To keep residents and borough employees safe, and to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Ambridge Borough Council is putting measures into place that will go into effect in the weeks to come. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details…
State officials have announced that there’s a new financial assistance program available for small businesses that are struggling with COVID-19. State Representative Josh Kail talked about the program on Teleforum with Frank Sparks earlier this morning…
Kail admits that it’s a complicated program…but his office there to help:
The number again for Rep. Kail’s office is (724) 728-7655.
The Mayor of Monaca has issued a proclamation of disaster emergency. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports. Click on play to hear Sandy’s report…
Heritage Valley officials say their second COVID-19 testing location will be open today in Moon Township. The drive-through collection site is at their neighborhood facility in the 900-block of Thorn Run Road today from 8 a-m until 4:30 p-m. Testing is only available for anyone who has received an authorized order from a Heritage Valley provider prior to stopping at the site.
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
After a two-week period of no announcements or updates, the Beaver County Commissioners held their first public meeting to go over updates–albeit without the public. Rather they livestreamed the meeting to the county website and YouTube, as they are urging the citizens to stay home amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put cancellation or postponement on several events and business plans in Beaver County, and as Garen Fedeles stated at the meeting, the eventual property reassessment isn’t immune either:
Fedeles was there along with all three county commissioners, which some might see as a surprise since Commissioner Jack Manning released a statement last week saying that he was going to quarantine himself at his home. Manning spoke in response to a citizen’s submitted question in regards to that, and he clarified his recent actions:
The other two Commissioners spoke about the continued impact of the coronavirus in Beaver County, both reiterating the importance of self-quarantine and following CDC guidelines. Chairman Dan Camp specifically spoke about the reality that more cases in Beaver County will be realized:
The Commissioners’ next meeting will be on April 9 at 10 AM.
Beaver County officials are reminding residents that they should only call 9-1-1 to report an emergency. Beaver County Emergency Services Director Eric Brewer tells Beaver County Radio News that the county received dozens of calls to 911 reporting businesses on the first couple days of Governor Tom Wolf’s order to close all non-life-threatening businesses. Brewer says complaint calls have dropped since then…
Brewer says since that time, not only have the number of complaint calls dropped, but also the number of calls, overall, has dropped during this pandemic as well…
Brewer says the reason for the drop in emergency calls is probably due to the fact that everyone is staying at home, thereby lessening the chance for an emergency…
So Brewer is trying to get out the message of what to do and what not to do when reporting non-compliant businesses…
The non-emergency number for Beaver County 911 is (724) 775-0880.
The union representing Beaver County employees is at odds with county officials over how the commissioners are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives with S-E-I-U Local 668 criticized the commissioners in a statement this week for the actions they’ve taken to protect county employees. Union officials say they are receiving several calls daily from employees who are concerned about working in close quarters with other people. The county’s solicitor says the board feels as if it has gone above and beyond in their response.
Lawrence County Health officials are confirming their first positive coronavirus test. Commissioners Chairman Morgan Boyd said P-E-M-A officials let them know about the first confirmed case this week. Boyd says it was only a matter of time and that we are all in this together.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2020
TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 67.
TONIGHT – PERIODS OF RAIN. LOW NEAR 50.
FRIDAY – OVERCAST. HIGH – 63.
SATURDAY – REMAINING CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH – 67.
SUNDAY – SOME MORNING LIGHT RAIN. HIGH – 67.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration reported four more coronavirus-related deaths in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and ordered residents of Lehigh and Northampton counties to stay home, with few exceptions. Before Wednesday, Wolf’s orders covered eight counties, including Philadelphia, Allegheny County and Philadelphia’s four heavily populated suburban counties. The 10 counties account for half of Pennsylvania’s 12.8 million residents and 80% of its more than 1,120 coronavirus cases. Lawmakers also passed a measure to delay Pennsylvania’s primary election by five weeks, potentially past the spike of the state’s spreading coronavirus cases. Wolf plans to sign it.