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Mayor

Mayor Bowser, Chief Smith Unveil Real Time Crime Center

The District has launched a new approach to investigating and monitoring crime: the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC). DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and MPD Chief Pamela Smith officially unveiled the center Monday, April 8 along with a new CameraConnect initiative which works to solicit community participation in the city’s crime prevention efforts. The center’s […]

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Mayor

Atlanta mayor wants longer redevelopment ban for shuttered Wellstar hospital

The mayor of Atlanta is looking to extend the city’s redevelopment ban on the shuttered Atlanta Medical Center through April 2024, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Oct. 6.  If the Atlanta City Council approves the extension, it will be the third ban placed by Mayor Andre Dickens to prevent redevelopment of the 460-bed hospital site. Owner […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Governor Hutchinson breaks ground on a new facility at North Arkansas College

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – North Arkansas College (NAC) held a public ceremony to signify the groundbreaking of the new Center for Robotics & Manufacturing Innovation (CRMI). Governor Asa Hutchinson, one of the project’s lead supporters, was in attendance Monday as the featured speaker. “This is a culmination of what we dreamed of and what we […]

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Arkansas

Data shows Arkansas is improving Narcan access

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – Arkansas has made progress in addressing the opioid overdose epidemic by expanding access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement said Wednesday. The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) shows that 4,848 people received Naloxone prescriptions in 2021. It rose from 86 in the fiscal year 2017. […]

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Arkansas

State of Arkansas directs $1 million in state funds for pregnancy centers

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – Sixteen Arkansas pregnancy resource centers have applied for a share of $1 million in state funding. Pregnancy resource centers are nonprofit organizations that educate women about alternatives to abortion and provide free pregnancy tests, medical referrals, and infant supplies. In Harrison, Informed Choices Women’s Center of the Ozarks is a provider […]

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City Council

N. Charleston City Council hear comments, express support for Joint Operations Center | #citycouncil

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The City of North Charleston will continue to expand its camera monitoring system by mounting hundreds more cameras in high profile areas across the city. On Thursday night, city council unanimously passed the 2023 budget which includes $2.5 million dollars for the program. According to Deputy Police Chief Ken Hagge, the […]

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