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Jo Leyland instructed a number of people in a virtual “Sip & Sew” get-together to make cloth face masks from kits. Here, she sits in front of her computer monitor working with the group using her sewing machine.

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Jo Leyland is modeling one of the cloth face masks she has made.

Community volunteers make face masks to donate to hospital

It has been reported by some news services that “crafty” people across the country are stepping up to create homemade masks for health care workers facing shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A saw unit takes off the top layer of sealant to allow the joint spacing material to be removed. Federal aviation funds will pay for 90% of the project.

Airport runway renovation project underway

Workers with National Sealant & Concrete from Abrams, Wisconsin are on the backside of a $550,000 renovation project at the Imperial airport.

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First positive case in Phillips County under investigation

Monday afternoon, March 30, the Northeast Colorado Health Department announced it was investigating the first positive COVID-19 test result in a Phillips County resident.

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EMT Roxane Miller has been fitted with an N-95 mask. She is wearing the plastic hood used to test its seal efficiency.

Imperial EMS does virtual training; N95 masks fitted

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s (UNMC) Simulation in Motion-Nebraska (SIM-NE) program recently provided free virtual training on the coronavirus to rural emergency medical system (EMS)