Hacker News with Generative AI: Local News

Lawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at Portland racetrack after Guardian story (theguardian.com)
An Oregon legislator has moved to ban the use of leaded fuel at a racetrack in Portland following community outcry and a Guardian investigation.

Environment, Politics, Local News, Racing, Journalism

15 points by PaulHoule 22 days ago | 13 comments

Interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood (grist.org)
By the time President Donald Trump retook office, lawmakers had announced nearly $700 billion in funding for infrastructure- and climate-related projects under two bills passed during Joe Biden’s administration — the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Politics, Infrastructure, Climate Change, Local News

9 points by rntn 47 days ago | 0 comments

Clark County Election Analysis (electiontruthalliance.org)

Politics, Elections, Local News

38 points by defrost 52 days ago | 15 comments

Island residents are still dealing with the fallout of exploded Starship (cnn.com)

SpaceX, Accidents, Texas, Environment, Local News

76 points by janpot 61 days ago | 46 comments

Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting "small town America" (niemanlab.org)
Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person.

Artificial Intelligence, Journalism, Local News, Marketing

28 points by giuliomagnifico 64 days ago | 4 comments

More than half of U.S. counties have no or limited access to local news (2023) (medill.northwestern.edu)
The loss of local newspapers accelerated in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, leaving more than 200 counties as “news deserts” and meaning that more than half of all U.S. counties now have limited access to reliable local news and information, researchers at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University have found.

Local News, Journalism, Media, United States, Research

36 points by grajaganDev 73 days ago | 6 comments

Springfield, KS (unworld.neocities.org)
SUNNY SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES PREDICTED ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY. CLARK ST. POOL BACK OPEN, COME ON DOWN!

Weather, Local News, Community

7 points by joebig 107 days ago | 6 comments

Stephen King to shut down his 3 radio stations in Maine (nytimes.com)
Stephen King, the horror author whose books have sold hundreds of millions of copies, inspired classic films and disturbed untold nights of sleep, has long played another role closer to his home in Maine: local media magnate.

Stephen King, Media, Maine, Author, Local News

136 points by tintinnabula 120 days ago | 220 comments

EPA holds meeting updating Fifth Ward residents on testing for toxic chemicals (click2houston.com)
The Environmental Protection Agency held another meeting in Houston’s Fifth Ward providing an update on the agency’s testing regarding toxic chemicals in the area.

Environmental Issues, Local News, Government, Health

4 points by Jimmc414 144 days ago | 0 comments

We're excited about our new roundabout (blogspot.com)
A new roundabout opened along SR 203 in late June south of Monroe at the intersection with High Rock Road and 203rd Street Southeast.

Transportation, Infrastructure, Local News

190 points by aendruk 179 days ago | 303 comments

Roger Cook Has Died (boston.com)

Obituaries, Boston, Local News

11 points by jackallis 222 days ago | 2 comments

Pizza meter is off the charts and the "bars" in DC are empty near The Pentagon (twitter.com)

Social Media, Washington D.C., Food, Local News

11 points by iamflimflam1 243 days ago | 3 comments

What Happens When a Powerful Corporation Owns the Local News? (npr.org)

Journalism, Media, Corporations, Local News

13 points by thunderbong 261 days ago | 0 comments

AP launches a sister organization seeking grants to support local, state news (apnews.com)