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Aurora GreenFest will return to Prisco Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. The free and green-minded festival will have a full day of activities, speakers, food trucks, and mo...

On April 21, New England Congregational Church in Aurora celebrated Earth Day with a presentation by two congregants who are environmental experts. Titled “Creating Environmental Justice in our Wor...

Despite lingering concerns that Kane County taxpayers might be on the hook for the $39 million, county board members pushed ahead with a funding plan for a “Mayo Clinic” makeover of the county hea...

Kane County, in a new draft plan designed to fight climate change, has set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2050. The county’s Climate Action Implementation Plan, currently in draft form and accepting public input, recommends actions that will reduce the county’s greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to the effects of climate change. Across eight categories, the plan lays out ...

The product of an 82-person volunteer team and more than 1,000 community survey responses, Kane County recently released a draft of its first Climate Action Implementation Plan. The plan spans eight s...

Kane County Board Member David Young tried to push through a measure supporting the residents who have continued to urge local public health officials to reject COVID-19 vaccine promotion and mandates. But the majority of county board members rejected the proclamations message for a variety of reasons.

Standing before the Geneva City Council, June Maher held up an edited version of the city’s logo. Instead of one with a prominent tree in the middle, it contained a stump. She called the west suburb, “Stump City USA,” saying that city and county leaders allowed trees that are hundreds of years old to be cut down through inaction. “In my heart of hearts, I do feel that leadership could have ...

Democrats battled against fellow Democrats in a debate that ultimately saw Kane County adopt new rules that will see the use of union labor for all of the most valuable county construction work.

One of the larger gravel quarries in Kane County hoped to extend mining operations later into the night.

Aurora Greenfest featured a wide variety of vendors, exhibits and more dealing with the environment.