JACKSON, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday for remote California communities near a wildfire that may have been sparked by fireworks or a barbecue on the Fourth of July in a mountainous region that's a top tourism destination.

Denver, Colo. (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. He was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn't belong there. “Give me a call when you get this!” he messaged a colleague, snapping photos.

Life Line Screening will be offering affordable health screenings to the Clinton and western Oklahoma community on Thursday, July 14, at the First Christian Church.

Aided by record collections from oil and gas production, gross receipts to the treasury in June and for the just-ended fiscal year show the state’s economy continues to expand in spite of current inflationary pressure, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced recently.

Agents from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Office of the Inspector General (OIG), with the assistance of law enforcement agents across multiple jurisdictions, took part in a warrant roundup June 28-30. The operation resulted in 12 arrests for offenses ranging from parole violations to escape from custody.

DO JUST ONE THING

•One of the greenest things you can do when taking care of your yard is to leave the grass clippings on your lawn and not dispose of them in trash bags. But it's also important to make sure those clippings (and leaves and other organic yard debris) stay in your yard and not on hard surfaces like your driveway and sidewalks. The reason? When it rains, these items can end up in storm drains and waterways. It's better for them to decompose naturally in your yard instead.

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