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To the Editor: Harker Heights should hold a public referendum on acquiring Dana Peak park from the Corps of Engineers as part of the May election, instead of taking a City Council-only vote that has been shielded from the public’s scrutiny. A public referendum allows the public to better ask how a city that has already grown its debt load 25% in the last three years to over $40M, if it has a solid plan to take on a park and make repairs, that during the last flood, resulted in $30M of federal repairs. All future repair costs would be fully paid by only Harker Heights citizens if the city...

1:09 KLCC's Brian Bull breaks the news that your favorite NPR station isn't hosting its annual Brewfest this year, due to COVID-19. If you guessed COVID-19 is to blame, you’re right. Given pandemic protocols and the concern for people’s safety and well-being, KLCC has determined that its biggest fundraiser and community get-together…should not happen. KLCC staffer Kris Fox (left) and former Brewfest co-coordinator Gayle Chisholm (right) at last year's event. Credit KLCC Photo Booth / KLCC Kris Fox is KLCC’s membership director and co-coordinator of the Brewfest.  She says this woul...

5:14 COVID-19 has taken a toll on businesses across the country. As WAMC’s Jackie Orchard found out, zoos are having a wild ride during the pandemic as well. Some parts of life at the Utica Zoo are the same as before the COVID-19 pandemic, like this flamingo mating dance on a recent day. Utica Zoo Executive Director Andria Heath standing in front of the newly built playground which cannot open until the pandemic ends. Credit Jackie Orchard / WAMC But Executive Director Andria Heath says everything about how the Utica Zoo used to function had to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.