Ivan Gilder News Today

With the ascendancy of Rohli Booker to the Fort Wayne City Council, the organization Advancing Voices of Women sees another of its associates rise to a position to shape city

'It looked like an umbilical cord,' one woman said of a deadly tornado that struck Westmoreland in northeast Kansas.

Tribal communities, including those in New Mexico, can now apply for grant funding and direct assistance to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells across Indian Country. The U.S. Department of Interior is accepting applications for $55 million meant to address plugging, remediation and reclamation of these abandoned wells, along with soil and habitat restoration. ...

A conservation easement nine years in the making will benefit a local Texas community by preserving almost 1,000 acres. The Bayou Land Conservancy easement with Tranquility Ranch, within the Houston metro area, protects land along Lake Creek in Montgomery County. Jill Boullion, executive director of the Bayou Land Conservancy, said helping communities with issues such as flood control, improved water quality and wildlife habitat preservation are among the organizations long-term goals. ...

On Monday, Arkansans will have the opportunity to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event, a total solar eclipse. It will be visible along a narrow track and will briefly put parts of the United States, Mexico and Canada in complete darkness. Uta Meyer, center manager for the Little Rock Audubon Center and Audubon Delta, said her group is providing Little Rock residents with an observation form to track birds and other creatures activity throughout the eclipse. ...

States are working to find solutions to make their air and water cleaner and safer for their communities but the path is not always clear-cut. A case before the Supreme Court questions if states are doing as much as they can. The EPA Good Neighbor Plan demands 23 states reduce the amount of industrial facility smog over concerns the pollutants are contaminating nearby states. ...

Is the Peace Corps still around? Is it as relevant now as when it was created by President John F. Kennedy in 1960? What impact do Peace Corps volunteers play

Of the limited-edition new design options for Allen County Public Library cards, The Blue Birds design is the most popular for new registrations.

The first opinion column I wrote on behalf of the co-founders of AVOW Advancing Voices Of Women was submitted in February 2017 with the title “How we can stop demonizing

Advancing Voices of Women is approaching its seventh anniversary as the four co-founders work to determine how to further expand the organization.