Mesa Gilbert agreement speeds emergency response
Mesa and Gilbert fire departments strike an enhanced mutual aid pact to route urgent medical calls from Towne Meadows and Highland High directly to Mesa Station 9 for faster paramedic response. Gilbert paramedics remain based at three stations, while trained EMTs continue basic life support until para medics arrive.
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Gilbert
Mesa
Southern Ave
Towne Meadows
Baseline
Guadalupe, Becker and
Power Roads
Highland High School
Guadalupe Road
John Garcilaso
W. Park Ave
N. Cooper Road
E. Guadalupe Road
Highland High
Garcilaso
Wes Kemp
Killer bees colonized in five Arizona counties
The Associated Press reports that parts of Cochise Pima Pinal Santa Cruz and Yuma counties including Tucson Yuma Nogales Douglas and Eloy were declared colonized by Africanized killer bees. Agriculture Director Keith Kelly said traps will move to noncolonized areas and samples will be identified only when a sting occurs. The department aims to inform the public and educate on living with the bees as they move northward.
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Arizona
State Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Keith Kelly
Cochise
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yuma
Tucson
Nogales
Douglas
Eloy
Ken Boyd
Phoenix
Boyd
Kelly
Unity Parade to Highlight Mesa MLK Birthday Celebration
Despite rejecting the holiday Mesa sees limited business loss Brinton notes. Co chair Cherlette Henderson says paid King holiday remains a goal but mindset change comes first. First Unity Parade drew 750 last year and 1500 at Centennial Hall. second parade is Jan 17 at 1 30 p m downtown Mesa with a 2 to 8 p m celebration at Centennial Hall featuring multiple choirs and a marketplace with items and food.
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Cherlette Henderson
Mesa
Henderson
Centennial Hall
Hibbert
First Streets
N. Center St
Keith Johnson
Sankofa
Arizona Mormon
Progressive Baptist Church Mass
Word of Grace
Grand Canyon
Holy Temple Choir
Tucson
Kansas officials soothe hantavirus fears after teen deaths
Kansas health officials seek to calm fears as a hantavirus link is investigated in two teen deaths in Garden City and Ingalls. CDC tests are pending within a week or two. officials stress uncertainty, non person-to-person spread, and rodent droppings as the exposure source while urging medical consultation for flu-like symptoms.
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Kansas
Garden City
Kan
Steve Wilkinson
St. Catherine Hospital
Terina Ann Irsik
Ingalls High School
Shonda Minter
Garden City Community College
Holcomb
St. Catherine
Wilkinson
United
Elkhart
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
CDC
Nyla Japp
Stephen Meyers
San Francisco
Meyers
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Brinton
the Tribune
Arizona Interiors Imports, Inc
O.A. C
Ry Club
Mesailupe
Elliot Rds
Stainmaster Plus
Stainmaster Plus Berber
OAC
Sealy
Sealy Luxury Firm
1&M
Central Phoenix
North
7Th Street
Maryland
Tempe
Ahwatukee
West Warner Road
Warner
West Mesa
West Reoncey Road
Dobson & Broadway Rds
Pizza Hut
Glendale
West Bell Road
59Th Ave
Bells Gateway Plaza
Phoenix Distribution Center
W. Latham
McDowell Rd
51St Ave
East Mesa
Paradise Valley
Thunderbird Rd