FORT EDWARD - Washington County will hire three more registered nurses and pay employees from other departments for weekend contact tracing for the Department of Public Health. The Washington County Board of Supervisors held a special board meeting to approve a resolution Wednesday.
Some school systems in the FOX10 News viewing area are staying closed due to the impact of Hurricane Zeta. Those include Clarke County public schools and Washington County schools. School leaders say extended school closures may be needed next week as well.
Washington County's new fall sports season suffered a significant setback due to COVID-19. The Clear Spring football program was shut down and placed in quarantine for the next two weeks after a player tested positive for the virus. The team, which was scheduled to open its season on Friday, had Week 1's game with Williamsport and next Friday's game at Boonsboro canceled.
Washington County, Ore. - A new lawsuit has been filed over that typo on the ballots in Washington County we first reported on last week. The No on Measure 110 Campaign claims the tainted ballots should not be certified. You'll remember we reported the error that the words "YES" and "NO" are randomly inserted in the Oregon Statewide measures.
The morning after the vice-presidential debate, third-grade teacher Marvin Reed showed his class a clip of the final question, from Brecklynn Brown, an eighth-grader from Utah: "When I watch the news, all I see are two candidates from opposing parties trying to tear each other down.
The United States reported 80,662 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, topping the previous record high of 79,303 cases on Oct. 23, according to NBC News. Nearly every state in the U.S. is reporting increases in COVID-19 infections. Our region is no exception. D.C.
Northeast Tennessee's 12th day in a row reporting more than 100 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) broke a regional record. The daily percentage of positive tests - 19.75% of 972 tests - continued the month's trend toward increasing positivity rates.
Forty-eight new COVID-19 cases and no deaths were reported in the region on a day when Public Health - Idaho North Central District said it is placing quick COVID-19 test kits with health care providers and hospitals, and Whitman County's public health administrator announced he is leaving his post.
Marion County's coronavirus numbers are on the rise - and so are the number of students heading back into classrooms. Last week, all of Marion County's public school districts were reopened to all students for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic closed them in March.
EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING STARTS TODAY: With eight days left in the fraught U.S. presidential campaign, Maryland on Monday will join dozens of other states that offer early, in-person voting as one of several ways to cast a ballot, Ovetta Wiggins and Erin Cox of the Post report. GOT AN EARLY VOTING PHOTO?
(WSIL) -- Starting Wednesday counties in Illinois' Region 4 will once again face tighter mitigations aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. Region 4 includes counties in the metro-east and has had a seven-day rolling average positivity rate above eight percent for three consecutive days.
Virginia's largest school district will allow more students in elementary schools and in certain programs to return in person next month. "We can see that COVID-19 is going to be with us for the foreseeable future, and it is time to move forward with in-person instruction," Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand said Friday in a video.
When the six people running for three open seats on the Montgomery County school board filed their candidacy, the education world was much different. COVID-19 hadn't yet surfaced in Maryland and schools were open, functioning normally. Candidates' priorities focused on issues like hiring more teachers and pursuing construction projects at aging and crowded schools.
The costs of COVID-19 are hammering the budgets of schools. A spot-check of four east-metro school districts shows they will spend at least $23 million on COVID-related costs through the end of this year. Officials are alarmed at the expenses involved with distance learning, sanitizing, masks and plastic shields.
Three groups focusing on cultural inequality have launched the first of what they're calling "Cultural Conversations for a Collaborative Community." The 90-minute discussion, available on YouTube, focuses on education, specifically equity in a distance learning environment. "We filled the room with faces we don't see every day. ...
Anne C. Chambers, a career educator who was the co-founder of Indian Creek School in Anne Arundel County, died Oct. 12 from complications of diabetes at her daughter-in-law's home in Fairplay, Washington County. The former Annapolis and Denton resident was 80.
Enterprise Media Group mailed questionnaires to candidates to provide voters with information about who's on the ballot for the general election Nov. 3. Some candidates in those races did not submit responses; their names are noted by each race.
Boonsboro junior Morgan Dehoff was ready for the start of the high school golf season - back in August. When the season, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, finally got going, Dehoff - like many of his teammates and adversaries - had to quickly shake off any rust.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - Voters in Montgomery County will elect a President and Vice President of the United States, as well as a number of local officials, in the 2020 general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting in Maryland will span the eight days before Election Day, from Oct.
FCPS said they will continue to honor family choice in the student learning format and will be contacting parents to reconfirm the choices made in July.