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The seven-story Bekins storage tower in Downtown Fresno could be getting a makeover both temporary and citrusy. The Fresno Historic Preservation Commission has scheduled a public hearing Oct. 23 for an application to install a

John Rupe, of Tulsa, has been appointed to a five-year term on the Grand River Dam Authority Board of Directors by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.

Plants come with pretty good security alert systems against pests and maladies. But entomologist Fiona Goggin wants to give them an upgrade to mount faster, more robust defenses against diseases and nematodes that attack them through the soil. Goggin is a professor of entomology in the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agricultures research arm, and Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. She has spent years studying th...