NEWS FEED

October 27, 2020: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: October 26, 2020

State of Delaware Announces Early Childhood Education Updates
Date Posted: October 26, 2020

DOJ secures Manafort and Gates-connected entity dissolutions
Date Posted: October 26, 2020

Governor Carney, DPH, DEMA Announce Community COVID-19 Testing Sites
Date Posted: October 26, 2020

U.S. Coast Guard, DNREC Recover 55 Tons of Oiled Debris
Date Posted: October 26, 2020

Governor Carney Announces Compassionate Champion Award Recipients
Date Posted: October 23, 2020

Attorney General Jennings’ statement on Purdue Pharma plea agreement
Date Posted: October 23, 2020

Revenue Announces Decrease in HSCA Rate
Date Posted: October 23, 2020

Weekly COVID-19 Update – October 23, 2020: New Daily Cases, Hospitalizations Remain Elevated; Deaths Increase
Date Posted: October 23, 2020

Public Comment Open, Transcript and Presentation Available on Proposed Plastic Bag Ban Regulations
Date Posted: October 23, 2020

Oil Spill Cleanup of Delaware Bay Coastline Intensifies Today With Additional Resources Deployed
Date Posted: October 23, 2020

Deadline for Second Round of TIIF Grant Application Approaching
Date Posted: October 22, 2020

Trout Stocked in White Clay Creek for Fall Fishing
Date Posted: October 22, 2020

Unified Command, Incident Command Post Established for Oil Cleanup Efforts on Delaware Shore
Date Posted: October 21, 2020

COVID Alert DE Surpasses 50,000 Downloads of App
Date Posted: October 20, 2020

Governor Carney Announces Health Care Relief Fund
Date Posted: October 20, 2020

DNREC Continues Working to Assess and Clean Up Oil Spill in Delaware Bay and Southern Beaches
Date Posted: October 20, 2020

Victrola Museum’s virtual Halloween program on Oct. 30, 2020
Date Posted: October 20, 2020

October 20, 2020: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: October 20, 2020

DNREC Emergency Response Working to Control Oil Spill That Washed Ashore at Broadkill Beach
Date Posted: October 19, 2020

Deadline Extended until October 25 for Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Awards
Date Posted: October 19, 2020

Delaware Announces Grant Program for Contract Poultry Growers Impacted by COVID-19
Date Posted: October 19, 2020

Governor Carney Authorizes Delaware National Guard Cybersecurity Squadron to Support 2020 Election
Date Posted: October 16, 2020

Weekly COVID-19 Update Oct. 16, 2020: New Daily Cases, Hospitalizations Remain Elevated; Deaths Continue to Increase
Date Posted: October 16, 2020

DSHA Celebrates Grand Opening of Splash Laundromat, Presents DDD Rebate Check
Date Posted: October 16, 2020

Governor Carney Announces Expansion of DE Relief Small Business Program to $150M
Date Posted: October 15, 2020

GACEC Newsletter Features Middletown Teenager
Date Posted: October 15, 2020

State Auditor Kathy McGuiness and Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro Partner for a Fraud Town Hall
Date Posted: October 14, 2020

“Civil War Band of Brothers” virtual program from The Old State House on Oct. 22, 2020
Date Posted: October 14, 2020

Beebe Healthcare Partners with Lewes Public Library, Delaware Libraries to Support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Date Posted: October 14, 2020

Delaware Waterfowl and Trout Stamp Art Winners Announced
Date Posted: October 14, 2020

Red Clay’s Kimberly Stock named 2021 Delaware Teacher of the Year
Date Posted: October 13, 2020

Overdose Medication Distribution Planned For Smyrna Wednesday
Date Posted: October 13, 2020

Gov. Carney: Delawareans for Educational Opportunity, DE NAACP Agreement Makes Significant Investment in DE Schools
Date Posted: October 12, 2020

Update to Lower and Higher Authority Appeals Deadlines
Date Posted: October 12, 2020

October 13, 2020: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: October 12, 2020

Delaware Cancer Mortality Rates Decrease Between 2002-2006 & 2012-2016; Improvements Among Specific Races, Ethnicities
Date Posted: October 12, 2020

Learn about the History of Disability in the Delaware Disability History and Awareness Month
Date Posted: October 12, 2020

Kent/Sussex 911 restored for AT&T customers
Date Posted: October 11, 2020

AT&T 911 cell outage in Kent & Sussex Counties
Date Posted: October 11, 2020

Nominations Open for Governor’s Volunteer Awards; Deadline is Oct. 18
Date Posted: October 10, 2020

Weekly Update Oct. 9: New Daily COVID-19 Cases Remain Updated in Delaware
Date Posted: October 9, 2020

Office of Highway Safety Launches Operation Crash Reduction & “New” ArriveAliveDE.com
Date Posted: October 8, 2020

Laurel Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty
Date Posted: October 8, 2020

Delaware Division of the Arts Welcomes Public Input on Strategic Plan
Date Posted: October 8, 2020

Smokey visits St. Anne’s School for Fire Prevention Week
Date Posted: October 7, 2020

Delawareans Have More Options When Disposing of Unwanted Medications
Date Posted: October 6, 2020

Dover man indicted on two felonies after flashing gun at political rally
Date Posted: October 6, 2020

NC City Police Department Earns State Accreditation
Date Posted: October 6, 2020

October is Delaware Disability History and Awareness Month
Date Posted: October 6, 2020

