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Fort Morgan, CO
Fort Morgan is a city of 11,000 people located in the northeastern part of Colorado. It is the county seat of Morgan County, which has a...

Susan Houser
Nov 9, 20132 min read


Pflugerville, TX
Pflugerville is a rapidly growing city in the Austin metro area. Its current population is 52,000, up from 16,000 in the year 2000. It is...

Susan Houser
Nov 4, 20132 min read


Ravalli County, MT
The Bitterroot Valley is located near the western border of Montana and follows the Bitterroot River from Missoula south to the Idaho...

Susan Houser
Oct 29, 20132 min read


Routt County, CO
Routt County is located in northwest Colorado, bordering Wyoming. The population recorded in the 2010 census was 23,500. The county seat...

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Oct 24, 20132 min read


Teller County, CO
Teller County is located in central Colorado and is part of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area. Teller County’s population is 23,000...

Susan Houser
Oct 19, 20132 min read


Montclair Township, NJ
Montclair is a township of 38,000 people in New Jersey, about 12 miles from New York City. A private non-profit in Montclair, the Pound...

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Oct 16, 20131 min read


Worth Watching – Linn County, IA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Oct 14, 20131 min read


Erie County, NY
Erie County, on the western edge of New York state and bordering Lake Erie, has 919,000 residents. Buffalo, the county seat, has 261,000...

Susan Houser
Sep 30, 20131 min read


Worth Watching — Spokane County, WA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Sep 6, 20132 min read


Aquidneck Island, RI
Newport County in Rhode Island (population 83,000) lies along Narragansett Bay, and there are several islands in the bay that are part of...

Susan Houser
Aug 29, 20131 min read


Worth Watching — Portland Metro Area
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Aug 27, 20132 min read


Worth Watching — Orange County, VA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Jul 25, 20132 min read


Worth Watching — Savannah, TN
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Jul 14, 20132 min read


Culpeper County, VA
[For today’s News Bit and the Running Totals, click here.] Culpeper County is a community of about 47,000 people located in north central...

Susan Houser
Jul 6, 20131 min read


Kitsap County, WA
Kitsap County is in the state of Washington, right across Puget Sound from Seattle. It’s a large county, with a population of over...

Susan Houser
Jun 26, 20131 min read


Worth Watching — Lincoln County, WY
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Jun 26, 20132 min read


Worth Watching — Santa Paula, CA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Jun 20, 20131 min read


Southampton Area, NY
Southampton, New York, is a city of about 57,000 people located in east Long Island. In 2009, the city stopped funding its animal control...

Susan Houser
Jun 6, 20131 min read


Benzie County, MI
Benzie County is in western Michigan, along the shore of Lake Michigan. It is a rural county with lots of parks and trails, and has a...

Susan Houser
Jun 1, 20131 min read


Otsego County, MI
Otsego County is located in a rural area in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, and has a population of about 23,000 people....

Susan Houser
May 27, 20132 min read
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