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When Amin Omar saw the cases of COVID-19 rising in the Somali community where he lives on St. Paul’s east side, he felt that something needed to be done. Omar first turned to his staff at the Horn of Africa Community of USA, and they then reached out to officials at the state Health Department and Ramsey County.  The result was an extensive outreach and educational campaign leading to a community testing program taking place this month at Highwood Hills Elementary School. In two days of test...

4:00 Musicians and club managers are concerned the City of Ashevilles proposed sound ordinance would further crunch their already beleaguered industry. Credit exploreasheville.com Live concerts with live audiences seem so long ago—no masks, no social distancing and, also, no concern for volume. But for the first time in 20 years, Asheville officials want to update the city’s vague noise ordinance to reflect concerns and complaints from a growing residential population. And that has raised ...

Finding a matching kidney for Amy Infanger that her body would accept was said to be a 1-in-3,000 chance. A 16-person donor chain that included her husband, Bill, donating his kidney to a stranger he has still never met helped Amy find that match and get on her way to living a healthier life again.