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Articles from the April 21, 2021 edition


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  • Curry, Roosevelt remain in turquoise

    The Staff of The News|Updated Apr 21, 2021

    Curry and Roosevelt counties both remained in the state’s vaunted turquoise status Wednesday when new county ratings were unveiled in accordance with the state’s “Red to Green” reopening guidelines. The state has, since Nov. 30, graded counties every two weeks on meeting gating criteria of 8 daily cases per 100,000 residents and test positivity at or below 5%. Green counties meet both, yellow counties meet one, red counties meet neither and turquoise counties make green for two consecutive data collection periods. The Wed...

  • Derek Chauvin could face 20-plus years in prison following conviction

    Minneapolis Star Tribune, Syndicated content|Updated Apr 21, 2021

    MINNEAPOLIS — Jurors convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday of all the counts filed against him — second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — in the killing of George Floyd, who died after being pinned under his knee for more than nine minutes last May. Chauvin looked stern and glanced around the courtroom as the verdicts were removed from an envelope and read by Judge Peter Cahill. The fired police off...

  • SBA prepares for restaurant fund launch

    Roswell Daily Record, Syndicated content|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    The U.S. Small Business Administration has published information in English and Spanish on how restaurants, bars, bakeries, catering operations and other food and drink establishments can apply for grants from the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The information is available at www.sba.gov/restaurants or www.sba.gov/restaurantes . The launch date for the actual application portal will be announced at a later time. During the next two weeks, the SBA plans to test the application portal and conduct outreach and...