The babies are coming! And coming. And coming.
Now through early summer, the San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife will be a temporary home to the many thousands of injured or orphaned young wild animals who are brought to the organization during wildlife baby season.
From teeny, tiny baby hummingbirds to less tiny baby cottontail bunnies to the occasional coyote pup or mountain-lion cub, baby season will bring a flood of feathered and furred life to Project Wildlife, where staff members and volunteers dedicate themselves to making sure these wild things stay that way.
“Literally every part of the facility is going to be full of babies. The workload is tremendous,” said Andy Blue, who splits his time between Project Wildlife’s new Bahde Wildlife Center in the Morena District and the even newer Ramona Campus for apex predators and birds of prey, where he is the director.
Herald s total includes two first-place awards.
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The Grand Forks Herald won 15 awards at the Minnesota Newspaper Association s annual Better Newspapers Contest, slightly up from its total of a year ago.
Of the Herald s 15 awards at this year s event, two were first-place awards, six were second-place awards and seven were third-place awards. Last year, the Herald won 12 awards in the MNA contest.
Following are the awards won Thursday by the Herald and its staff:
Classified ad section: First place, staff.
Advertising excellence: Second place, staff
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The Alerus Center is where Grand Forks Public Health and Altru Health System plan to administer the vast majority of COVID-19 vaccines in Grand Forks. Herald file photo.
The North Dakota Department of Health agreed this week to send all COVID-19 vaccines allocated for Grand Forks vaccination sites to Grand Forks Public Health and Altru Health System. The decision means that the city-owned Alerus Center will be virtually the only location in Grand Forks proper to receive the vaccine. The Herald s Joe Bowen reports that experts see pros and cons to the decision as well as its alternatives, but Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, who requested the change, says it will make the vaccine rollout simpler and more streamlined.
Herald reporters cover events on Thursday, Dec. 31. Written By: Kim Wynn | ×
Journalist Adam Kurtz reports that two more businesses located in Columbia Mall are preparing to close, continuing the downward slide in retail both at the mall and around Grand Forks.
Helzberg Diamonds and women’s clothing chain Francesca’s will close in late January. They will be the latest in a string of shops that have closed at the mall including the Gap Inc., which closed in late January 2019, followed by Victoria’s Secret in June. That same month Eddie Bauer was evicted from the mall.
Kurtz also presents the second in a series of stories about area residents exploring their creativity during the pandemic. What started out as a way to stay fit for Emi Osowski, will soon become a way for others to do so, in a manner that heals the mind as well as the body.
Herald reporters cover events on Friday, Dec. 25. Written By: Kim Wynn | ×
After nearly dying from COVID-19, this Christmas Brittany King is looking at life with new eyes.
Journalist Ann Bailey visited with the 35-year-old Grand Forks woman, who spent three days in late November in the COVID-19 intensive care unit in Altru Hospital after the birth of her son, so seriously ill that her husband, Cory King, started thinking about what kind of funeral he should plan for his wife.
But she rallied.
“I had a true Christmas miracle,” Brittany King said. “God is good.
Journalist Hannah Shirley reports that, for some Grand Forks children, Santa isn t the only one visiting their house bearing gifts.