NEW YORK (AP) — Companies of all sizes are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new omicron variant adds another layer of uncertainty. Alphabet's Google and the nation's second largest automaker Ford Motor Co. are among those once again delaying their ...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — More U.S. drivers could find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their travel delayed this winter due to a shortage of snowplow drivers — a reality that could hit home Friday as winter storms start dumping snow from the Intermountain West to the Upper Great ...
More U.S. states desperate to defend against COVID-19 are calling on the National Guard and other military personnel to assist virus-weary medical staffs at hospitals and other care centers. People who became sick after refusing to get vaccinated are overwhelming hospitals in certain states, ...
Christine Schuyler, the county’s public health director, noted earlier this week that COVID-19 was still “surging” in the community. Information released Wednesday by the county Department of Health confirms that is still very much the case. The county averaged more than 124 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 last week, continuing what has been a recent avalanche of people testing positive for the virus. In addition, five new virus-related deaths were reported from Nov. 28 through Dec. 4. Meanwhile, the hospitalization rate — those in local hospitals and are COVID-positive — ...
WARREN, Pa. — As COVID-19 case counts continue to climb, Warren County now has the distinction of having the highest test percent positivity in the state of Pennsylvania. The Department of Health announced an additional 51 cases of COVID-19 in Warren County on Tuesday. That’s on the heels of a couple quiet days — 10 on Dec. 6 and eight on Dec. 4 — but more in line with Dec. 3 when 49 new cases were reported and Dec. 2 with 53. The county’s totals since the start of the pandemic now stand at 4,310 confirmed cases, 975 probable cases and 165 deaths. No deaths have been ...
WARREN, Pa. -- A joint motion to settle has been filed in the litigation revolving around the Warren County School District’s attempts to skirt state masking requirements. The motion was filed on Tuesday and states that the “parties have reached a settlement that resolves the entire case through the entry of a consent order.... All parties have approved the consent order.” The crux of the case was a decision by the school board to effectively make masks optional in WCSD buildings. A group of parents — who have never been identified in court documents — challenged that ...
