July 14, 2020 A coronavirus patient in Anahuac was flown by helicopter to a hospital in El Campo – 120 miles away – because closer facilities could not take him. Ambulances are waiting up to 10 hours to deliver patients to packed Hidalgo County emergency rooms. And short-staffed hospitals in Midland and Odessa have had […]
July 13, 2020 Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says furloughs and layoffs are still a possibility for the Dallas-based carrier unless it can triple its number of passengers by the end of 2020. Kelly has urged employees to consider early retirement and long-term leave programs designed to shrink the company’s workforce during the upcoming months […]
July 13, 2020 Plano ISD has released a 37-page plan for starting fall classes amid the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The district noted that the plan is a preliminary draft, and could be adjusted due to the changing dynamics of the pandemic. Students and their families have until July 16 to choose either […]
July 13, 2020 As more Texans are venturing back into the workplace, they’re concerned about their risk of COVID-19 infection as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Unless a person has a disability or medical condition that employers are legally required to accommodate, most Texans will have to return to work when their employers decide it’s […]
July 13, 2020 Texans will be voting during the primary runoffs on U.S. Senate candidates, U.S. representatives, judges and other local positions. The Democratic and Republican primary runoffs in Texas will be held on July 14. Early voting began June 29 and ends July 10. Early voting, however, will not take place on July 3 […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center is making back-to-school shopping stress-free this year with its Back-to-School Drive-Thru Festival. This free event offers registered attendees a backpack filled with school supplies for the upcoming academic year in a “drive-thru” procedure in the community center’s parking lot. Students may also receive other necessary items such as school […]
July 13, 2020 Dawn Webb thinks COVID-19 has caused a more intense kind of trauma for nurses. The registered nurse and program director for the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses said that before the pandemic, nurses might have experienced secondary or vicarious trauma. Now, as they treat COVID-19 patients, they could be experiencing direct […]
July 13, 2020 The pandemic has Paul Treangen rethinking things. Treangen is the CEO of Dallas-based TNW Corp., a shortline railroad operator. Like other companies, TNW embraced technology during the time of COVID-19. Some changes, he thinks, might even be permanent. “I anticipate less business travel for TNW in the future,” Treangen said. As companies […]
July 12, 2020 The Salvation Army posted a list of cooling station locations on its website as North Texas endures a stretch of extreme heat. The cooling centers are at various Salvation Army sites across the D-FW area, with services varying from cold bottled water to air conditioning and portable fans. On Friday, the Salvation […]
July 13, 2020 If the primary runoff elections are a test run for November, cracks are becoming apparent in the state’s voting system as it struggles to function under the strain of rampant coronavirus spread. Early voting is over, and Tuesday is election day in Texas for the low-turnout contests to finalize party nominations for […]