Photo: Jamestown Area Ambulance
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – While Governor Doug Burgum’s executive order lifted the statewide mask requirement beginning today, the City of Jamestown will continue their city wide mandate.
Mayor Dwaine Heinrich reports the city mandate will stay in place until further notice.
“The fact that the state mask mandate went away does not affect our local mandate for public facing employees,” Mayor Heinrich stated. “The city mandate stays in place until the emergency is over or otherwise cancelled by the city council.”
As of Monday, January 18th, Stutsman County has 27 active COVID-19 cases. The county reached a peak of 525 active cases on November 17th, 2020. There have been of 3,208 total cases since the pandemic began for Stutsman County with 3,107 recovered and 74 deaths.
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality awarded loans for water projects to three communities through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Programs in September and October. Cavalier received a $1,750,000 DWSRF loan to replace the aging ground storage reservoir and pump station. This project will ensure continued reliable water service to the system.
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City officials are applying for up to $500,000 in state funding to improve buildings along East Second Street.
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City of Jamestown officials are eyeing a state grant to improve buildings along East Second Street.
Crystal Surdyk, city development director, said city officials will be applying for a New York State Main Street grant for up to $500,000 in funding that would go toward upgrading the East Second Street corridor between Main and Institute streets and First and Second streets. She said grant funding is usually awarded during the state Regional Economic Development Council Consolidated Funding Application process, which didn’t occur this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the funding wasn’t awarded earlier this year, state officials are carrying out a special round. She added that the grant is due by Jan. 15.
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New York state saw record coronavirus hospitalizations over the weekend, rising to levels last seen in May.
The state noted that 6,208 were hospitalized as of Friday the largest number in the state since May 15. That number had decreased to 6,185 as of Sunday afternoon.
Hospitalizations in the eight-county Western New York region, however, continued to decline from its previous high of 548 on Dec. 10. As of Saturday, 473 were in the hospital in the region.
Cattaraugus County has reported five deaths since Thursday, reporting its 37th death on Saturday, a 90-year-old man who developed respiratory failure and was unable to overcome his illness despite aggressive medical treatment, and its 38th death on Sunday, a 73-year-old woman who developed respiratory failure and was unable to overcome her illness despite aggressive medical treatment.