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.
By ED HOWELL
Daily Mountain Eagle ed.howell@mountaineagle.com | 1/18/22 |
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.
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By ED HOWELL
Daily Mountain Eagle ed.howell@mountaineagle.com | 1/14/22 |
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.
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press | 1/13/22 |
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.
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By ED HOWELL
Daily Mountain Eagle ed.howell@mountaineagle.com | 1/12/22 |
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.
By ED HOWELL
Daily Mountain Eagle ed.howell@mountaineagle.com | 1/10/22 |
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.
By ED HOWELL
Daily Mountain Eagle ed.howell@mountaineagle.com | 1/7/22 |
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 …
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press | 1/7/22 |
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 …
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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 …
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By ZEN SOO
Associated Press | 1/5/22 |
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 …
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press | 1/5/22 |