Backyard threats for your pets

The Pet Poison Hotline is compiling a list of potential threats to your pets health as the weather starts to turn and your attention turns to backyard gardens, pests and threats to your beloved dog or cat.

Charges in Bear Shooting

A man saw the bear go into his garage and then his backyard, officials said. Photo Credit: State DEEP

Hidden Gardens of Fort Worth Tour features five lush landscapes

These Edens on earth range from a house on a hill to a yard steeped in tradition

Lyme Disease Awareness Month: Six Tips You Need to Know to Deal With Ticks in Your Own Backyard

RICHMOND, Va., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 250,000 Americans, the bite of a deer tick meant the start of a life changing disease. With record warm temperatures and the start of May's National ...

$10 million expansion planned at Dane County landfill

With Dane County's landfill bursting at the seams, plans call for expanding the refuse pile along Highway 12-18, making it wider and up to 90 feet taller.  Meanwhile, county officials want to stretch the landfill's life by pumping liquid into the refuse to make it decompose faster.