Jenae Welch runs the Dandurand Drugstore at Central and Rock. Since December, she’s been working to get ready to help provide COVID-19 vaccines in Wichita, but there was a concern. “One of my biggest questions about this rollout was how Pfizer or Moderna, both saying that we can produce this many vaccines, how are we going to get those into people’s arms,” said Welch.  Before, the only workers at pharmacies allowed to give the shots were the pharmacists themselves. Now, a new federal rule allows technicians to be trained to provide the shot. “That’s going to help us be able to administer more on a daily basis,” said Welch.
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As parts of Kansas wait for the snow dump to come, drivers are doing their best to get out of the storm’s way before it has a chance to close any Kansas roads. “That’s a lot of snow,” Nathan Rowe said. The threat of as much as 14 inches of snow in Russell has long haul truck drivers like Rowe, and other travelers, scooting out of town faster than they drove in, trying to get out of the storm’s cross hairs before the snow starts coming down. Others, like Rick Eiser, aren’t as concerned, saying storms like the one bearing down on Kansas are just part of winter driving. Eiser says he just came to Kansas from Buffalo, NY, where they had 10 inches of snow in a single storm.
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“There is without doubt, energy in the air. Energy from the teachers, energy from the students and excitement in the air.” That was the sentiment felt by Northwest High School Principal Eric Hofer-Holdeman as students return to the halls of his school for the first time in months. Monday was the first day of the district’s new blended on site learning model for middle and high school students. Of the nearly 60% of students who opted into coming back inside, half will be at school today and tomorrow and remote the rest of the week. The other half is flipped, meaning they are in school on Thursday and Friday.
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