Time to start checking your mailboxes, moms and dads: Your new child care tax credits should start rolling in this week. Local tax specialists say they’ve gotten a lot of questions from parents about how the new credit works. The Biden administration is raising the credit from the old $2,000 per child, to $3,600 for little kids up to six…
It’s a return to one of the region’s biggest gatherings of the summer festival season: the Downtown Fargo Street Fair is kicking off with a bang and a big concert this Thursday. It’s billed as the region’s largest free event, with 150 thousand visitors expected over the course of the three-day event. It spans eight city blocks and features food,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Health is closing its vaccination site in the former Gordmans building due to a decrease in appointments. They are already offering vaccines at their primary care and walk-in clinics. Sanford has administered 48, 910 vaccines since the opening of the center. In total, there have been more than 170,000 patients vaccinated across the Sanford footprint….
Bowie the German Shepherd is as strikingly handsome as late rock star David Bowie. He’s a cuddler, a good canine citizen on walks, a great player of tug of war and an intrepid explorer of all backyards. He’s five years old, so he’s been around long enough to get some great manners and to love human companions. Amazingly, though, beautiful…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — New data is showing teens are not getting their Covid vaccines since being authorized to do so. North Dakota’s health department shows that nearly 13 percent of the state’s adolescents are fully vaccinated. This comes after the FDA and CDC gave Pfizer and Moderna emergency authorization to administer doses. A Sanford official says some barriers could…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Cass Public Health is changing its COVID-19 vaccine walk-in clinic starting Tuesday, July 6th. The clinic will operate between noon and 6 on Tuesdays and both Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson shots will be available. Clay County Public Health’s walk-in is Wednesday from 1-5 and Thursday from 9-1 at the Family Service Center. In Grand Forks,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Effective Saturday, the extra $300 some North Dakotans receive each week in unemployment money will be no more. “Basically what we’re seeing at the end of this week is a return to pre-pandemic norms,” said Sarah Arnston with Job Service North Dakota. Arnston says state-paid unemployment benefits will continue. “What is ending is the federal programs…
After a year of staying away from each other to stay healthy, the timing couldn’t be better for folks turning out to connect with one another at Sanford Health’s newest public event. Organizers are reporting good turnout for the inaugural Roger Maris All-Star Week in the metro. The events have been running all week, and continue through Saturday. Amongst the…
2020 was a year unlike any other for the Great Plains Food Bank. Virtually overnight, it seemed, they saw a 40% increase in need for help, brought on by layoffs and other pressures the pandemic brought to bear. That’s finally started to ease up, according the Food Bank’s Jared Slinde. Now, though, inflation is causing food prices to rise, across…
It’s the first fully-vaccinated, CDC-guideline-approved, social-distancing-free live, in-studio event in more than a year for the Morning Show, and boy is it right up our alleys. One of our favorite returning guests, Unglued’s Ashley Morken, brought us crafts, beer, beer-related crafts, locally-produced candy, tequila, and more goodies to get us ready for this weekend’s Summer Craft Fest. It’s been on…
