BOONE COUNTY- Vaccination rates are varying widely across Missouri, and the data shows it. According to the state s vaccine dashboard, there s a 33% gap between the Missouri county with the highest vaccination rate, Boone County, and the one with the lowest, Pulaski County.Â
Boone County Commissioner Daniel Atwill acknowledged at the county s May 3 public health briefing that rural communities are falling behind. I donât think thereâs any doubt. that thereâs a slower acceptance of the concept of vaccination in the out-county areas, Atwill said.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, fewer rural residents compared to urban and suburban across America say they are planning or considering getting vaccinated.
Maggie Valley occupancy tax on the horizon Wednesday, May 05, 2021 Maggie Valley may have the opportunity to levy a 2 percent occupancy tax within its town limits.
Maggie Valley may have the opportunity to create its own Tourism Development Authority for the purpose of promoting tourism in the town if House Bill 412 becomes law. Both the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen have expressed support for the idea.
The bill is sponsored by Western North Carolina Republican Representatives Mark Pless and Mike Clampitt. Filed in March, it originally included all of Haywood County as well as Bryson City, raising the occupancy tax from 4 to 6 cents in Haywood and creating a new tax for the town of Bryson. In the original bill, revenue from the tax could only be spent on a sports park, an amphitheater or a convention center. For Maggie Valley, these specific spending requirements didn’t make sense.
Social distancing will be in effect until at least June 21.
- Credit: Archant Bank holidays tend to be busier than normal weekends and businesses that did open were busy, with numbers tapering in the evening. While the weather probably played a part in this, it was encouraging to see that the majority of people were continuing to stick to the guidelines and play it safe.”
Meanwhile, Norwich City Football Club s Championship title win also passed off peacefully, with a number of fans going to Carrow Road on Saturday (1 May) to celebrate, with no issues reported.
The next step of the roadmap out of lockdown takes place on Monday, May 17.
Grieving family s two year wait for killer driver to say guilty
Pensioner Phyllis Mahoney was killed by speeding driver Nathan Clarke as she was being driven home from bingo by her daughter.
14:39, 3 MAY 2021
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The family of a woman killed by a speeding driver have spoken of their loss and grief - and of their gratitude to members of the public and medics who tried to save her.
Locked Up: The killers, dangerous drivers, paedophiles, and other criminals sent to prison in April
It was a busy month for the courts in Wales with multiple killers as well as abusers, drug gang members, and other criminals all put behind bars
04:00, 1 MAY 2021
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