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Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Now that power is restored to all their customers, Co-Mo Electric is looking to use the snowstorm to raise money for charity.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  The first phase of restoration work has been completed on a Mississippi River levee that was intentionally breached in 2011 during record flooding.

Monday, November 19, 2012  An appreciation luncheon was held for 13 Columbia Water & Light linemen who volunteered to help with Superstorm Sandy restoration efforts.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  The restoration effort keeps track of geese populations, survival rates and movements.

Saturday, February 05, 2011  Missouri officials are seeking applications from young adults to work in state parks this summer.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  Alabama seafood market owner David Scott can accept a piece of BP's $20 billion claims fund — relatively fast, easy money — or sue the oil giant for a bigger payday, wait years and risk ending up with nothing.

Monday, August 30, 2010  Public forums on plans to bring wild elk back to the state have drawn hundreds of people in southern Missouri.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010  Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  The most worrisome part is the slow pace at which the oil is breaking down in the cold, 40-degree water, making it a long-lasting but unseen threat to vulnerable marine life, experts said.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010  Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot startling images of dying pelicans coated in oil from the massive Gulf oil spill.

Thursday, March 26, 2009  AP source: Florida's budget crunch may force Everglades land deal to be scaled back.