The pandemic has tested businesses with the service and retail industries among the hardest hit. News Channel 3’s Jennifer Franco took a look back at the Coachella Valley’s recovery process over the past year…and where we stand heading into 2022.
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By PATTY NIEBERG, BRADY McCOMBS and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Late season wildfires fueled by strong winds have burned hundreds of homes, a hotel and a shopping center outside Denver. The fires have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. At least one first responder and six others have
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By PATTY NIEBERG, BRADY McCOMBS and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Late season wildfires fueled by strong winds have burned hundreds of homes, a hotel and a shopping center outside Denver. The fires have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. At least one first responder and six others have
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has revived its annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, as an uneasy nation tries to muster optimism that the worst days of the pandemic are now behind it. The city said it would limit the number of
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial was a four-week winding road with sordid testimony by four women accusing the British socialite of grooming their teenage selves for abuse at the hands of financier Jeffrey Epstein. The defense maintained the abuse could have been
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Police in Reno say they’ve arrested a teenager in the shooting of a 10-year-old boy who was struck when the assailant was shooting at another teen. The 10-year-old suffered life threatening injuries in Tuesday afternoon’s shooting but his condition was stabilized at a hospital. The boy was struck when the 16-year-old
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — An autopsy has found that a diabetic woman who died and killed two others in a wrong-way crash on a San Diego-area freeway had normal blood sugar and wasn’t under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office says the June crash on Interstate 5 in
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By Kendall Trammell, CNN As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, voices all over the world will resurrect the centuries-old tradition of singing “Auld Lang Syne” to say goodbye to the passing year. “Auld Lang Syne” — which roughly translates to “times gone by”– was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788
Continue Reading By Kendall Trammell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN People around the world are beginning to wave goodbye to 2021 and welcome 2022. The Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati are the first to see the new year — when it is still 5 a.m. on December 31 on the East Coast of the United
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The California Department of Health has announced it has added additional recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new quarantine and isolation guidelines. On Tuesday, the CDC announced it was shortening quarantine recommendations for those who tested positive from 10 to five days. The organization also shortened the time that close contacts need
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ST. GEORGE, Utah — Freddy Hicks had a career-high 27 points as Tarleton State ended its seven-game road losing streak, topping Dixie State 83-69. Cameron Gooden led the Trailblazers on Thursday night with 15 points and eight rebounds.
Continue Reading CNN, KMGH, KUSA By Dakin Andone and Christina Maxouris, CNN No deaths have been reported as a result of a swift and vicious wildfire that consumed at least 500 homes in Boulder County, Colorado, and forced some 35,000 people to flee, authorities said Friday. “We might have our very own New Year’s miracle on our
Continue Reading CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Jarod Lucas tied a season-high scoring 25 points and Warith Alatishe added 16 and Oregon State’s starting lineup filled statistical columns  while beating Utah 88-76. With the exception of 11 seconds early Oregon State led the entire way. Alatishe’s basket with 3:13 before intermission made it 43-29 before the Utes closed
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Continue Reading CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — KJ Simon had 26 points as UT Martin held off Austin Peay 65-62. Caleb Stone-Carrawell led the Governors on Thursday night with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian countries are looking to a China-centered trade bloc encompassing about a third of world trade and business activity to help power recoveries from the pandemic. The Regional and Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, takes effect on Jan. 1. It includes China, Japan, South Korea and
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian countries are looking to a China-centered trade bloc encompassing about a third of world trade and business activity to help power recoveries from the pandemic. The Regional and Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, takes effect on Jan. 1. It includes China, Japan, South Korea and
Continue Reading BOZEMAN, Mont. — Koby McEwen had a season-high 31 points as Weber State beat Montana State 85-75. Jubrile Belo led the Bobcats with a season-high 22 points.
Continue Reading MISSOULA, Mont. — Josh Bannan had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead five Montana players in double figures as the Grizzlies stretched their home win streak to eight games, routing Idaho State 78-54. Mack Anderson added 12 points for the Grizzlies. Brandon Whitney chipped in 11, Robby Beasley III scored 11 and Kyle Owens
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after a late slide pulled major indexes into the red on Wall Street, leaving the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slightly below record highs they set a day earlier. Hong Kong jumped in New Year’s Eve trading and
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