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Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader stands outside of U.S. District Court in Charleston on Friday after testifying that the flood of prescription opioid pills fueled the addiction crisis in Huntington and Cabell County. Photo by Lauren Peace.
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Jan Rader left the defense without questions on Friday.
The Huntington Fire Chief detailed life on the frontlines of an overdose epidemic that she says wreaked “carnage” across her community. Rader was the last person to testify during the first week of a landmark trial brought by Cabell County and the City of Huntington against the “Big Three” drug distributors.
TAMUCC students create robot that can pick up trash
Students describe it as an ocean Roomba
A group of TAMU-CC students have developed a robot that they use to help keep the ocean clean.
and last updated 2021-05-05 19:34:39-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â A group of students from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has created a robot for their capstone project that they describe as a Roomba for the ocean.
Their device is able to clean up about 20 pounds of trash like plastic water bottles and beer cans. They called it A.D.D.R.A.R. which stands for Autonomous Debris Detection and Removal Aquatic Robot.
City of Corpus Christi approves marina renovation budget
Budgeting includes renovated docks and boat slips
City of Corpus Christi approves marina renovation budget
and last updated 2021-04-28 21:12:21-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â The Corpus Christi City Council unanimously approved $14.2 million in sales tax funding, which will go towards renovating the downtown marina, including the docks and boat slips.
City Manager Peter Zanoni said a total of five docks will be replaced as well as about 33 percent of the boat slips, totaling to about 200. Zanoni said newer technology will be used so that the marina will be protected against deterioration from weather including hurricanes.
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