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Delaware wildfire crew wraps up successful assignment

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Delaware’s wildfire crew returns to the First State this week after wrapping up a successful two-week assignment fighting blazes in northern Idaho’s Panhandle National Forests.  The crew is scheduled to be back at Blackbird State Forest on Thursday, August 23, at approximately 6:15 p.m.
The Delaware Forest Service dispatched the team of 20 wildland firefighters to Montana on August 4 and the crew was immediately sent to northern Idaho to fight the Copper Mountain Fire, situated on the Canadian border. This past week, the crew battled the Cougar Fire, a 5,880-acre blaze burning in steep rugged terrain located approximately 5 miles east of Hope, Idaho.




“First People of the First State”: Programs featuring the Lenapé Indian Tribe of Delaware at downtown Dover, Del. locations throughout September 2018

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Eleven Lenapé-themed programs to be presented at three downtown Dover locations.




Final ACA Individual Rate Increase 3% / Highmark to Rebate Over $5 Million to Small Groups

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Dover, DE – Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced the 2019 Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) rates today.  While Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBSD) proposed a rate increase of 5.7% for its 2019 individual Marketplace business, the Department of Insurance (“Department”) ultimately approved a 3% rate increase. Although, the initial proposed rate filing […]




DelDOT Announces New DMV Director

Department of Transportation | Division of Motor Vehicles | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018

Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan has announced today that Jana Simpler has been hired as the new DMV Director and will join the Department on September 4, 2018. Jana is currently the Director of the Delaware Office of Highway Safety (DE OHS). She started her career in highway safety in 1997, serving […]




Health Officials Issue New Warning after 8 Deaths from Suspected Overdoses Occur Statewide in 4-Day Span

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2018

NEW CASTLE (Aug. 14, 2018) – Eight people have died from suspected overdoses in a four-day span across the state causing Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker to alert the community to the wave of deaths and urging people in active use to seek treatment immediately and to carry […]







  Category: News

Delaware wildfire crew wraps up successful assignment

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Delaware’s wildfire crew returns to the First State this week after wrapping up a successful two-week assignment fighting blazes in northern Idaho’s Panhandle National Forests.  The crew is scheduled to be back at Blackbird State Forest on Thursday, August 23, at approximately 6:15 p.m.
The Delaware Forest Service dispatched the team of 20 wildland firefighters to Montana on August 4 and the crew was immediately sent to northern Idaho to fight the Copper Mountain Fire, situated on the Canadian border. This past week, the crew battled the Cougar Fire, a 5,880-acre blaze burning in steep rugged terrain located approximately 5 miles east of Hope, Idaho.




“First People of the First State”: Programs featuring the Lenapé Indian Tribe of Delaware at downtown Dover, Del. locations throughout September 2018

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Eleven Lenapé-themed programs to be presented at three downtown Dover locations.




Final ACA Individual Rate Increase 3% / Highmark to Rebate Over $5 Million to Small Groups

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Dover, DE – Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced the 2019 Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) rates today.  While Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBSD) proposed a rate increase of 5.7% for its 2019 individual Marketplace business, the Department of Insurance (“Department”) ultimately approved a 3% rate increase. Although, the initial proposed rate filing […]




DelDOT Announces New DMV Director

Department of Transportation | Division of Motor Vehicles | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018

Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan has announced today that Jana Simpler has been hired as the new DMV Director and will join the Department on September 4, 2018. Jana is currently the Director of the Delaware Office of Highway Safety (DE OHS). She started her career in highway safety in 1997, serving […]




Health Officials Issue New Warning after 8 Deaths from Suspected Overdoses Occur Statewide in 4-Day Span

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2018

NEW CASTLE (Aug. 14, 2018) – Eight people have died from suspected overdoses in a four-day span across the state causing Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker to alert the community to the wave of deaths and urging people in active use to seek treatment immediately and to carry […]