At that time, Strickland said it was in the best interest of the county to try to help out businesses and industry in the county by accepting commercial waste, including waste from schools, dairies, poultry farms and small businesses. Nacogdoches County will no longer accept commercial refuse at its three solid waste "transfer stations" following Monday's vote by the commissioner's court. The county got into the commercial waste business a little more than seven years ago, after the county...

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If the bird flu vaccine can be given in a dry powder form, it could solve a couple of the challenges facing organizations trying to provide the vaccine widespread across the world, in preparation for a pandemic. Also a powder vaccine administered through the nose would cut down on costs of medical personnel, since people could self-administer the vaccine nasally. One problem that would be reduced would be the potential for storing the vaccine in countries without decent refrigeration...

Pastoralism is under threat from climate change, shifting global markets and increased competition for land and other natural resources even though it generates substantial income in areas where conventional farming is not possible. Those who believe that pastoralism based primarily on raising livestock in arid and semi-arid lands can last into the 21st century, argue that increased urbanization will mean a greater demand for livestock products, and hence, a greater role for pastoralists....

Dubester, its first director, knocked on doors and connected people to social service organizations. Hispanics, lured in the mid to late 1990s by jobs in Chatham's poultry processing plants and textile factories, made up 11. She and her first husband bought 10 acres, planted a garden and sold vegetables at local farmers markets. A short time later, Dubester saw an ad for a Spanish speaker with the county's agricultural extension agency. She translated for them and, in some cases, went to...