Mayoral candidates Cumber, Deegan & Gibson attend town hall hosted by Interfaith Center
Three of the candidates running to be the next mayor of Jacksonville met Tuesday evening for a town hall that was hosted by the Interfaith Center of Northeast Florida โ a non-partisan organization. WJCTโs Melissa Ross, host of the radio talk show First Coast Connect, moderated.
'We really need help': Coronavirus overwhelms rural Oregon
COVID-19 contact tracers make phone calls and log potential exposures at the Umatilla County Public Health center in Pendleton, Ore., on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. In Umatilla County, where Pendleton is located, the rate of people testing positive for COVID-19 is about 16%. Weve discovered we are getting really overwhelmed by the rapid numbers in the rise we are seeing now, Umatilla County Commissioner George Murdock said. To confront the surge in cases, rural governments are rearranging and shuffling responsibilities for workers already juggling multiple roles. Thats what happens when you live in small rural America I guess, Ross said.