From Asheville, N.C.: Rabies remains a public health issue. Millions of vaccine doses will be spread across certain regions. The goal is to prevent the spread of a specific type of rabies.
A program will distribute vaccine doses to wildlife during October. This will involve dropping special packets of vaccine from the air and distributing them by vehicle.
Further details about the program are available, including the number of vaccine doses to be distributed and the methods that will be used.
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SULPHUR, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) - Louisiana authorities say a teen boater has died after a boat flipped in a pond in Sulphur. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old took an aluminum boat to fish in a pond off East Burton Street Friday night....
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - High Sky Wing AIRSHO has sent First Alert 7 a statement about Saturday’s incident. “Minor landing incident resulted in the runway being closed for debris, which meant the Airsho waiver was going to expire before we could resume the show. Show will go on as...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Hundreds of people took part in the Tall City Memorial Stair Climb at Astound Broadband Stadium, climbing more than 2,000 steps to honor first responders who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago. Organizers said this year’s climb was one of the...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (Gray DC) - The 9/11 Pentagon Memorial broke ground on a new Visitor Education Center one day after the 25th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, attacks. Jim Laychak’s brother was one of 184 people killed when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and flown...
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SALEM, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - Law enforcement officers in Oregon seized more than 110,000 illegal marijuana plants and 81,000 pounds of bulk cannabis valued at an estimated $20 million following a three-day joint operation across Clackamas and Marion counties. The investigatio...
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) — South Carolina authorities say a 2-year-old girl has been killed in a hit-and-run crash and two women are facing charges. According to the Charleston County coroner, Haisha Dominguez Marin, 2, died Wednesday night. North Charleston poli...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Seventy-two law enforcement officers died while responding to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. In the years since, hundreds more have lost their lives as a result of toxic dust exposure from that day. Five hundred ninety-five of their names are engraved at th...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - The Nashville International Airport is one step closer to being renamed after Dolly Parton following a unanimous vote on Friday. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority voted 6-0 to begin the process of modifying the airport’s name in ho...
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(Gray News) - A woman in California is accused of beating her husband to death with a flagpole. Vicky Kim, 65, was charged with suspicion of murder after police found her husband dead at a home in Palm Desert On September 4, deputies went to The Enclave shortly before 10 a.m. on ...
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(Gray News) - More than one ton (2,000 pounds) of methamphetamine was found hidden in a shipment of cabbage, according to Drug Enforcement Administration agents. The shipment was found by the McAllen DEA office in the Rio Grande Valley, the agency confirmed. More than one ton (2,...
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CROSSVILLE, Tenn. ( WVLT /Gray News) - A Florida man has died following a boating accident on Watts Bar Lake on Friday afternoon. State wildlife officials identified the man as 72-year-old Stephen Mason of Homosassa, Florida. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, ...
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ALBANY, Ga. ( WALB /Gray News) — Georgia authorities are investigating the death of an Albany State University student. According to the county coroner, Olivia Robinson, 18, died after jumping out of a moving vehicle on Newton Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday. The Albany Police Depar...
