For today’s headlines, locally Democrats lead with votes returned thus far and in the world, those disposable masks if not disposed of properly may end up choking a fish CNN reported today, stick around and find out why.
For today’s headlines, locally Democrats lead with votes returned thus far and in the world, those disposable masks if not disposed of properly may end up choking a fish CNN reported today, stick around and find out why.
Happy Friday everyone, today looks sunny with highs around 60 degrees; tonight we’ll drop to the mid 30s for our low.
Over the weekend, Saturday brings sunny skies again with highs around 60 to 65 degrees and lows around 30 to 35 degrees.
Now, here’s the news.
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Voters identifying as Democrats have returned 2,132 ballots in Las Animas County and a total of 4,885 ballot have already been returned in the county, according to numbers from the Colorado Secretary of State.
Republicans, meanwhile, have returned 1,361 ballots and unaffiliated voters 1,345 in Las Animas County. Other parties represented in the county include libertarians with 26 ballots returned, American Constitution Party with 11 returned, the Green Party with 8 returned, and the UNI party with two returned.
Statewide, as of yesterday’s numbers from the Secretary of State’s office, a little over 2 million ballots had been returned. People that have identified in 2020 as Democrats have returned 705,198 ballots, unaffiliated returned 696,265, and Republicans have returned 527,356.
The bulk of ballots returned in Las Animas County have been mail-in ballots. So far only 66 people have voted in person in the county.
If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time to visit the Las Animas County Courthouse to cast your vote.
The pandemic has not only upended millions of lives around the world, it's now threatening the world's oceans CNN reported today.
Pandemic-generated waste, such as discarded disposable masks, gloves and wipes are floating into waterways and oceans. The proof is in the waste that's already washed ashore on beaches in the past several months.
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As many as 62,210 PPE items, including single-use masks and gloves were collected during the annual International Coastal Cleanup event last month, according to preliminary data from CNN.
It's the world's largest volunteer effort, held every September, involving participants from dozens of countries who remove and log a sample volume of plastics and marine waste from the ocean and waterways.
This year, 76 countries participated in the clean up and collected at least 1.6 million pounds of trash, including tens of thousands of PPE products.
It was the first time in the 35-year history of the event that PPE was added as a data category, along with cigarette butts, food wrappers, plastic straws and bottles, said Dr. George Leonard, chief scientist with Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit working to protect oceans and advance marine conservation.
At a time when the world's oceans are already choking on as much as 8 million metric tons of plastic leaked into them annually, Leonard cautions that this latest threat could exacerbate an already tenuous situation. At this rate, the World Economic Forum has warned that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in terms of weight in the world's oceans.
So, if you happen to use a disposable mask, be sure it’s disposed of properly and if possible, invest in one you can wash and reuse.
It’s time to check out upcoming events. There will be a drive through trick or treat event out at the Las Animas County Fairgrounds today from 3:30 to 5 and on Saturday Mt Carmel will be hosting a virtual craft hour for kids starting at 10:30 a.m. Visit their website at MtCarmelCenter.org.
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That will do it for today’s episode. Thanks for sticking around.
This has been Cameron Wayne, wishing you a great rest of your day, wherever you are.