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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Looking for their first new leader in more than 10 years, Vanderburgh County Republicans chose Mike Duckworth over Steve Ary Saturday by the narrow margin of 47-40. The election among GOP precinct committee members at Faithway Baptist Church brought out such party luminaries as Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, a Vanderburgh County resident, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and former Mayor Russ Lloyd Jr. Local Democrats, as they had known they would, chose party treasurer Cheryl Schultz on Saturday to lead them for the next four years. Schultz was the only candidate in a virt...

February 11, 2021 Photo Cheryl Schultz Researchers created the “Western Monarch Mystery Challenge” to help inform conservation efforts for the plummeting western monarch population. SANTA CRUZ, Calif.— Migratory western monarch has declined by more than 99% since the 1980’s. The Xerces Society, an international invertebrate conservation nonprofit, reported that the total number counted in 2020 was down to 1,914, a drop by more than 90% from the prior year — a count already below the threshold at which scientists warned the migration may collapse. To help scientists gain insight into...

Monarch Population in California Spirals to Another Record Low By Emma Pelton on 30 November 2020 Emma Pelton [Editor's note: This blog was revised on Friday, 12/11/20, to update the population estimates with new count data.] Early count numbers from Xerces’ Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count suggest that the western migratory population is headed for an all-time low. With approximately 95% of the data in, only 1,800 monarchs have been reported. We anticipate a final total of less than 2,000 monarchs overwintering in California this year. This is a...