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  • Coconino County, federal agencies team up on backcountry alert system for Grand Canyon

    The Grand Canyon River Alert System is a first-of-its-kind system in the U.S. that uses satellite messaging technology to deliver flash flood warnings and emergency alerts to travelers in the remote wilderness areas. Users subscribe by texting from their satellite devices and receive real-time alerts about imminent flash flooding, hazardous conditions, and other emergencies within five minutes of detection. During its test phase, the system successfully issued 29 alerts, and has since made plans to expand.

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  • How German Cities Are Rethinking Women's Safety — With Taxis

    Some German cities have created voucher programs that subsidize the cost of taking a taxi for women who feel unsafe walking or using public transit at night. In Cologne, 1,500 vouchers were used within days of their release, and Munich has more than tripled the number of vouchers it provides due to demand.

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  • Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

    Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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  • Student group banned by DePaul continues to run covert birth control delivery service

    After DePaul University revoked a student organization’s status and ability to distribute sexual health materials on campus, the group, known as the “Womb Service,” began to provide free materials such as condoms, emergency contraception, and pregnancy tests at designated locations on public property near the university. Any student can confidentially request a delivery using an online form, and the group says it gets as many as 25 orders per week.

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  • New App Alerts Users to Rising Rivers and Streams

    RiverAware, an app that uses real-time data from a national network of gauges, has helped citizens, first responders, floodplain managers, scientists, and recreational users such as paddlers and anglers access river-flow data, informing or alerting communities as to when it's time to evacuate or seek higher ground. The data is aggregated from more than 13,000 stream-gauging stations around the country maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Weather Service.

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  • Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

    In one Baltimore neighborhood, residents have organized a grassroots network geared toward protecting the community from ICE raids. Through a Signal group, they communicate about ICE sightings, organize check-ins with neighbors, and help get each other connected with trainings from local organizations focused on protecting immigrant communities.

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  • NHPS: Yondr Pouches Are Working Well So Far

    To encourage students to be more present and attentive throughout the school day, New Haven Public Schools started using Yondr pouches that keep devices like cellphones, smartwatches and airpods safely locked away while school is in session. Both teachers and students report that the pouches have been a positive addition.

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  • How Anambra Is Transforming Primary Healthcare Through Telemedicine

    Anambra State’s telemedicine program is closing the healthcare access gap in rural communities, making universal health coverage more possible. The program began in 2022 and has since hired and trained 42 doctors in providing remote healthcare. As more people use the telemedicine program, public trust in primary healthcare across the region is increasing.

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  • Youth mental health? There's an app — many apps — for that. But are they effective?

    Some youth are using mental health apps to supplement therapy or help them manage their emotions, making mental health care more accessible. While there are limitations regarding the apps’ regulations and validity, some research has found that mental health apps have moderately reduced anxiety, depression and suicide risk among the youth who use them.

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  • New dashboard empowers North Carolinians to track air pollution in real time  

    CleanAIRE NC, an organization that trains residents to collect and share air quality data, uses AirKeeper Dashboard—an interactive mapping tool that displays real-time data from sensors across the state—to help North Carolina communities track and understand local air pollution and advocate for cleaner, healthier air.

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