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First US case of UK's COVID strain found at tiny Colorado nursing home Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo The first cases of the new mutant strain of COVID-19 to be confirmed in the United States were found in a tiny nursing home in a remote Colorado town, it has emerged. Colorado's governor, Jared Polis, confirmed on December 29 that the new virus had been identified in his state, in Elbert County. He did not specify where.  On Saturday it was revealed that the first confirmed infection was of a National Guard member in his 20s, w...

The small Colorado town shrugged off the pandemic. Then came the coronavirus variant By Dave Philipps New York Times,Updated December 31, 2020, 5:17 a.m. Email to a Friend Simla, Colorado.MATTHEW STAVER/NYT SIMLA, Colo. — This isolated ranching community on the high plains is the last place local residents expect to be first for anything, especially a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus. But on Wednesday, state health officials announced the first known case of the variant in the United States had been confirmed in a National Guard soldier sent to help with a COVID-19 outbrea...

Georgia cemetery owner heads to prison after admitting he stole $216K from families article The sentencing of Jerry Bridges comes after a February FOX 5 I-Team investigation into why it took so long for state regulators to stop him. GRAY, Ga. - A disgraced Georgia cemetery owner began serving his prison sentence after admitting he stole from people who thought they were pre-paying for their funeral needs. Jerry Bridges, 77, pled guilty in November on 43 counts related to theft and fraud. The allegations involve $216,000 in missing money originally paid to Bridges for future funerals, burial...

Former White House Fellow, Business Leader and Philanthropist Billy Webster Generously Donates to South Carolina Nature Conservancy News provided by Share this article Share this article SPARTANBURG, S.C., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- William "Billy" M. Webster, IV (https://billywebster.org/) announced he had donated funds to The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina (TNC), before delivering a prepared address to the conservancy board and audience at this year's fall meeting. His remarks outlined both what TNC had accomplished in its long history, and explored planned goals for the future of...

Dec 13, 2020 WILLIAMSBURG — Whitewater Township, population 2,799 according to the latest U.S. Census estimate, just passed ordinances allowing up to 300 medical and recreational cannabis growers that would have a combined capacity to grow hundreds of thousands of plants. But commercial growing operations, and the 10 processors the ordinances also allow, won’t be sprouting up any time soon. First, the township needs to adopt zoning rules determining details like where the businesses can locate, what kind of setbacks they need and so forth, township Supervisor Ron Popp said. That cou...