Published: December 26, 2008
The rates that Amherst County charges for emergency medical transports have increased for the first time in nearly six years.
Higher fuel costs and the need for more career personnel at the Pedlar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad sparked the additional expenses. The Board of Supervisors approved the rate changes last week.
The rate for basic life support transports jumped from $300 to $350 — those Read the rest of this entry »
TOWN OF OSCEOLA An 88-year-old man found outside his County Trunk F home Sunday morning has died at St. Agnes Hospital.
When the man was found at 9:45 a.m. by a neighbor he was still breathing, said Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department Lt. Rick Olig.
He was transported to the hospital where he later died.
"He may have been outside all night," Olig said Sunday. Authorities did not know Sunday if the man slipped and fell or why he was outside Read the rest of this entry »
12:00 AM CST on Monday, December 22, 2008
The number of Dallas County residents living with HIV and AIDS has steadily increased during the past five years.
But county health workers still are not allowed to distribute condoms in high-risk neighborhoods because of a controversial Commissioners Court policy passed 13 years ago.
At least two court members, however, are hoping to reverse that policy.
"I can't continue to join the ostrich head-in-the-sand Read the rest of this entry »
The Department of Environmental Health cites an obscure law banning food businesses in private homes.
Jack Melton of Redding gave away many of his pecan-filled fruitcakes. But health officials saw a small handmade window sign offering some for sale.
Health specialist Fern Hastings says Melton must use a commercial bakery that has passed a health inspection even if he gives his cakes to the public.
Melton says the 10- to 14-dozen fruitcakes he Read the rest of this entry »
Clayton County voted Tuesday against a bailout for the county’s only hospital, leaving hospital officials to look at other options, including federal aid, layoffs or —- if there’s no solution —- closing.
The County Commission voted 3-2 Tuesday night against a proposal for the county to back a $40 million bond for Southern Regional Health System.
The 331-bed Riverdale hospital must pay $40 million to creditors by the Read the rest of this entry »
10:00 PM PST on Tuesday, November 25, 2008
By MICHELLE L. KLAMPE
Students in several southwestern Riverside County school districts scored better than the state average in the Healthy Fitness Zone, a state measurement of the physical fitness of the state's students.
Statewide, students made small gains, but two in three are still not meeting state standards, according to results of the 2008 California Physical Fitness test released Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
America! We have reached the cusp of the abyss. We, as Americans, have the power to act and reverse this course.
At this defining moment in our country's history, America must rise up and take decisive action. It is our right and our duty! The stakes have never been higher! Verify your registration and make sure you know where to vote!
Please give your support and assistance to anyone who would like to vote but does not have the means to get to Read the rest of this entry »
SACRAMENTO—A ninth victim of a charter bus crash in Northern California died Friday, officials said.
E. Vang Saelee, who had been hospitalized since the Sunday night crash, succumbed to his injuries at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, according to hospital spokeswoman Phyllis Brown. She would provide no details.
Saelee's son, Rick, told The Sacramento Bee that his father was 74 years old and that his mother also died in the crash. Read the rest of this entry »
During its regular meeting Wednesday night, the Otero County Commission discussed plans for a growth study to prepare for the population explosion anticipated at area military bases.
The discussion focused on a memorandum of understanding between Otero County, DoГ±a Ana County, the city of Alamogordo and the city of Las Cruces. The MOU is the first step in working with the Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment to ease the growing Read the rest of this entry »
LANCASTER - Illegal drug use in the county is on the rise, and more of those users and sellers are inside the Fairfield County Jail.
In other words, the jail houses an increasing number of people addicted to drugs who are in need of a fix.
Officials say that's what contributes to the number of conveyance charges each year, or instances of people sneaking drugs into the jails. So far this year, three people have been charged with conveyance. Read the rest of this entry »