Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna, Associated Press
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This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)
TOPEKA (AP) A faster-spreading coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom is probably more widespread in Kansas than a single confirmed case in the state’s northwest suggests, officials with a major health system said Thursday.
The first identified case of the variant came as the number of new COVID-19 cases dropped in the state and with officials focused on distributing vaccines. State health department data showed that Kansas averaged 914 new confirmed and probable cases a day for the seven days ending Wednesday, the lowest seven-day rolling average since late October and just a th
Randall: Abstraction and realism displayed in Hutch
Jennifer Randall
Formerly local Hutch artist and teacher Darren Morawitz is now based in Salina. His studies at Fort Hays State University earned him a BFA in Studio Painting and Art Education. Morawitz taught art classes at Hutchinson High School and at the Hutchinson Art Center.
I met Morawitz back in 2010 during my days of organizing Third Thursday. Morawitz came from Fort Hays to exhibit his paintings at Gallery 7 on Main Street. The paintings were a blend of abstract and realism, a deconstructed view of portraiture. I have two of these works in my collection.
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