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View Comments Shasta County prosecutors ruled Tuesday there "is insufficient evidence" to file charges against a deputy after he fatally shot a Cottonwood man who drove off a cliff in 2020. The ruling is part of Shasta County's officer-involved shooting protocol, which has the District Attorney's office review law enforcement shootings to determine if officers will face criminal charges as a result of using deadly force against someone.   Thomas Andrew Barbosa was shot in Ono on Feb. 4, 2020, after officials said he had been acting irrationally, had a knife and fled from deput...

New cases of COVID-19 in Essex dropped for the third-straight week as there were 24 reported for the town between April 15-21, according to the Vermont Department of Health.

Editor's Note Disclaimer: These numbers are based on data shared by the Vermont Department of Health. Sometimes, the DOH will update previous days' data based on newly-received information in later days. For the fifth-straight week, Essex has registered more new cases of COVID-19 than the week before. For the period of March 4-10, the town is listed by the Vermont Department of Health as having 38 new cases documented -- that being the most since the week ending Jan. 20. Essex has averaged 29 new cases per week since mid-November. In the latest town-by-town report, it had the second-most new ...

Biostatisticians draft blueprints for COVID-19 vax trials Hutch group applies skills honed during decades of HIV prevention trials to bring about safe and effective vaccines for a new pandemic February 18, 2021 • By Sabin Russell / Fred Hutch News Service Dr. Peter Gilbert (left) leads a team of Fred Hutch biostatisticians that pivoted to COVID-19 vaccine trial design. Dr. Holly Janes (right) is a co-principal investigator with Gilbert at the Statistical and Data Management Center for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. Dr. Peter Gilbert (top) leads a team of Fr...

Editor's Note Disclaimer: These numbers are based on data shared by the Vermont Department of Health. Sometimes, the DOH will update previous days' data based on newly-received information in later days. New cases of COVID-19 in the Town of Essex were relatively lower for a second-straight week with only 15 being reported for the period of Feb. 4-10. Of the 152 new cases in Chittenden County for that stretch, Essex accounted for 9.9% of them -- that being lower than the 11.7% of total cases in the county the town has accounted for since the pandemic began. Only seven deaths from COVID-19 were...