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Rising cases of COVID are hardly a surprise to the many experts who predicted we would experience a surge this winter.

/PRNewswire/ -- As the number of confirmed Monkeypox cases in the United States nears 19,000, state and local governments are responding to yet another public...

Article content A hotel in Redvers was destroyed by a fire early Monday morning. According to Redvers Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brad Hutton, no one was injured in the blaze. Hutton said the Western Star Inn & Suites had been temporarily closed at the time of the fire. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Redvers hotel destroyed by fire Back to video The call came in at 2:12 a.m., and crews were on scene for a total of 11 hours. Hutton said the...

The Inn, which was built in 2011 and boasts 65 rooms, had been closed down some time last fall due to COVID-19. “Two engines and a tanker and 16 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze,” explains Hutton and adds “our best efforts were put forward to save it.” Unfortunately it was a total loss. Cause of the fire is unknown. © Copyright Estevan Mercury

(980 CJME file photo) Firefighters in Redvers rushed to the scene of a burning hotel Monday morning but were unable to save the building. Fire Chief Brad Hutton said crews got the call about the fire at the Western Star hotel at about 2:15 a.m. “Once on scene, about a third of the roof was engulfed. The fire was moving through the attic relatively quick,” Hutton said late Monday morning. Hutton said nobody was inside at the time and there were no injuries to the crew. He said the fire likel...

A fire totally engulfed the Western Star Inn & Suites in Redvers in the early morning hours Monday. Redvers Fire Chief Brad Hutton says they were dispatched at 2:12 a.m. Upon arrival about . . .

4:42 Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the airwaves most of the year, there were some other significant developments in 2020. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne highlights a few of them in an abbreviated year in review. 2020 began with finding ways to help the Rockand County community of Monsey following a December 28, 2019 machete attack during a Hannukah celebration at a rabbi’s home. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in Rockland mid-January to announce funding for secu...