austin Saturday morning in south Austin.APD confirmed there was an officer-involved shooting in the 9300 block of Bernoulli Drive.It is unconfirmed if there have been any injuries connected to the incident.Austin Police said a public information officer was responding, and KXAN has sent a photojournalist to the scene.Officers have closed West Gate Boulevard between Davis Lane and Slaughter Lane. This is a developing story. Check back with KXAN for updates.

Sturgeon stocking in Red Lake River marks new phase in recovery efforts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

Ongoing efforts to re-establish lake sturgeon populations in the Red River Basin have entered a new phase, with the recent stocking of lake sturgeon fingerlings into two key rivers within the basin.According to Nick Kludt, Red River fisheries specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Detroit Lakes, stocking efforts from 2002 up until 2022 largely focused on lakes within the basin. That included Otter Tail Lake, Detroit Lake, Round Lake and Red and White Earth lakes, Kludt said, the latter two in cooperation with the Red Lake and White Earth nations.Nick Kludt, Red River fisheries specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, stocks fingerling lake sturgeon into the Red Lake River in Crookston on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Staff from the DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stocked the fingerlings at the Central Park public access in Crookston. (Deborah Rose / Minnesota DNR)On Sept. 12, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department stocked 1,000...

Foggy start to the weekend, soon clear skies and seasonal temps

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- We could see a little fog develop over the next couple of hours. Sunny to partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 50s Clouds increase this afternoon and evening and then decrease overnight. Lows around 40. Sunday will be a very typical November day. Sunshine and highs in the low 60s Next week looks dry, with temperatures in the mid-60s.

Duck, duck, no: Commerce City voters draw line on backyard animals at chickens and bees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

Bees buzzed through at the ballot box. Chickens got the check-off.But ducks got dumped.By fewer than 100 votes out of more than 10,000 cast, voters in Commerce City decided ducks shouldn’t be part of the city’s backyard animal mix. Each animal got its own question on the ballot for Tuesday’s election.The unofficial results, as of Friday, show many voters made discerning choices. Don Johnson was among those who singled out ducks for denial.“Ducks are not like chickens,” said Johnson, a resident of Buffalo Run, as he walked into the Bison Ridge Recreation Center with his wife. “When they go to the bathroom, they leave large piles.”In Commerce City’s results, bees did the best with a 64% approval rate. Chickens got through with 58% support. The ducks’ result: 49.6% yes, 50.4% no.The bees’ and chickens’ bases of support are well established.“Bees have become a hot topic, as their importance to the ecosystem is bette...

Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

Many electric utilities are putting up lots of new power lines as they rely more on renewable energy and try to make grids more resilient in bad weather. But a Vermont utility is proposing a different approach: It wants to install batteries at most homes to make sure its customers never go without electricity.The company, Green Mountain Power, proposed buying batteries, burying power lines and strengthening overhead cables in a filing with state regulators on Monday. It said its plan would be cheaper than building a lot of new lines and power plants.The plan is a big departure from how U.S. utilities normally do business. Most of them make money by building and operating power lines that deliver electricity from natural gas power plants or wind and solar farms to homes and businesses. Green Mountain — a relatively small utility serving 270,000 homes and businesses — would still use that infrastructure but build less of it by investing in television-size batteries that homeowne...

How Broncos, assistant Ben Kotwica use three-dimensional Army recruiting tool to help revamp Denver’s special teams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

P.J. Locke sees the opposing punt return unit break its huddle and come toward the line of scrimmage.He’s looking at the front, identifying his man, calling it out and hearing his fellow punt unit teammates doing the same.He’s alert for any pre-snap motion that might be in the repertoire of Buffalo. Or Kansas City. Or Minnesota.The ball gets snapped and… nothing happens.Well, something does. The three-dimensional projection in front of him reloads and the group moves on to the next look.This is part of the way the Broncos learned their playbook this summer and it’s part of the way they stay sharp, halfway between the practice field and the meeting room, out in The Shed.It’s an area adjacent to Denver’s weight room, in a separate building from the actual Centura Health Training Center.Sometimes just seeing the film of a potential pressure or a unique alignment during a special teams meeting isn’t enough. In The Shed, they can split the difference using a program called GoArmy Edge.Th...

One hundred years of Folsom Field: How the CU Buffs’ home became an iconic college football stadium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

In January 1924, the University of Colorado construction crew began laying the foundation for a new stadium.Using a steam shovel to move dirt in a ravine on the northeast side of campus, CU embarked on a project that would eventually cost the university $65,000 all told — or just $2.60 per seat.A century later, the Buffs began a frenzied 2023 season in Boulder marked by the arrival of coach Deion Sanders and an entire slate of sellouts. The home opener against Nebraska brought Big Noon Kickoff and a slew of celebrities. The next week against CSU saw both of college football’s major pregame shows come to town while a rapping Lil Wayne led the Buffs onto the field.With those humble roots and a team that’s had to fight for national relevance at every turn, Folsom Field’s emerged as an iconic venue on the college football landscape, possessing a unique combination of striking scenery, a live mascot and an electricity that’s re-emerged this fall amid the cultural ...

Grading The Week: Deion Sanders, CU Buffs might want to chill on bragging about fights at practice. Lawyers keep receipts, too.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

The only thing the kids in the Grading The Week offices love more than barkin’ up trees is barkin’ up the trees we “ain’t gonna get up,” as Deion Sanders said this past Tuesday in his most contentious exchange with Denver media yet.But some of those same kids, Coach Prime, ya know, they’ve been hanging with college coaches since you were shagging flyballs for the Reds.So when we heard your comments on the CU football coach’s show earlier in the week about not just encouraging intrasquad fights among the Buffs, but “keeping records” as to who won or lost, we had to ask some longtime college coaches we know and trust:Is this … normal talk?Is this normal “coach” behavior?Is this just Deion Sanders saying the “quiet parts” out loud again, and we’re just late to the party?Their responses were unanimous.Nope. Nope. And heck, nope.Sanders’ “fights are good” take — D-“No, itR...

Elias: California towns’ battle for local control still very much in play

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:00 GMT

Increasingly, city governments are becoming the last resort for resisting policies adopted by elected state officials and appointed functionaries who assume authority normally reserved for votes of the people.Related ArticlesLocal News | Elias: California should try same test on homelessness as addiction Local News | Elias: California’s denser housing ‘solutions’ are failing badly Local News | Elias: Butler does California Democrats a big favor in U.S. Senate race The latest prominent example is no-cash bail, a system in which people arrested for nonviolent or minor crimes (though they do include some assaults) can be released quickly with a mere citation telling them to appear in court at a later date.It’s a policy first adopted in 2020 by state legislators and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Voters in 2022 canceled that law, though, in a referendum that passed by a resounding 2 million votes, a margin of 56 to...