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Month: October 2019

Desert Healthcare District board looking to help with east valley air quality concerns

As students in the Coachella Valley Unified School District are kept home Wednesday from their fourth straight day of school due to an ongoing mulch fire in Thermal, teachers and school board members asked the Desert Healthcare District for assistance and resources. In the public comment portion of Tuesday night’s Desert Healthcare District board meeting,

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DSUSD conducting structural tests at Monroe Elementary out of “abundance of caution”

Officials from the Desert Sands Unified School District has notified parents and staff of James Monroe Elementary School that there is structural testing going on at the campus out of an “abundance of caution.” Earlier this month, structural concerns were discovered at another DSUSD school, Madison Elementary School in Indio. This prompted the district to

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Licensed cannabis retailer aims to educate public on vaping in wake of CDC warning

Licensed cannabis retailers, including Chansce Pittard, the manager at “Leaf El Paseo” say a primary focus right now is educating consumers. “Cannabis vaporization can be very helpful because it can help provide a fast acting result,” said Pittard. The CDC recently recommended all consumers stop vaping until researchers can pinpoint the cause of a growing

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