Congratulations to the Columbus Water Works on being the latest recipient of the WLTZ NBC 38/CW Ga-Bama Community Green Award. Not only do they supply water to over two hundred and thirty thousand Columbus region residents, but they also work hard to educate the public on how to conserve that water.

Help Keep Columbus Beautiful! Call 311 to get a blue recycling bin.

RVRC takes the Community Green Award for July 2011!

On Tuesday, Auburn University took water samples and more soil samples from five locations near the poisoned Toomer's Corner oak trees. A company out of Atlanta drilled five water wells. Crews then put a one inch pipe in the small hole, allowing water to flow thru the pipe. This will allow the university to monitor if and where the herbicide spreads.

AUBURN – While the future of Auburn’s 130-year-old Toomer’s Oaks is uncertain, Auburn has had a plan since 2001 to grow potential replacements and to supply alumni and fans with their own Toomer’s Oaks seedlings.

AUBURN - The student government associations and student leaders of Auburn University and the University of Alabama held a news conference in Auburn today to announce a joint venture that will be an expression of renewed unity.

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap.

An arrest has been made in the tree poisoning at Toomer's Corner. According to sources at the Lee County Detention Center, Harvey Updyke was booked this morning. He is charged with criminal mischief and is being held on $50,000 bond. Auburn University and the Auburn Police Department are calling a press conference this morning to discuss the developments in the case. NBC 38 will be at Thursday's press conference. Stay with us for the latest developments as they become available.

FDR was an avid bird collector in his youth, and guests can join others by participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count. Other great count locations include the National Fish Hatchery in Warm Springs and FD Roosevelt State Park on Pine Mountain, recently named an Important Bird Area.

The Obama Administration today proposed a FY 2012 budget of $8.973 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This proposal reflects President Obama’s commitment to ensuring the government lives within its means while ensuring that EPA can carry out its core mission: protecting public health and our environment while reducing air and water pollution in communities across America.