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AARP Oregon has opened up nominations for its prestigious award for volunteerism. For the Andrus Award for Community Service, the organization will select a person or couple age 50 or older who performs services without pay in their communities. Michael Schultz, state volunteer president of AARP Oregon, noted that Oregonians do a lot of volunteering. ...
Gov. Mark Gordon will address Wyomingites this week to detail new avenues for property tax relief. Following the pandemic, property values in Wyoming increased and so did property taxes, which jumped nearly 50% between 2019 and 2023, according to the Wyoming Department of Revenue. ...
Crossing guards see a lot of kids who could use some new duds. But for the second year, the "Seats and Feets" Albuquerque clothing drive is collecting what you can't see - socks and underwear. The City's Crossing Guard program is behind the clothing drive - aware that undergarments must be brand-new when donated - which means they're often in short supply. ...
Firearm-related injuries in Colorado hit a peak in 2022, with over 7,000 health care claims and at a cost of $8.4 million, according to a new analysis by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care. Cari Frank, vice president for communications with the center, said nearly nine in ten gun-related injury claims were for adults. But she said there were alarming spikes in the rate of these injuries among children. ...
For Older Americans Month, AARP Virginia is hosting an event today about family caregivers. Virginia caregivers provided $14 billion of unpaid care in 2021. The roundtable discussion addresses a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid regulation. ...