Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday in town will be mostly cloudy, with a high of eighty-three and west winds of five to ten mph. On this day in 1931, grasshoppers torment the Midwest: …a swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the American heartland, devastating millions of acres. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, already in the…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday presents to us a forty-percent chance of thunderstorms with a high of seventy-eight. On this day in 1897, Jack London takes a trip: Jack London leaves for the Klondike to join the gold rush, where he will write his first successful stories. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. His…

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday in the city will be sunny with a high of seventy-five. On this day in 1911, Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu: Machu Picchu (in hispanicized spelling, Spanish pronunciation: … or Machu Pikchu (Quechua machu old, old person, pikchu peak; mountain or prominence with a broad base which ends in sharp peaks,[1] “old peak”, pronunciation … is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday will be sunny and mild, with a high of seventy-five. In America, where do confiscated wildlife and plants go? They go to Denver: The National Wildlife Property Repository, a government facility outside of Denver, stores more than a million products of the illegal wildlife trade, from tigers and bears to elephant…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday brings a high of ninety to Whitewater, with a thirty precent chance of late afternoon thunderstorms. Sunrise today is 5:36 AM and sunset is 8:26 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with sixteen percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:30 PM, and the…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in town will be sunny with a high of eighty-six. Sunrise is 7:35 AM and sunset 8:27 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with twenty-four percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1925, the Scopes trial concludes: The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a high near eighty-one, and winds of five to ten mph from the south. On this day in 1969, man fist walked on the moon. The New York Times reported the extraordinary feat the next day: Houston, Monday, July 21–Men have landed and walked on the…

Good morning, Whitewater. We have a lovely Saturday ahead, with mostly sunny skies and a high of eighty. The United States Geological Survey doesn’t just map and analyze American lands – they’ve now completed the most detailed map of Mars ever created. A full geologic map, with detailed annotations, is available at the USGS website. On…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday in Whitewater looks to be mostly sunny, with a high of seventy-seven, and south winds of five to ten mph. On this day in the year 64, Rome burns: The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire that started on the night between 18 and 19 July in the year 64 AD. It caused…

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday will be sunny, with a high of seventy-six and southwest winds of five mph. On this day in 1955, Disneyland opens in California: Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high in the low seventies, and north winds of about five mph. The Community Development Authority’s Seed Capital Screening Committee meets at 3:30 PM, and the CDA Board at 4:30 PM. Image via Hose’s Civet & Small Carnivore Project, Borneo http://hoscap-borneo.org Not all…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a high of sixty-six this Tuesday, with a one-third chance of scattered afternoon showers. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. So if you’re in Australia, and you’ve had a few shark attacks on bathers, what to do? For Hamish Jolly, a solution meant thinking about a shark-deterrent wetsuit: On…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday will be partly sunny, with a one-third chance of scattered showers. Whitewater’s Planning Commission is listed to meet at 6 PM tonight. It’s Bastille Day: The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in the Whippet City will be mostly sunny, with a high of eighty-one, and just a one-in-five chance of afternoon showers. Sunrise is 5:28 AM and sunset 8:33 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with ninety-seven percent of its visible disk illuminated. They’ve had a season of widespread…