Michigan

Estimate to replace pipes increases

FLINT — Replacing water pipes because of the lead-tainted crisis in Flint could be at least twice the price of previous estimates. An engineering company told the state the average cost for replacing a service water line through a completed pilot project was $7,500. The state Department of Environmental Quality had estimated it would cost $4,000. (AP)

MONTANA

Visitor limits might hit national parks

HELENA — As the National Park Service kicks off a centennial summer expected to draw record crowds, the agency is considering caps on how many people pass through some of the parks each day. Park managers have begun looking at whether and how to manage the effect of more visitors.(AP)

TEXAS

Several dead or missing after rain

BRENHAM — At least four people are dead and three are missing after last week’s torrential rains in Texas and Kansas, officials said Saturday. In Texas, four people drowned. In Wichita, Kan., fire officials are searching for an 11-year-old boy who was swept away. (AP)

OREGON

School fountains test high for lead

PORTLAND — The city’s public schools have shut down drinking fountains at all of its schools and will use bottled water for the remainder of the school year after tests at two schools found high levels of lead in water from sinks and fountains. Oregon’s largest school district said in a statement late Friday that it is working with Multnomah County to provide on-site blood lead level screening next month for students at Creston and Rose City Park. Officials plan to test every fountain and faucet in all the schools this summer. (AP)