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Cases of COVID-19, positive tests and Community transmission rate remain in the red zone this week as Chatham County faces a post-holiday surge.

/ Watch Terval Pulev vs Vikapita Meroro, Ibrahim Class vs Dennis Mwale Live Stream on January 29 Watch Terval Pulev vs Vikapita Meroro, Ibrahim Class vs Dennis Mwale Live Stream on January 29 Pulev Vs Meroro and Class Vs Mwale Co-Headline Globally Broadcast Event on 29th Jan With the distinct lack of televised boxing events for fans of the pugilistic arts to watch in January 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana based Global Boxing Stars and the Jackson Group have entered into an agreem...

/ A City of Miami Fire Rescue boat crew sprays water on a burning house at Stiltsville Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. A fire engulfed the Leshaw house in Stiltsville early Monday. Miami fire officials say investigators are still trying to determine the cause. South Florida lost a piece of its storied history Monday when fire destroyed one of the seven remaining houses in Stiltsville, the collection of elevated shacks erected in the shallows of Biscayne Bay. Coral Gables police first spotted a plume of ...

Todd Cope, CEO of the Huntington-based tech company CentralApp, is traveling across the country in his Tesla with the goal of bringing technology jobs that can be done remotely to skilled workers in Appalachia, instead of outsourcing them to workers in other countries. Submitted photo

Opioid trials A federal trial for a case filed by Huntington and Cabell County against drug companies they accuse of creating and fueling the opioid epidemic in the area will not take place in January as planned due to COVID-19. The lawsuits argue the companies had a duty to monitor and report the high volume of pills being shipped into the area, but ignored it. The case had been set to go to trial Jan. 4, but U.S. District Court Judge David A. Faber continued the trial indefinitely due to COVI...

Loss of Six Dun Laoghaire Men in German Bombing of Lightship Remembered 21st December 2020 Artist Kenneth Kings depiction of a German bomber over the lightship Isolda off the Wexford coast on December 19th, 1940. Six Dun Laoghaire men died and 22 survived Six Dun Laoghaire mariners never came home for Christmas 80 years ago, when their lightship was attacked and sunk by a German bomber aircraft off the Wexford coast. Now, the grand-daughter of one of those lost has appealed to other relatives...

Today Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low 37F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low 37F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: April 15, 2021 @ 3:38 pm

Friday, December 18, 2020 - 07:40 Huntington— The Marshall University Board of Governors on Thursday approved spending for the second half of the fiscal year, a period marked by budgetary ups and downs imposed by a global pandemic. University officials say the proposed budget, described as intentionally conservative because of COVID-19, was adjusted upward to include nearly $1 million more in tuition and student fees than had been originally budgeted. The board has moved forwar...

Virginia leaders think it might be time for a more holistic approach. A new statewide project, the Virginia Partnership for School Mental Health, aims to strengthen school mental health services through two major pathways: by building a pipeline of graduate student trainees to high-need school divisions, and by creating an inter-professional network of school mental health practitioners. Funded by a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the partnership between the...

Apalachicola oyster harvesting halted TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials said Wednesday they hope a full five years won’t be needed to restore conditions in Apalachicola Bay as they suspended wild-oyster harvesting in the bay. Members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the suspension as part of a $20 million restoration effort. The decision came despite pleas from officials in Panhandle communities to cut the time to three years to protect the local oyste...