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District 1 County Commission Keith Davis, far left, talks with Curry Volunteer Fire Department members in July 2021 after the commission voted to use legislative funds for a new shelter next to the Curry Fire Station. Shown are, from left volunteer Bruce Bennett, officer and EMS lieutenant Becky Atkins and board chairman Joe Batton.
Commission approves bid for Curry shelter

The Walker County Commission voted Tuesday to award a bid for the long-awaited Curry storm shelter - although the commissioner who helped to push for the shelter was at home nursing COVID-19.

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This scene was from the 2016 Martin Luther King Day parade in downtown Jasper. This year's parade has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
MLK parade in Jasper cancelled due to covid
Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and meeting in Jasper has been cancelled, the latest social casualty of the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the county.  more
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FILE - This artist sketch depicts lawyer Scott Keller standing to argue on behalf of more than two dozen business groups seeking an immediate order from the Supreme Court to halt a Biden administration order to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 7, 2022. The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. The court's order Thursday during a spike in coronavirus cases deals a blow to the administration's efforts to boost the vaccination rate among Americans. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)
Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. more
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April Kennedy Herron
Carbon Hill City Hall closes to public, council meeting cancelled
CARBON HILL - As COVID-19 has been spreading through the city at a rapid clip, Carbon Hill City Hall was closed to the public Wednesday morning for the rest of the week, and Thursday's Carbon Hill City Council meeting was also cancelled. more
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These are the COVID-19 testing rates in Walker County as of Monday.
Local, state covid percentages start to drop

Early this week, Walker County and Alabama finally began to see their COVID-19 seven-day positive test percentage go down, as Friday's county rate of 34.4 percent declined to 32.7 percent, and the state rate of 43.6 percent on Friday declined to 41.1 percent.  

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This is the latest chart on COVID-19 testing in Walker County from the Alabama Department of Public Health on Friday.
Walker now tests 34.4 percent positive for COVID-19

On Friday, Walker County had 34.4 percent positive testing for COVID-19 over seven days, while the state is at 43.6 percent, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health website. 

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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington, Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7, 2022, on challenges to whether the Biden administration can order millions of workers at private companies and health care employees be vaccinated for COVID-19. Until the court rules, millions of workers face a patchwork of requirements depending on where they live. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Supreme Court weighs vaccine rules affecting more than 80M
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases because … more
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Health workers attend a Covid19 testing site in Brisbane, Friday, January 7, 2022. Queensland has recorded 10,953 new COVID-19 cases as the state considers delaying the return of primary school students to class. (AAP Image/Jono Searle) NO ARCHIVING
Some virus restrictions back in Australia as omicron surges
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's most populous state reinstated some restrictions and suspended elective surgeries on Friday as COVID-19 cases surged to another record. New South Wales reported … more
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Passengers look out from the Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship docked at Kai Tak cruise terminal in Hong Kong Wednesday, Jan.5, 2022. Thousands of passengers are being held on a Hong Kong cruise ship for coronavirus testing, after health authorities traced nine close contacts of a recent omicron cluster on the ship and ordered it to turn back. Authorities ordered the Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas ship, which began sailing on Sunday on a “cruise to nowhere” and was due to return Thursday, to return a day earlier, according to a government statement posted in the early hours of Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Hong Kong bans flights, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and held 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing … more
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Judit Kagan, 75, receives her fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine in a private nursing home in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Israel's prime minister says a 4th vaccination against the omicron variant of the coronavirus generates a five-fold increase in antibodies to fight the virus. Naftali Bennett said Tuesday that an early study at Sheba Medical Center offered encouraging results just a week after a 4th jab was offered to vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
In Israel, omicron drives records, zigzag policy, 4th shots
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel opened to tourists for the first time in nearly two years. After just a month, it slammed shut. Now the omicron variant has set a widely-expected record for new … more
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