 Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux is proposing to close the Ash Street Jail in New Bedford, saying it would cost $3.8 million to fix structural problems, almost as much as it costs to run the jail. He's asking legislators for permission to move its inmates to the House of Correction in Dartmouth and to turn the jail over to the state for possible sale to a developer. WPR wrote Business News, stocks are higher as we head toward the close.