No Change In Montco Vaccine Allocation After Meeting With State - Norristown, PA - Roughly 137,000 remain on Montgomery County's 1A wait list, while far less populated parts of the state appear ready to move into 1B.
UpdatedTue, Mar 9, 2021 at 1:45 pm ET
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Counties in southeastern Pennsylvania continue to advocate for fair allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses. (Lauren Ramsby/Patch)
SOUTHEASTERN, PA The most populous part of the state and a crucial cog in the region s economic engine has been slighted in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, leaders in southeastern Pennsylvania say. They re continuing to advocate for what they argue is their fair share of doses.
But despite recent increases in doses in many of these counties and promises from the state that even more is on the way, it remains unclear how this inequity occurred in the first place. Or, for that matter, what the state is doing to ensure it doesn t happen again.
Expert testimony on deadly Scandies Rose sinking in Gulf of Alaska forces new look at safety rules for crab boats Published February 25
This undated photo shows the Scandies Rose vessel in Seattle. The 130-foot crab fishing boat from Dutch Harbor sank on New Year s Eve 2019. Two crew members were rescued while five others died. (Mike Fancher/The Seattle Times via AP)
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Print article Three Washington state naval architects this week laid out a damning critique of flaws in a federal rule that guides the loading of crab boats amid dangerous, icy conditions off Alaska. Their testimony came Wednesday during hearings called by the Coast Guard Board of Investigation, which has launched an inquiry into the deadly Dec. 31, 2019, sinking of the Scandies Rose in the Gulf of Alaska. Five of the seven crew were killed.
× By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
Published: February 26, 2021, 7:34am
Share: This undated photo shows the Scandies Rose vessel in Seattle. The search for five crew members of the Scandies Rose in Alaska has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard said after two other crew members of the vessel were rescued after the 130-foot crab fishing boat from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sank on New Year s Eve.(Mike Fancher/The Seattle Times via AP)
Three Washington naval architects this week laid out a damning critique of flaws in a federal rule that guides the loading of crab boats amid dangerous, icy conditions off Alaska.