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RICHMOND – Earth Day came and went Monday with little notice, which is understandable, given that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, insists upon itself, being so overbearing on the human experience that little else manages to enter the spotlight.

KANSAS CITY – Biologists for the Missouri Department of Conservation, or MDC, completed a fish habitat project at Truman Lake.

JEFFERSON CITY – Watching red foxes in action, one can see how the saying “smart as a fox” came to be, Missouri Department of Conservation, or MDC, information states.

JEFFERSON CITY – People angry about being furloughed from jobs and having their businesses closed are denouncing Gov. Mike Parson for following the social distancing strategy urged by medical professionals.

JEFFERSON CITY – Being frustrated and wanting Missouri to reopen is understandable, but not reason enough to do so, Missouri Nurses Association Director Heidi Lucas, Jefferson City, said Wednesday.

ARLINGTON, Virginia – While larger urban areas may be seeing the number of coronavirus cases slow, cases in rural areas are just beginning, two experts said during a briefing from the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Tuesday.

OMAHA – Assisting cows with calving or tagging newborn calves can pose significant risk for personal injury during any kind of weather conditions.

WARRENSBURG – Depression-level job losses, plunging stock markets, business closings …

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Division of Employment Security began issuing the $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments last week, with $66 million in benefits paid out to over 115,000 claimants.

RICHMOND Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes two new members, IT Director LLC and Scenic Ridge. The owners are David and Belinda Ashlock. David Ashlock, with IT Director, offers small business information technology support. Scenic Ridge is a vacation lodge in Camden.