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The Cowlitz County Chaplaincy exists to help first responders deal with the difficulties of the job, and the group’s presence has become more needed and more of a constant through the last few difficult years.

The Department of Public Safety is requesting county commissioners approve Mobilcom, a telecommunications provider, as the project manager for construction of a communications tower in southeastern Crawford County, Pa.

A mobile clinic affiliated with Temple Hospital launched four months ago as a vaccination clinic. But as Philadelphia's COVID vaccination rates have stagnated, the service has added other ways to stay essential.

More than 27 entities — from the state and federal governments, as well as neighboring towns and counties — flocked to Smithers on Tuesday to help residents clean up and repair what Cavalier called "serious" damage.

The initial rush of those seeking the 800 initial monkeypox vaccine dosages resulted in tied-up phone lines and in some cases led to similar waiting lists at the 20 clinics statewide at which the dosages were distributed.

Payne County, Okla., is set to receive $15.8 million in federal COVID-19 relief through the American Rescue Plan Act. Several months ago, commissioners committed to using $9.6 million of that total for the updated radio system.

In 2019, University City officials asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for options. Now, officials have a strategy spelled out in the Corps draft plan released in April: Build a detention basin.

The latest update surrounding the death toll from the floods indicates more than 30 Kentuckians have died. Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed 28 deaths Sunday but the Perry County deputy coroner confirmed four more deaths.

A study by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources suggests that a major earthquake and ensuing tsunami from the Seattle fault could produce waves up to 40 feet high and inundate the area with 20 feet of water.

Chiefs Phil Mosher and Kelly O'Brien, heads of the fire districts in Monitor and Leavenworth respectively, say vaccine requirements may lead to two-thirds fewer firefighters available for mobilization.

Due to the urgency of the situation, hospitals have asked Gov. David Ige to issue an emergency proclamation waiving state licensing requirements for out-of-state health-care workers for at least 90 days.

The prospective dispatchers listened intently as the 2012 incident in Longmont, Colo. — which would become a murder-suicide — played out in the recording. Each tried to retain as many details as possible.

The overtaxed 911 dispatch center got a boost when the Santa Fe County Commission approved an amendment to its collective bargaining agreement with workers that restructures lower-level positions, raises salaries and removes restrictions on schedules.

"I am pretty environmentally sensitive, and I figure if I am going to live in the forest, and the forest hasn't been properly managed for about 100 years, it was up to us to do the work."

The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country.

The Michigan Health Department reported 16,681 new confirmed and probable cases and 160 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths over a seven-day period. That’s a 27% increase in cases and a 150% increase in deaths.

The radios are supplementary to these community alert systems and are widely available online and at retailers. Each radio typically costs $20 to $40.

While the "ripple effects of the pandemic" have contributed to a rise in violence against health care workers over the past 2 1/2 years, the issue predates COVID-19 and often goes underdiscussed, the workers said.