Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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The wariness, which public health experts call highly unusual if not unprecedented, could undercut the goal of a cohesive national immunization strategy and create a patchwork of efforts that may sabotage hopes of containing the coronavirus.
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The prevalence of the virus began to drop in May, when there was an average percent positivity of 9.6 percent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a region to have control of community spread if the percent positivity rate drops below 5 percent.
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FEMA, with the help of state officials, has identified and catalogued available housing in the state, including hotel rooms and apartments. “They have that list, so going through FEMA is the best way to get access to housing.”
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So far, this hurricane season has already seen 20 named storms, enough to blow through nearly all of the names assigned to 2020. That’s still well within NOAA’s prediction for a record-breaking season.
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Rivers tend to flood hours or even days after a major storm has passed because they’re collecting rainfall dumped across their entire watershed. Hurricane Sally has been projected to bring large amounts of rain.
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Sally’s sustained winds reached 105 mph, as measured by an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft and Doppler weather radar in Mobile, Ala., the NHC said. Category 2 wind speeds are 96-110 mph.
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Newspapers have been closing at a rapid clip, buckling under the pressure from changing news consumption habits, advertising shifts and many other factors, including consolidated corporate ownership.
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As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, the hurricane was about 85 miles south of the east end of Dauphin Island, crawling northwest at 2 mph. According to Jim Stefkovich, meteorologist for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency,
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“Almost every state has some sort of response to the state of Oregon and we can’t thank them enough as we now being to look towards recovery,” State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple said during an afternoon briefing.
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As of Thursday evening the Sheriff’s Office had received 124 calls requesting welfare checks of people in the evacuation zone. Some called to say they had not heard from a loved one in those zones.
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Hospital bed availability changes daily, especially during COVID-19, as patients are admitted and discharged. The software gives staff a real-time look at data as it evolves, so they can develop models from different variables.
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More than 500,000 acres in Washington burned in just 48 hours after numerous fires started Monday across central and Eastern Washington. That is more than four times the amount of land that burned in all of 2019, and about half the amount that burned in 2015.
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As fires rage up and down the West Coast, the skies over California have taken an apocalyptic turn — choking the air with ash and smoke in some regions, while snuffing out sunlight in others. Rarely have so many Californians breathed such unhealthy air.
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Fire officials evacuated people from the Berry Creek area late Tuesday. An undetermined number suffered burns. On Wednesday afternoon, the area was desolate, and blanketed in heavy smoke.
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Masks arriving in September may prove useful to some schools, but most schools offering in-person learning have already had to procure thousands of face coverings and districts are unsure if they'll get reimbursed for those new costs, amid state budget cuts and limited federal aid.
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“Don’t call 911 to report smoke, there’s smoke everywhere and our 911 system is being inundated with smoke calls,” said Andrew Phelps, director of Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management, on Wednesday.
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Some 365 structures, which include homes, businesses and minor buildings are damaged or destroyed, though a full damage assessment has not been completed.
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People who advocate for returning citizens say the pandemic is exacerbating the many challenges to reentry after prison. When it comes to getting an ID, advocates say the process is slowed down, by months in some instances.
