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Elector Marla Blunt-Carter sits in front of a mic while wearing a mask
Politics & Policy

Delaware electors beam with pride as they cast votes for Joe Biden

Even though the ballots signed Monday don’t play a deciding role in the outcome of the election, they are a point of pride for the three electors and voters in the state.

1 month ago

The Sheraton along Interstate 95 south of Wilmington has been sold to serve people experiencing homeless. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Wilmington Code Purple shelter shifts to winter-long hotel stay

Instead of a temporary shelter only opened on super cold nights, Friendship House plans to move those experiencing homelessness into a former hotel all winter long.

1 month ago

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant
Health

First batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could reach Delaware ‘within the next few days’

Delaware could receive more than 8,700 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine and begin distribution to residents “within the next few days,” per health officials.

1 month ago

Frosted Flakes the dog stands on a Barker Bed next to a Christmas tree
Community

Brandywine Valley SPCA seeks families for shelter dog holiday sleepovers

The shelter hopes that, as dogs enjoy the holidays in the comfort of foster homes, it can gain insights that will help the animals find forever families.

1 month ago

A Narcan nasal device, which delivers naloxone, lies on a counter. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Health

Delaware offers naloxone through mail order as overdose deaths climb

In an effort to reverse the state’s overdose death rate that continues to climb, the state is offering to mail out the OD-interrupting drug naloxone.

1 month ago

The Rehoboth Beach boardwalk (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Police: Delaware officer shot, Pennsylvania fugitive killed

Authorities say a Delaware police officer was wounded and an attempted murder suspect from Pennsylvania shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire at a motel in Delaware.

1 month ago

Director of music and operations Arreon Harley helps a young singer get ready for a Choir School of Delaware performance.
Education

In-person performance is the ‘best Christmas gift’ Delaware choir can give

Students at the Choir School of Delaware return to the stage at Winterthur Museum for their first live performance together since the start of the pandemic.

1 month ago

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Dr. David Tam of Beebe Healthcare (center with black mask) says his staff is suffering from
Health

‘Combat fatigue’ for Del. caregivers as COVID-19 hospitalizations at all-time high

Nurses, hospital directors and public health officials worry that the growing number of patients could overwhelm the system and caregivers.

1 month ago

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Keona Berry walks down Market Street with a protective mask on her face on Friday, March 27, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Del. Gov. Carney announces 10 p.m. curfew for businesses, zero-tolerance enforcement policy

The decision comes one week after the governor announced a stay-at-home advisory and a one-month pause on in-person learning starting Monday, Dec. 14.

2 months ago

(Courtesy of Wilmington Blue Rocks)
Community

Wilmington to Washington connection increases with new minor league baseball alignment

Riding Joe Biden’s coattails to D.C., Delaware’s only minor league baseball team, the Wilmington Blue Rocks, has a new parent club: the Washington Nationals.

2 months ago

T.S. Smith & Sons farm in Bridgeville, Delaware is one of nearly 1,000 farms preserved from development throughout the state. (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Agriculture)
Politics & Policy

Funding questions remain amid new effort to preserve open space in northern Delaware

Increasing development has long been an issue in Delaware’s most populous county. Now New Castle County leaders have new guidance on how to better preserve open space.

2 months ago

President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Courts & Law

Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’

Hunter Biden has long been a target of President Donald Trump and his allies, who have accused him of profiting off his political connections.

2 months ago

The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in Delaware has surpassed the record set in late April. (State of Delaware)
Health

Del. coronavirus hospitalizations set record high, expected to keep growing

The previous peak was 337 in late April, but the number of people needing hospital beds had dropped to 29 by late August. Now there’s 338 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

2 months ago

Amtrak chief executive Bill Flynn (left) and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., both hailed the completion of the project that added a third track along a 1 1/2-mile stretch from Wilmington to Newark. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Amtrak completes construction of third track between Wilmington and Newark

Rail passage through northern Delaware has long been hamstrung by a two-track bottleneck. The third track will improve train service and speed, officials said.

2 months ago

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Community

New focus for ‘Delaware Day’ holiday tells history of enslaved people

Instead of celebrating Delaware’s five founding fathers who signed the Constitution, this year’s focus shifts to four enslaved Black Delawareans and an abolitionist.

2 months ago

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