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Latest Corona-related news in brief: April 14, 2021 FACED WITH A LOOMING SHORTAGE OF VACCINE in Norway, the head of an expert group studying Corona’s economic impact is urging expansion of the period between the first and second shots. That would allow more Norwegians to get their first shot, and that can help prevent the spread of infection. Steinar Holden, a professor of economics at the University of Oslo, leads the government’s panel that’s evaluating the social and economic consequences of the Corona pandemic. He’s now responding to news this week that Norway like won’t be re...

Latest Corona-related news in brief: March 17, 2021 NORWAY’S THIRD CORONA INFECTION WAVE was crashing over the country on Wednesday, as the highest numbers of confirmed virus cases ever rolled in. A total of 1,156 cases were registered during the past 24 hours, with areas like Haugalandet on the West Coast now being hit hard. “These are high and disturbing numbers,” Jarle Nilsen, the mayor of Karmøy, told state broadcaster NRK. Fully half of all cases in neighbouring Haugesund now involve children and youth. In Oslo, the number of new confirmed cases hit 495 in a just a 24-hour perio...

Blough Ernie Blough, devoted husband, father, soldier and servant of Christ, passed from this world to his eternal home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Irvin T. and Verna Pearl Blough. Preceding him in death were his brothers: Randel Eugene Blough, Victor Lewis Breckbill and I.T. “Tim” Blough. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Linda Huie Blough, of the home; sisters: Geraldine Blough Parker (Paul) of Orangevale, Calif., Bernadine Blough Fishel (Bill) of North Irwin, Evelyn Blough Williamson of Tyrone and Alice Blough Hubert of Irwin; sons: Guy Blou...

Joan Klein Ennis WILMINGTON — Joan Klein Ennis, 91, a reluctant Southerner, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, at The Commons At Brightmore. Her parents, Oscar and Eleanor Klein, moved their family from Union, New Jersey, to Winston-Salem in 1946, and the Jersey teen spent a miserable senior year of high school at a place and time when Northern transplants were an unwelcome rarity. She got through it, though, armed with a disarming smile and inner strength that would endure throughout her life. Her view of the South mellowed along with her accent. It improved dramatically when she met her true lov...

At the moment, the under-construction Methodist Children’s Home in Tangipahoa features partially built walls, disconnected pipes and red, muddy clay. But Marlin Giacona’s eyes light up every time she sees the progress made on the facility she’ll be directing. “If you come back in two years, I'm still going to be super impressed,” Giacona said. “It’s breathtaking knowing that this is a place where our kids will be able to ride bikes and play safely.” Once the facility opens at the end of next summer, it will be able to house up to 32 boys and girls who n...