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At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, with vaccination rates going up and inoculations now available to anyone over fifteen, officials had hoped that case counts would be in serious decline. But no: This weeks roundup of data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows infections and hospitalizations continuing to rise — and the number of newly identified outbreaks has skyrocketed. The 170 new outbreak sites in the state listed on the CDPHEs just-released April 28 s...

BILLINGS, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte visited Montana Women’s Prison today as it reopened to visitors and volunteers. “The Department of Corrections took numerous, necessary precautions during the pandemic to protect the health and safety of the men and women under its care,” Governor Gianforte said. “With facilities now reopened for visitation, these Montanans are able to reunite with their families and loved ones.” In-person visitation has been suspended for ...

Prosecutors said the victims met with Courtney for the purpose of consensual sex, but he dosed them with GHB and other drugs. After they were unconscious, Courtney allegedly brought in other men who participated in the assaults. Some of the assaults were filmed, and on at least one occasion Courtney showed that footage to the victim pictured in the video, prosecutors said. Steven Chase, Courtneys defense attorney, argued that the sex in question was consensual. "This was a bunch of men engaging...

145 years ago Business at and around Tahoe this season promises to be more lively than heretofore. There will be more lumber cut and transported to the flume than in any one previous year; and Captain Bray will saw and haul to town more lumber than he has hitherto done in any one season. The snow between here and the lake is still deep in places, sleighs being used for a short distance, but still travel goes briskly on. 140 years ago Chalet, the ventriloquist, who appeared at the Opera House on...

Nevada inmate fighting on several fronts to avoid execution KEN RITTER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - This Nov. 10, 2016 file photo released by the Nevada Department of Corrections shows the newly completed execution chamber at Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev. Zane Floyd, a convicted Nevada mass murderer, is mounting a range of legal challenges to a bid to schedule his execution in early June 2021, including questioning whether the district attorney in Las Vegas ...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment just reported nearly 150 new COVID-19 outbreaks identified in the past week. Well over half of them are located in four counties, including Denver, that are currently at Level Red on the agencys dial dashboard, a system that transitioned from compulsory to advisory on April 16. The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirme...

There has been a bloodbath in the United States in the past few months. From 2003 to 2020, there had been no federal executions, and only four going all the way back to my birth in 1959. In the 230 years since records began in 1790, we had averaged only marginally more than one federal execution a year. However, in the last months of his tenure, President Donald Trump presided over the deaths of 13 prisoners, with six conducted after he lost the election. Typically for a president prone to exce...

The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and preve...

House lawmakers mull whether federal aid could be used for new psychiatric facility Efforts to build new facility have stalled Share Updated: 7:10 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021 Efforts to build new facility have stalled Share Updated: 7:10 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ITS SECURE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT OUT OF THE STATE PRISON WHERE MANY BELIE...

Five Gun Law Myths That Can Land You In Jail ~ Listen Now Ammoland Inc. Posted on Five Gun Law Myths That Can Land You In Jail ~ Listen Now New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- In gun Lawyer, Evan Nappen’s most recent podcast he breaks down five gun law Myths that if you fall victim to can land you in jail. Listen now! Gun Lawyer S1 Episode 25 SPEAKERS Evan Nappen 00:19 I’m Evan Nappen and welcome to Gun Lawyer. So today I was thinking about this, and I have got to make sure that my listen...