CORONAVIRUS
Walmart and Sam's Club leaders announced in a press release July 15 all stores nationwide will require shoppers to wear a face covering beginning July 20. (Courtesy Walmart)
Walmart, Sam's Club to require face coverings in all stores beginning July 20
Cottonwood Art Festival was one of three events canceled by the city. (Courtesy Cottonwood Art Festival)
Richardson officials cancel Cottonwood Art Festival, Huffhines Art Trails and Pawtoberfest
The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, giving claimants $600 per week, will end July 25. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Federal unemployment payments of $600 per week end July 25
Dr. Steven Kelder is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin with a career spanning more than 25 years. (Graphic by Chance Flowers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Disease expert discusses ongoing pandemic and nearing school year
Medical City is suspending elective surgeries in its North Texas hospitals until July 27. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Medical City temporarily suspends elective surgeries in effort to expand bed capacity
Dallas County residents registered to vote can participate in the July 14 runoff election. (Community Impact staff)
DATA: Nearly 81,000 Dallas County residents voted early in Democratic runoff
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, shown here in March, announced July 13 the U.S. Department of Defense would provide additional resource to help Texas combat COVID-19. (Brian Rash/Community Impact Newspaper)
Department of Defense task forces deployed to help Texas combat COVID-19
The annual Heights Car Show will look slightly different from years past. (Courtesy David Alvey)
Richardson car show to carry on, part of Keller trail to close: DFW business, community news
Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath announced in a June 30 State Board of Education meeting that students will be taking the STAAR in the 2020-21 school year. (Courtesy Pixabay)
Education organizations call for STAAR requirements to be waived another year
With a clinical background in internal, pulmonary and critical care medicine, Corry has been with BCM for 20 years. He now focuses primarily on inflammatory lung diseases, such as asthma and smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. (Graphic by Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Q&A: Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. David Corry discusses immunity, vaccine production amid COVID-19 pandemic
Dallas County commissioners agreed to contribute partial funding to the study at a July 10 meeting. (Courtesy Dallas County)
Dallas County commits $500K to scientists looking to pinpoint regional prevalence of COVID-19
The new partnership will provide on-site, same-day testing and results for assisted-living facility staff and their residents. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
State announces partnership for increased COVID-19 testing for patients, staff at assisted-living facilities, nursing homes
If an employee tests positive for COVID-19, establishments are encouraged, but not required, to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state guidelines. (Katherine Borey/Community Impact Newspaper)
Texas restaurants, businesses not required to disclose positive COVID-19 cases
The annual Heights Car Show will look slightly different from years past. (Courtesy David Alvey)
The Heights Car Show to host socially distanced event and food drive
The draft policy was released a week before the district will require parents to report their interest in the district’s alternative, fully remote learning track. (Courtesy Pexels)
Draft policy: Plano ISD to require masks, take other health measures if students return to campuses in fall