Recently Harvey County awarded more than $977,925 in premium pay — paid to more than 150 employees of the county. What was that premium, and where did the money come from? The premium was COVID-19 premium pay, based on a year of employment for the county.
Dear Doctors: Is it true that we’re being told to eat even less salt than before? I’ve been hearing that there are new rules about that, but I don’t know what they are. How much salt is OK to eat? Why is it that this kind of advice keeps changing? Dear Reader: You are correct about the recent release of updated guidance regarding how much salt we should — or, more accurately, should not — be eating.
After taking several months off following a bout with COVID-19, Rachel Campos went back to work as a grocery store cashier in July with more knowledge about how to minimize the risk of contracting the disease on the job, and hopes of feeling safer.
Mexico plans to halt crude oil exports in 2023 as part of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s nationalist goal of self-sufficiency in fuel production. Petroleos Mexicanos, the Mexican state-owned producer known as Pemex, will reduce daily crude exports next year by more than half to 435,000 barrels before phasing out sales to foreign customers the following year, Chief Executive Officer Octavio Romero said during a news conference in Mexico City on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES – Health officials and experts are increasingly saying it’s time to upgrade your face masks, especially in light of the omicron surge. California’s public health director and health officer, Dr.
RICHMOND, Va. – Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital on Tuesday pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
NEW YORK – Hundreds of flights were canceled Wednesday as the omicron variant creates havoc for travelers and for airlines that are having to cobble together flight crews as pilots, flight attendants and ground crews become infected or are exposed to others who have been.
Some people think they have poison ivy because they have a vine growing on some trees or on the ground at home. There are two vines that look a bit similar and are often confused with poison ivy. Do you have either poison ivy or Virginia creeper growing on your property? During the growing season, these plants are easy to tell apart as Virginia Creeper has five-leaflets per leaf and Poison Ivy has three. However, during the winter, distinguishing between the two vines can be more difficult as the leaves have dropped. The reason it is important to be able to tell the difference is that Poison Ivy causes a rash in most people but Virginia Creeper does not. First, let’s cover some facts about Poison Ivy.
NORTH NEWTON - Elizabeth Helene Claassen Goering October 30, 1920 – December 23, 2021 Elizabeth Goering was a well-loved matriarch Elizabeth Goering was a well-loved matriarch with a passion for peace and justice. Born in rural Butler County, Kansas, she was the eldest child of Albert S.
NEWTON - Rosemary M. Trumble, 72, died Monday (December 27, 2021) at NMC Health in Newton, Ks.