Imperial Valley News Center
CBP Seize Ecstasy Shipments Destined for New York and Florida
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Sterling, Virginia - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized nearly 200 grams of MDMA July 27 in parcels that were destined to Florida and New York.
Imperiall County Sheriff's Deputies arrest a subject making online threats to harm IVC students and staff
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- Written by IVN
Imperial, California - Wednesday, at approximately 11:19 a.m., Imperial County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Imperial Valley College (IVC) in reference to a subject making online threats to harm IVC students and staff. Deputies received information that the suspect sent text messages containing photos of the campus and several firearms.
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and AT&T Present Local Nonprofits with “Investing in California” Grant Awards
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- Written by IVN
Brawley, California - Friday afternoon, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and AT&T will present the Brown Bag Coalition, Spread the Love Charity, and House of Bread Ministries with $1,000 grants as part of AT&T’s “Investing in California” nonprofit awards initiative.
Threats Incident at Imperial Valley Mall
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- Written by Aaron Reel, Commander
El Centro, California - Monday, the El Centro Police Department received several phone calls of a male subject at the IV Mall causing a disturbance. The subject was making threats toward customers and employees that he was going to “shoot up” the Mall. A reporting party said the subject had something in his hands but they were not sure what it was. Officers responded to the area of the IV Mall and began searching for the subject based on descriptions provided by witnesses.
Invasive pests kill so many trees each year, it’s equal to 5 million car emissions
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- Written by Brian Wallheimer
West Lafayette, Indiana - Invasive insects and pathogens have wreaked havoc on ash, elm, chestnut trees and others, wiping some of them almost completely from American forests. In addition to the ecological impact, a Purdue University study shows that the carbon storage lost to these pests each year is the same as the amount of carbon emitted by 5 million vehicles.
Purdue leading effort to digitize North American parasite collections
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- Written by Brian Wallheimer
West Lafayette, Indiana - Parasites play significant roles in human health, wildlife conservation and livestock productivity. But getting an accurate picture of their distributions and associations with hosts is difficult because the specimens and their location data are often hidden away in vials and on microscope slides in research collections all over the country.
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