The neighbors who ran toward the Milwaukee duplex fire
The fire department got there in a little over four minutes, which is a good response time in any city.
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How border town libraries became cooling centers during record heat waves
The library did not volunteer for this. It has air conditioning, it is free, and it does not...
Communities
Keeping watch with the overnight ham radio operators of Cochise County
At two in the morning there are perhaps six people awake and listening across a county the size...
Communities
How county zoning laws affect who can build a backyard cottage
A small second home in the back garden is one of the few kinds of housing an ordinary homeowner can add without being a developer.
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How border search and rescue volunteers find lost desert hikers
Most of the people who go missing in the desert around Tucson are not experienced hikers who made a dramatic error.
Communities
The volunteer divers who search Wisconsin rivers for lost belongings
They are not looking for bodies. That work belongs to the sheriff's dive teams and it is a different thing entirely, done by different people under different rules.
Communities
What happens to pets left behind during emergency hospital visits
Somebody collapses at home. An ambulance takes them. The door is locked and there is a dog inside, and nobody at the hospital knows.
Communities
The retirees who keep Kansas pioneer cemeteries from disappearing
There are small burial grounds across the plains that no longer belong to anyone in any practical sense. The church closed. The township dissolved.