Authorities Wednesday identified a man and woman in their 60s who died after a sailboat they were on sank off the coast of Rhode Island. The two individuals, both from Warwick, Rhode Island, were identified as 62-year-old Robert Puchta and 66-year-old Luann Cole, according to a statement from the state Department of Environmental Management. The department’s law enforcement division is .
The Department of Environmental Management Division of Law Enforcement is investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred late yesterday afternoon in Greenwich Bay off the City of Warwick. A 23′ sailboat took on water and sunk, and two victims were recovered and were unresponsive. The victims were recovered by the Marine Task Force boats and brought into the Oakland Beach Boat Ramp.
The vessel has sunken and has not been recovered. Area waters were searched extensively yesterday by several boats, a dive team from Warwick Fire Department and the Warwick Police Department side scan sonar. DEM, Warwick Fire and Warwick Police continue to search for the vessel.
DPH Southwest Health District partners with CORE to offer vaccine opportunities Southwest Health District Administrative Building (Source: WALB) By Krista Monk | May 3, 2021 at 6:37 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 6:37 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Department of Public Healthâs (DPH) Southwest Health District has partnered with CORE to additional vaccine opportunities for area residents, according to a press release from DPH.
âCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and strengthening communities affected by or vulnerable to crisis. CORE has been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 and has the operational and logistical know-how to reach marginalized and vulnerable communities. CORE has administered over five million COVID-19 tests and one million COVID-19 vaccines. Currently, CORE GA is working to bring mobile vaccine units to increase COVID-19 vaccine access in South-Central G
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ALBANY, Ga. â Mobile COVID-19 vaccine units will work to reach vulnerable communities, including in Moultrie, this week.
Southwest Public Health District 8-2 has partnered with CORE to provide additional vaccination opportunities for area residents.Â
CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and strengthening communities affected by or vulnerable to crisis, according to a press release from the public health district. CORE has been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 and has the operational and logistical know-how to reach marginalized and vulnerable communities. CORE has administered more than five million COVID-19 tests and one million COVID-19 vaccines. Currently, CORE GA is working to bring mobile vaccine units to increase COVID-19 vaccine access in South-Central Georgia.
Single-engine plane crashes into shoreline in Warwick
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 28, 2021, 5:24pm EDT
A single-engine plane crashed along the Wickham Lake shoreline in Warwick Wednesday.
Officials say the Mooney M20 went down near the intersection of State School Road and Kings Highway.
Warwick police say Andrew Bender took off from the Warwick Municipal Airport a little after 12 p.m. and crashed along the shoreline.
News 12 was told he was the only person on the plane, and he was conscious after the crash. Bender was taken to Garnett Hospital in Middletown, where officials there say he is in stable condition.