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TYSONS CORNER, VA The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Virginia state experienced 5.17 hours without power in 2019 0.47 more hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
BILLINGS - Billings Clinic announced Wednesday that it officially begins its affiliation with the Health Care District of Basin, Wyoming this week. Wendy Corr reports that the new partnership will benefit both the patients and the community at the rural hospital.
Tadd Greenfield is the CEO for Three Rivers Health, formerly known as the South Big Horn County Hospital District, with facilities located between the small towns of Greybull and Basin, Wyoming. He says the affiliation means a more stable future for the organization, which has faced hardships in the past few years.
âSince 2010, over 100 rural hospitals have closed in the United States. So thereâs lots of desire, not just here, but everywhere else, for smaller rural hospitals to affiliate with bigger systems,â he said.
KINGSPORT â The Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) has announced 11 winners in the 2020 KOSBE Awards, a tradition that was started by the Kingsport Chamber in partnership with Kingsport Times News in 1994.
The KOSBEs promote economic impact by recognizing small businesses that are leading by example and making an extraordinary contribution to the communities they do business in. The winners exemplify leadership and excellence in overcoming adversity, and a passion for helping others succeed.
This year, 33 businesses vied for The Best in Small Business. Eleven rose above the rest to overcome this year s incredible challenges to achieve victory. The winners are:
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