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Yates County approves additional funding for capital project amid soil contamination Yates County

PENN YAN — The Yates County Legislature once again has amended its contract with an engineering firm to deal with contaminated soil at the site of a $26 million capital

PENN YAN — The Yates County Legislature has approved more funds to deal with contaminated soil at the site of a $26 million capital project.

PENN YAN — The “acting” tag has been removed from Jessica Mullins’ title as Yates County administrator.

PENN YAN — The Yates County Legislature has signed off on more than $744,000 in funding for tourism-related activities and projects in the area.

PENN YAN — Yates County has a new county administrator, but not without some debate and barbed words by county legislators.

PENN YAN — Despite some opposition, the Yates County Legislature has authorized spending hundreds of thousands of additional dollars on engineering services for the county’s broadband project.

PENN YAN — Yates County is adding an employee to its information technology department, although some legislators opposed the move.

In Arizona’s Pinal county water cuts have become a reality even before this month’s historic deal by states to use 13% less water from stricken river

These are desperate days for the Colorado River. The pulsing lifeblood of the U.S. southwest is increasingly parched. To avert catastrophe, the U.S. government will, within weeks, propose historic cuts in water access to protect a system on which some 40 million people directly rely.