Health
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Has Flu Season Peaked?

| 2:01 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes The number of flu cases declined for the second week in a row. The percentage of emergency department visits due to influenza-like-illness also dropped. Is the worst of the flu season over?

Agriculture

New Pest in Town Targets Ficus

| 6:00 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutes Varieties of the plant are extremely popular in homes and yards. They can suffer heavy damage from the invasive insect.

Transportation

Supervisors Put Rubber to the Roads

| 12:32 PM

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County supervisors acted unanimously this week to — literally — put the rubber to County roads, voting Wednesday to spend roughly $2.15 million to resurface roads around unincorporated communities using “rubberized slurries.”