October 6, 2020: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: October 6, 2020

FEMA Mitigation Grants Application Period Open
Date Posted: October 5, 2020

DOJ secures Cohen LLC revocations
Date Posted: October 5, 2020

First round of DE Relief Grants helping 741 businesses with $25.7 million in funds
Date Posted: October 5, 2020

DPH Releases Halloween Guidance for Delaware Communities, Families
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

Weekly COVID-19 Update: New Daily Cases Remain Elevated this Week; Deaths, Hospitalizations Also Increase
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

Governor Carney Formally Extends State of Emergency to Continue Fighting COVID-19
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

Former Wilmington officer sentenced to one year of probation for Official Misconduct
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

State of Delaware Announces School Testing Locations
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

Video Explores Genetic Background of Eight White and Three Black People Who Lived in 1600s Delaware
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

Flags to be lowered Sunday for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day
Date Posted: October 2, 2020

COVID Alert DE App Expands Partnership to New York, New Jersey
Date Posted: October 1, 2020

Extension Of The Delaware Contractor Registration Act
Date Posted: October 1, 2020

DelDOT Calls Attention to Employee Injuries, High Number of Overall Fatalities
Date Posted: October 1, 2020

Emergency Sirens To Be Tested Tuesday
Date Posted: October 1, 2020

Delaware Child Psychiatry Access Program Looks to Remove Barriers, Empower Primary Care Providers
Date Posted: October 1, 2020

Nature, Science, and Fun Featured in Outdoor Delaware Magazine – Now Online
Date Posted: October 1, 2020

Governor Carney, 11 Governors Release Joint Statement on Threats to American Democracy
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

[VIDEO] Governor Carney Receives Pandemic Resurgence Advisory Committee Report
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Delaware Gets Approval to Extend Pandemic-EBT Benefits to Feed Children During COVID-19 Emergency
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Attorney General Jennings Announces Multistate Settlement Over 2014 Anthem Data Breach
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Delaware Integrates Prescription Monitoring Program Into Its Electronic Health Record System
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Join DTI For Cyber Security Awareness Month Events
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Dental Coverage for Low-Income Adults in Delaware Begins Oct. 1
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Additional Delaware Hunting Seasons Open in October
Date Posted: September 30, 2020

Investor Protection Unit Joins CFTC to Stop Nationwide Precious Metals IRA, Bullion Coin Scheme
Date Posted: September 29, 2020

DPH Partners With Health Care and Community Partners to Launch Fight Flu DE — Enhanced Flu Vaccination Campaign
Date Posted: September 29, 2020

OAW Announces Arrest in Camden Animal Cruelty Case
Date Posted: September 29, 2020

September 29, 2020: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: September 29, 2020

DuPont Nature Center Closing for Winter
Date Posted: September 29, 2020

Pair of Courts Side With DOJ On USPS, Vote-By-Mail
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

Update – Flag Lowering for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

Department of Finance & The Precisionists, Inc. Launch Autism at Work Program
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

DOL Announces the “High Extended Benefits” Program
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

SNAP distribuirá otra ronda de los beneficios de alimentos de emergencia para su uso a partir del 30 de septiembre
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

Delaware’s SNAP Program Will Issue Another Round of Emergency Food Benefits for Use Starting Sept. 30
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

Grants Available for Community Water Quality Projects
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Sculptures by Aaron Paskins
Date Posted: September 28, 2020

Delaware Surpasses 20,000 Positive Case of COVID-19; New Daily Cases Remain Elevated
Date Posted: September 25, 2020

Governor Carney Issues Revision to Omnibus COVID-19 Order
Date Posted: September 25, 2020

Attorney General Jennings Announces Multistate Settlement with C.R. Bard
Date Posted: September 25, 2020

Delaware Division of Unemployment Insurance Continues Lost Wage Assistance Program
Date Posted: September 25, 2020

$1.5 Million EDA Grant to Delaware Innovation Space to Launch Hard Science Startup Accelerator
Date Posted: September 24, 2020

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Checkpoint Strikeforce Week 5 Results

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | New Castle County | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015

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Dover – A total of 83 people were arrested statewide last week for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs. Of those 83 individuals, eleven (11) were arrested at DUI checkpoints conducted by the New Castle County DUI Task Force. Police officers also made 5 drug arrests, apprehended 3 wanted persons, and made 37 other traffic arrests. Statewide, there have been 2,333 DUI arrests made in Delaware this year.

DUI checkpoints continue and are scheduled for:

Saturday August 8 – Stanton – (New Castle County DUI Taskforce)

Checkpoint Strikeforce is a regional sobriety checkpoint campaign aimed at arresting DUI offenders by using high visibility enforcement to deter those who would otherwise choose to drink and drive. The campaign is a six month long effort coordinated locally by the Delaware Office of Highway Safety and involves setting up weekly DUI checkpoints & patrols statewide. Delaware had 4,086 DUI arrests statewide for 2014.

For a list of DUI checkpoints in your area text CHECKPOINT to 99000 or for a list of cabs text TAXI to 99000. More information and resources on Checkpoint Strikeforce can be found at www.ohs.delaware.gov, www.ArrriveAliveDE.com. Follow regular campaign updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe, Facebook www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE, and subscribe to YouTube channel DelawareOHS.