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Delaware releases ’25/’26 hunting and trapping guide as license sales begin
Delaware hunters and trappers can now access the state’s official 2025/26 Hunting and Trapping Guide, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced Tuesday. The free guide is available online through the DNREC...

Scientists measure marine environment near melting mega-iceberg for first time
A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The target was mega‑iceberg A‑68A, a floating platform roughly twice the area of Delaware that drifted toward South Georgia in...

College Football Welcomes Delaware and Missouri State to FBS 2025
Delaware and Missouri State have officially joined Conference USA, expanding the league to 11 members and raising the total number of FBS teams to 136. Both schools excelled in the FCS and now aim to leverage their competitive backgrounds in the...

UUSD social and environmental justice panel presents grants
The Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware Social & Environmental Justice Committee recently announced the 2025 Roy Parks Memorial Social Justice Grant recipients. This is the fourth year of a five-year grant program made possible by the...

Maryland plans MARC expansion into Virginia and Delaware as ridership surges
Maryland plans to expand MARC train services into Virginia and Delaware, making the trips faster and more frequent. BALTIMORE — Maryland is reviving plans to expand MARC train service into Virginia and Delaware, the state Department of...

Delaware's ban on Styrofoam, some single-use plastics takes effect
Delaware's ban on Styrofoam, some single-use plastics takes effect WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- Starting Tuesday, Styrofoam and some single-use plastics in restaurants and at food trucks will no longer be allowed. The state will also prohibit...

Session recap: By nearly 2 a.m., Delaware has official budget bills
It's last call in Leg Hall. Monday, June 30, marked the end of the fiscal year, Delaware's budget deadline and the final hours of legislative session for state lawmakers. Starting Monday afternoon, both the Senate and House of Representatives had...

New federal regulations delay high-speed internet in rural Delaware
Why Should Delaware Care? Delaware is one of the most connected states in the country. But $107 million in funding aimed at bringing high-speed internet to the state’s most rural areas is caught up in a regulatory jumble, which will likely delay...

Polystyrene Ban for Restaurants in Delaware to go into effect on July 1
DELAWARE - Senate Bill 51 goes into effect Tuesday, July 1. The bill mandates restaurants not use polystyrene containers, more commonly known as Styrofoam containers. Some business owners say this change will impact them financially. Sedat Gun,...

Courtney Eshleman joins Spotlight Delaware’s fundraising team
Courtney Eshleman has joined Spotlight Delaware as its new director of development, boosting the nonprofit news outlet’s fundraising efforts as it seeks to expand its impact throughout the state. Eshleman comes to Spotlight Delaware with more than...

Delaware Division of Small Business unveils new logo
The Delaware Division of Small Business recently unveiled its new logo design. The refreshed visual identity represents a unified and energized division committed to serving entrepreneurs, businesses and communities across the First State. The new...

Enjoying the calm waters of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal through the years
An aerial view of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal as seen in this photograph taken on December 22, 1965.The News Journal StaffA view of the old railroad bridge that crossed the Chesapeake & Canal in this photo taken on January 24, 1967. The...
Delaware HPC approves micro-retail shop
BoDurtha’s Plant Parlor is located at 24 E. Winter St. (rear of the Strand Theatre building) in downtown Delaware. The business is set to open July 2. Joshua Keeran | The Gazette A micro-retail shop has received a certificate of appropriateness...

Dams on Bucks' creeks, Delaware River can be 'drowning machines'
It has been 52 years, but Chris Marren is still haunted by the two deaths he saw on the Neshaminy Creek in Tyler State Park. “There were four of us, and we decided to put a canoe in the water,” he said. It was Wednesday, July 4, 1973, a sunny...

Geochemistry pioneer
Earlier in his 45-year University of Delaware career, Donald Sparks was working with the DuPont company to understand how nickel, a toxic metal, reacts with clay minerals found in soils and sediments. Sparks, Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair in...

Columbus water plant construction uses controlled blasts, raising local concerns
DELAWARE, Ohio (WSYX) — Construction is underway for a new water plant in Concord Township, and it's making quite a noise. Columbus Water is conducting controlled and engineered blasting at the Home Road Water Plant project site to pave the way...

Delaware Lawmakers Approve Task Force to Tackle Rising Auto Insurance Rates
DELAWARE - Delaware lawmakers have passed a resolution to create an Automobile Insurance Reform Task Force across the state. Senate Concurrent Resolution 111 establishes the Automobile Insurance Reform Task Force. The new group will examine ways...

Tired of mosquito bites? Here are tips for Delaware residents
A recent study looked at which U.S. states are most concerned about mosquitoes and Delaware ranked in the top 10, a result that’s hardly surprising. Delaware is home to about 57 mosquito species, 19 of which are known to aggressively bite humans,...

Trump’s Attack on CA Environmental Law Brings Us Closer to Climate Catastrophe
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! Earlier this month, Donald Trump took his war against California and its web of environmental policies to a new extreme. Around the same time as he...

Fate of the weather gods? How a door at University of Delaware led Jay Grymes to Baton Rouge
Looking back now, Jay Grymes realizes his fate was subject to forces beyond his control. Maybe it was the weather gods, who obviously didn't care that weather wasn't his particular interest — a strange fact about someone who would eventually be...