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Santa Rosa government and local announcements, events and activities are as follows. Meetings listed may be canceled due to the coronavirus situation.
ROAD CLOSURE: Pace Road behind Burger King in Pace will be closed for three weeks through Feb. 15 as part of the Pace Patriot/Tiburon drainage improvement project, weather pending. For more information, email Santa Rosa County Engineering, engineering@santarosa.fl.gov or call 850-981-7100.
SANTA ROSA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: All BOCC and other county department meetings are held in the County Administrative Center boardroom, 6495 Caroline St., Milton, unless otherwise indicated. SOME MEETING TIMES AND DATES HAVE CHANGED. Persons needing special accommodations to participate in a public hearing should call 850-983-1855 at least one week prior. Agendas and minutes are at www.santarosa.fl.gov.
Piedmont Natural Gas addressed concerns after customers said their gas bill was higher than normal. Author: Chad Silber Updated: 7:24 PM EST February 1, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. Did your recent Piedmont Natural Gas bill seem higher than usual?
Several people have reached out to 2 Wants to Know wondering about what seemed like a higher bill for the month of December. We reached out to Piedmont Natural Gas to find out.
A representative told us the most significant factor in bill fluctuation is very often usage, and cold weather typically increases the amount of natural gas that a residential customer consumes.
The weather change between the months of November and December is a key factor, according to PNG.
The number of heat-related deaths in Arizona soared to a new high last year as people endured the hottest summer on record and the complications of the pandemic.
The deaths of at least 494 people were linked to heat during 2020, state health officials said this week, a preliminary number that may continue to grow as more deaths under investigation are resolved.
More than 300 heat-associated deaths have been confirmed in Maricopa County, a number that could also climb.
The statewide toll far surpassed the previous record of 283 heat-related deaths reported in 2019. Over the past five years, state figures show, heat has been linked to more than 1,500 deaths in Arizona.
The hashtag #BidenLied exploded on Twitter over the weekend
It came after the Democratic Party posted a tweet outlining Biden s plan to distribute $1,400 stimulus checks, on top of the $600 already approved
Critics expressed outrage at the size of the forthcoming checks and claimed that Biden previously promised to deliver $2,000 checks
But in reality Biden never made that promise, instead saying that he would add on to the original $600 checks for a total of $2,000
Democrats pledge to push Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan through Congress without Republican support despite president s bid for unity
Biden s plan will unleash $400 billion to expand vaccinations and to reopen schools, $1,400 direct payments to households, and other priorities
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are laying the groundwork to start the go-it-alone approach as soon as next week
Democrats said the stubbornly high unemployment numbers and battered U.S. economy leave them unwilling to waste time courting Republican support
Biden has been appealing directly to Republican and Democratic lawmakers while signaling his priority to press ahead