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The county in Texas Hill Country accepted the funds from the state following last summer's deadly flooding on the Guadalupe River. Neighboring Kerr County accepted a similar state grant this week. -
By responding to 911 calls involving mental health crises with a specialized team including a clinical social worker, the program cut hospitalization rates. Permanent funding may be on the way.
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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Despite lifted restrictions and the reopening of many activities, experts still recommend wearing a mask — even if it's outdoors. As temperatures rise, wearing a mask may feel stifling at times.
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Defunding the police covers a spectrum of ideas Some people want to reallocate portions of police budgets to other needs. Others want to dissolve law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system altogether.
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The county manager said that recovery made him question whether to sign a renewal of the state of emergency he declared March 15, after the state Health Department reported the first known case of coronavirus in the county.
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The Cambria County, Pa., Department of Health reported 493 additional positive cases, bringing the statewide total to 76,436. There were 61 additional deaths, for a total of 6,014 fatalities attributed to COVID-19. There are now 60 cases and two deaths in Cambria County.
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State officials in Mississippi paid nearly $500,000 to a company whose owner was convicted on federal fraud charges after he resold to grocery stores food that was intended for animals or meant to be destroyed.
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Outbreaks of COVID-19 are especially dangerous in jails and prisons because it is almost impossible for those who are incarcerated to safely socially distance. The ACLU has filed lawsuits regarding alleged unsafe conditions in incarceration facilities.
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More than 2,500 homes, businesses and nonprofits were damaged or destroyed by the floods, with estimated losses of $175 million. Some 150 homes were destroyed, with another 790 suffering major damage that may yet be declared total losses.
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The need to protect themselves against the coronavirus adds another complication to emergency crews' efforts in these dangerous conditions. Their personal protective equipment can be difficult to wear in a crowd, emergency medical services officials said.
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Officials had masks shipped to a New Jersey warehouse. The company wanted Colorado to pay in advance, something state officials wouldn’t do. They had no idea what these masks looked like or whether they even worked.
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State Department of Health numbers, which lag a day or two behind local numbers and don’t include Sunday’s new cases, indicate Yakima has a rate of 537.2 newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people over the past two weeks.
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The event is part of an effort to get up to 1,000 homeless people in the area tested, to educate them on how to get help and protect themselves during the pandemic and to help them get care for their pets.
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The growth rate of new cases has been slowing for two weeks. The daily increase in confirmed case counts has been declining on both a seven-day and a 14-day basis since a high of about 700 new cases on May 24.
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The high case numbers have prompted Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials to conduct mass testing at the state's two female prison facilities over the past several weeks. At one, 87% of inmates in one building tested positive for coronavirus.
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The coronavirus will make responding to the traditional hazards like wildfire and hurricanes during the summer more difficult because of the need to mitigate the virus combined with the usual communications that often occur.
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Though a single day's number does not mean much, it came alongside reports from two large local medical providers that said they are seeing higher COVID activity in some locations than they were previously.
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As the summer approaches and the rate of transmission of the coronavirus begins to move in undulations instead of huge spikes, complacency could trigger a bigger wave as schools open and people move inside.
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Since March, Alaska has reported 505 cases of COVID-19 among residents, including 122 active cases and 373 people who had recovered from the virus Wednesday. Ten Alaskans with COVID-19 have died.
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To prevent potential spread of the virus, DOC is quarantining new prisoners and transfers for 14 days — and testing them for COVID-19 at the end of that period — before introducing them to the general inmate population.
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