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Coronavirus

Nurses fire back at Rapp for blocking staffing bill

State Representative Kathy Rapp said a bill that would mandate patient-to-staff ratios for nurses won’t leave her Health Committee. The comment was buried an hour into a three-and-a-half hour virtual hearing held last week on the condition of rural health care across the Commonwealth. The ...

District to pay $28k in mask suit fees

The Warren County School District will pay a total of $28,000 to a group of parents who successfully took the district to federal court over its attempt to end around school mask regulations. The suit was brought by the parents of nine students who were not named in any court filings. The suit ...

WCSD faces decision to raise taxes or lose revenue

Warren County School District is in a position to have to raise taxes if it wants to keep revenues from falling. According to Director of Business Services Jim Grosch, the projected total assessed value for Warren County properties goes down about $4 million – from about $460 million to ...

Pennsylvania rolls out ‘strike team’ to ease hospital crunch

SELLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has deployed its first pandemic "strike team" of out-of-state health care workers to a suburban Philadelphia hospital under severe strain from COVID-19, the state's top health official announced Monday. The team, which includes nurses and respiratory ...

State prisons to halt in-person visitation through February

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's state prisons announced Monday they will not allow in-person visits for the coming month because their staff has been thinned by coronavirus infection. In-person visits will be stopped , at all state correctional institutions, starting on Thursday and ...

County sets new single-day record for COVID cases

There have been over 150 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County announced in the last two days. The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced 57 new cases on Friday and a record 95 on Thursday. The previous high for single-day new cases was 82 on Jan. 4, according to DOH records. So far in ...