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Weekly, asymptomatic testing of emergency responders in the Upper Roaring Fork Valley could begin by the end of this week or early next week, officials said Wednesday. The effort will include Aspen police officers, Pitkin County sheriff’s deputies, county jail staff and deputies, Aspen Fire Department personnel, dispatchers at the county’s 911 center and certain employees of the county’s Health and Human Services Department, said Kurt Dahl, Pitkin County’s director of environmental health. “It may catch a case a little bit earlier than before and limit exposure to other folks,” sa...

from the san jose department. >> this is always what i want to do so when i laid off. i really didn't have a second plan. >> a classmate was also let go from the san jose department. >> i know there is still many people out there, out my class that are searching for jobs. i know how tough it is right now. >> alameda county is one of the few departments in the bay area that is actually growing in these tough economic times. that growth is due in part about the cities contracting out and abandoned efforts to sustain their own fire service. >> some of the timing we've had a lot of retir...

he is calling therefore for 10,000 troops to come home in two phases starting this summer. and another 23,000 by next summer. >> starting next month we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year. and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge i announced at westpoint. after this initial reduction our troops will continue coming home at a steady pace as afghan security forces move in to the lead. our mission will change from combat to support. by 2014, this process of transition will be complete and ...