WTSA News For Your Thursday, February 3rd:
3 deaths and 677 new Covid 19 cases were reported by the Health Department Wednesday. There were 4 new covid positive tests in Windham County. There were 9 deaths and 935 new Covid 19 cases in New Hampshire. Cheshire county reported one death and 82 new cases of the covid virus. In Massachusetts, there were 87 deaths and 4,973 new cases of the covid virus, with 88 covid positive tests in Franklin County.
Vermont’s Amtrak services will be canceled today ahead of the incoming winter storm. The Ethan Allen service northbound and southbound will not operate in Vermont Thursday but it will still function between Albany and New York’s Penn Station. The Vermonter northbound service will be canceled but the southbound train is set to operate on a normal schedule.
Green Mountain power is warning about the possibility of power outages, where icing or wet heavy snow falls, especially in the southern part of G m p’s service area, Line crews have been pre deployed to suspected trouble areas.
Vermont will be allocated 1.65 billion dollars over the next five years as part of the nation’s 1.2 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill. The money will be used to help aging infrastructure in the Green Mountain State and will be used for infrastructure projects that include renovating and fixing bridges and highways. Nearly 70 of Vermont’s bridges are rated structurally deficient.
Some Vermont towns are being asked this year to pass a fair and impartial policing policy. Windham county Sheriff Mark Anderson says he is not aware of, nor has he been provided any examples in which a Windham County Sheriff’s deputy has exercised or acted in any of the ways suggested by No Mas Polimigra’s campaign. The Sheriff’s office is continuing work to improve the policy, and their Use of Force Policy as required by the Legislature/Governor, the Body Worn Camera policy, and modification of employment practices related to COVID-19. Anderson says they will again revise our Fair & Impartial Policing Policy once it is finalized by the Vermont criminal justice training center.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott is applauding a legislative move toward eliminating state taxes on military retirement income. The Governor says for the last five years, he’s proposed it be fully eliminated in Vermont. Scott is encouraged by the growing bipartisan support for this cause and appreciate the Democratic, Republican, and independent legislators who are stepping up.
This spring, schools across Vermont will begin testing for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a harmful group of human-made chemicals commonly used in building materials and electrical equipment before 1980. Vermont is the first state in the nation to require PCB testing in schools. If levels are detected at or above school action levels, schools are required to address the sources of PCBs to reduce exposure. Vermont’s program is part of Act 74, passed by the Vermont Legislature in 2021, requiring every school constructed or renovated before 1980 to test their indoor air for PCBs by July 1, 2024. Additionally, Vermont legislation gives the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) authority to require action when PCBs are found at or above school action levels.
LOTTERY NUMBERS:
TRI STATE PICK 3 0-0-2
TRI STATE PICK 4 9-3-5-5
TRI STATE GIMME 5 11-16-20-24-30
TRI STATE MEGABUCKS 2-5-13-19-31 MEGA BALL 5
POWERBALL 18-29-33-62-63 POWERBALL 15
MASS CASH 8-13-20-22-24
WTSA SPORTS:
Josh Richardson scored 23 points to lead the Celtics past the Charlotte Hornets last night, 113-107. Boston is at Detroit Friday night, tip-off is at 7pm.
Last night, as heard on 99 5 The Beast, and 99 5 The Beast Dot Com, in Girls High School Hockey action, U-32 beat Brattleboro, 11-3.