2021-08-26 E-Edition

Hospital Restrictions Updated

Effective immediately

Fulton County Medical Center officials have announced new guidelines for visitors to its campus. On Thursday, August 19, during routine monthly testing, a long-term care resident tested positive for COVID-19, setting forth a number of necessary precautions. “Weekly testing will begin as part of the precaution for all long-term care staff regardless of vaccination status, and a restriction to visitation […]

County Moves To Stand By Its Third-party Audit



A petition for review on behalf of Fulton County and its Board of Elections challenging the state’s decertification of the county’s election machines and matters related thereto was approved by commissioners Randy Bunch and Stuart Ulsh during executive session at the commissioners’ weekly meeting Aug. 17. Commissioner Chairman Ulsh was authorized to sign the verification. Commissioner Paula Shives was opposed […]

Medical Center To Give COVID Booster Shots

County records 25 new COVID cases

Fulton County Medical Center is preparing to administer COVID-19 booster shots at the end of September, according to a Medical Center press release. A statement signed by Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, acting Food & Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock and White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on August 18, 2021, recommends a COVID-19 […]

Mastriano Ousted As “Election Integrity” Committee Chairman



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The top Republican in Pennsylvania’s Senate said Friday that he is putting a different senator in charge of an “election integrity” undertaking and removed a senator who had made waves by aiming to carry out an Arizona-style “forensic investigation” of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman said he had had “many frustrations” […]

Central Fulton School Board Hears Back-to-school Updates



During the elementary report at the Central Fulton School District (CFSD) board meeting earlier this month, it was announced that the tentative date for the elementary back-to-school night is Sept. 2. Also during the Aug. 10 report, it was announced that the elementary schedule was being designed as a hybrid of the pre-pandemic schedule and the “special one” created last […]

Fulton County Files Decertification Lawsuit In Commonwealth Court

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Fulton County is suing over last month’s decertification of its voting machines, and asking a statewide court to reverse the order by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s top elections official. In the suit filed last Wednesday in Commonwealth Court, Fulton County said it had complied with the guidance in force at the time for the inspection of […]

PA Teachers Unions: Schools Should Require Masks



Pennsylvania’s two statewide teachers unions last Wednesday urged K-12 schools to require masks in school buildings, a measure that state officials are encouraging but have not mandated as students prepare to return to class. The Pennsylvania State Education Association cited the threat of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spiking infections and hospitalizations across the state […]

Pennsylvania To Offer Weekly COVID-19 Testing For Schools



Pennsylvania will offer voluntary COVID-19 testing in K-12 schools, state health and education officials announced Monday, promoting the effort as a way to keep the doors open for in-person learning amid a statewide resurgence of the coronavirus. School districts will have to opt in, and parents must give consent to the weekly classroom testing, in which students’ nasal swabs will […]

County Weather Forecast


It is going to be a hot and humid week across Fulton County, with high temperatures in the low 90s and lows in the upper 60s. There will be chances of a few afternoon and evening thunderstorms, but that’s about it, nothing to ruin your whole day. Young people often ask me how I got started in the weather business. […]