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Police have named the young woman who died after a suspected shark attack at Waihī Beach.

Teenager killed in suspected shark attack at Waihi Beach named Riley Kennedy She was 19-year-old Kaelah Marlow from Hamilton. "Police extend our deepest sympathies to Kaelahs family and loved ones at this very difficult time." Emergency services rushed to Bowentown beach just after 5pm yesterday. It is understood the teenager was dragged from the water and died from her injuries. Local man Robert Long said the incident had rocked the Bay of Plenty community. Long said he went to...

Teenager killed in suspected shark attack at Waihi Beach named Saturday, January 9, 2021 Riley Kennedy for RNZ Police have named the young woman who died after a suspected shark attack at Waihi Beach. She was 19-year-old Kaelah Marlow from Hamilton. "Police extend our deepest sympathies to Kaelahs family and loved ones at this very difficult time." Emergency services rushed to Bowentown beach just after 5pm yesterday. It is understood the teenager was dragged from the water and ...

COVID-19 vaccine deliveries too low to support expansion, state says Maine reported 525 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 additional deaths Wednesday, with another 17,000 doses of vaccine expected next week. Share Maine’s CDC director says the state is not being told how many vaccine doses it will get in the weeks or months to come, so planning the next phase of immunization ‘very, very difficult.’ The Central Maine Healthcare and Northern Light Health systems began giving second doses of vacc...

Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Maine will likely get about 17,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine again next week, but the pace of deliveries has not been fast enough to significantly expand immunization efforts, the state’s top public health official said Wednesday. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention only receives about six days’ notice from the federal government about the likely size of the next week’s shipment, said state CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah. The state is not informed ...

As eviction blockades continue in KC, landlord groups call for rental assistance KC Tenants delays eviction hearings in Jackson County, blocking courthouse doors Share Updated: 5:41 PM CST Jan 5, 2021 KC Tenants delays eviction hearings in Jackson County, blocking courthouse doors Share Updated: 5:41 PM CST Jan 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. NEW YEAR NEW ACTION TUESDAY THE GROUP KC-10S BLOCK THE DOORS DOORS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT...

Obituary: Jane Y. Gibson SOUTH PARIS - Jane Y. Gibson of South Paris died peacefully at Stephens Memorial Hospital after a brief bout with pneumonia. ... Read Article Jane Y. Gibson SOUTH PARIS – Jane Y. Gibson of South Paris died peacefully at Stephens Memorial Hospital after a brief bout with pneumonia. She was 93. The day before she died, Jane was preparing for Christmas, a favorite holiday. She sat in her kitchen writing cards and watching the birds outside her window. She made date nut...

An outbreak at Winthrop's ADUSA Distribution LLC appears to be a product of "community transmission," according to officials.

443 The Maine CDC did not report case numbers Saturday because the state lab that processes testing samples did not do so on Christmas Day and other labs that typically report to the agency also did not do so. When the lab closed for Thanksgiving last month, the Maine CDC reported lower than expected numbers the following weekend because fewer results were coming in from other labs in Maine and elsewhere in the United States over the holiday. “We do expect an influx of COVID-19 test results f...

State braces for surge of COVID-19 in the wake of the holidays The Maines CDC reported 439 new cases and 3 deaths Monday, with more infections expected as a result of travel and social gatherings over Christmas and New Years. Share A surge of new cases is expected as Mainers who traveled for the holidays return and get tested for COVID-19. More than 17,000 people in Maine – mostly health care workers – had been vaccinated as of Sunday, about 1.3 percent of the state’s population. More va...