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1998 Environment Stories

• 12/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Insects have had a longer season of activity this Fall due to recent warm weather and may still be on Christmas trees that people have brought into their homes.
• 12/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Recent warm weather is causing needles on coniferous trees to be unusually and unseasonably dry this Fall and Winter.
• 11/10/1998: Radio Story - Missouri Lieutentant Governor Roger Wilson tours the Columbia area assessing storm damges there. Wilson is expected to present to Governor Carnahan a storm damage report.
• 11/10/1998: Radio Story - A severe wind storm blew through Columbia, Missouri during the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 10, 1998 causing damage to area homes and businesses
• 11/10/1998: Newspaper Story - A proposed site for a new maximum security prison near Jefferson City is treading on the burial grounds of the Osage Tribe.
• 10/29/1998: Radio Story - St. Louis area drivers will have to get their cars inspected every two years for ozone emissions. The state has begun accepting bids for who will build the inspection stations.
• 10/22/1998: Radio Story - Gov. Carnahan asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help pay for an estimated $8.4 million in damage after this month's Kansas City flooding.
• 10/22/1998: Newspaper Story - Constitutional Amendment 7 in Missouri's November ballot is briefly analyzed.
• 10/13/1998: Radio Story - The Missouri Department of Conservation implements extra hunting season to kill nuisance Canada Geese population.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Missouri River Flood Management Teams assess Missouri River flooding in order to prepare proposal to seek federal emergency relief funding.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - What we learned from the major flooding in 1993 helped prepare us for events like this week's high river levels.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Officials predicted the Missouri River would jump its banks and put the airport under water-- but it didn't happen.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - The director of the State Emergency Management Agency wants the President to free up federal funds to help flood victims.
• 10/ 6/1998: Radio Story - Missouri Lieutenant Governor declares state of emergency due Missouri River flooding.
• 4/28/1998: Newspaper Story - Local governments would be able to regulate billboards under an amendment the House of Representatives passed Tuesday.
• 4/21/1998: Radio Story - The legislature can still satisfy EPA scrutiny by focusing on strict tailpipe testing.
• 4/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Neglecting or abusing your pets could put you in jail if a Senate bill makes it through the House.
• 4/ 7/1998: Radio Story - Senate approves a bill that calls for reformulated gasoline and a tougher auto inspections in St. Louis.
• 3/24/1998: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate approves legislation to toughen auto emission standards and regulations in the St. Louis area.
• 3/ 5/1998: Newspaper Story - The "Chuck Caucus" is lobbying its fellow legislators to name the woodchuck as state marmot.
• 2/20/1998: Newspaper Story - Floodplain farmers and soil conservationists disagree about proposed Senate Bill.
• 2/16/1998: Radio Story - New emissions testing for gasoline is proposed that will meet EPA regulations
• 2/ 4/1998: Radio Story - State officials gave the capitol a closer look after a 300-pound stone fell outside Governor Carnahan's office. Annual inspections are being accelerated. Officials say the capitol is safe.
• 1/27/2027: Radio Story - The Missouri Tourism Division marketing plan has a new look and logo.
• 1/27/1998: Radio Story - A compromise offered during a House committee meeting proposes that school boards be able to pick their start dates, as long as the Friday before Labor Day is a holiday.