Firefighters in Rhode Island rescued a yellow Labrador named Phoenix on New Year's Day after he fell through an ice-covered pond.

The owner of a 4,000-acre industrial site says it has ended a longstanding agreement to sell the property to a Georgia county seeking to build a launch pad for commercial rockets.

A Georgia county’s plan to buy land for launching commercial rockets has been rejected by voters in a referendum forced by opponents concerned about environmental and safety risks.

A coastal community in southeast Georgia hopes to soon find out whether the federal government will allow it to build a launch site for commercial rockets.

(AP)ST. MARYS, Ga. – A coastal Georgia county is a finalist for a space industry project that could bring $40 million in investment, local officials said. Camden County officials won’t name the interested company, which is looking for a headquarters site expected to create about 200 jobs, The Brunswick News reported. Local officials are calling their effort to woo the company Project Osprey. Camden County Administrator Steve Howard says the company eyeing the Georgia coast would bring economic benefits to not just the local community but the entire state. “This is a wonderful opportunity for both Camden County and Spaceport Camden.”