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Grant County child diagnosed with COVID-19 variant
The first case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C, in Grant County has been confirmed.
'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as Democra...
Legislators hear optimistic economic forecast
Most consumers still have reservations about going out, Lerch said, but major tax sources, such as utilities and tobacco, brought in more in January 2021 tha...
Nevadans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Democrats Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Fire destroys trailers, vehicle near Ephrata
Two travel trailers and a vehicle were destroyed by fire in the 10700 block of Road E.6 Northwest on Thursday night.
Arizonans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
New Mexicans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill
ALBQUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a
As violence surges, some question Portland axing police unit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Elmer Yarborough got a terrifying call from his sister: She wept as she told him two of his nephews may have been shot in broad daylight as they left a bar in Portland, Oregon.
Europe staggers as infectious variants power virus surge
MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested pos...
Senate works through night, virus aid on path to passage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bleary-eyed lawmakers worked through a mountain of amendments Saturday as the Senate plodded toward passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that President Joe Biden and Democrats say is ...
Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void
SURRY, Va. (AP) — When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near their home in Virginia. The lone medical clinic in Surry ...
Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has two seats to fill on the
Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a 'PR nightmare'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates in the state were high-risk, but concluded that...