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State assessment results show more students proficient in math and English

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

More Delaware students are participating in statewide mathematics and English language arts (ELA) assessments, and more students are proficient in these subjects, according to preliminary 2017 state assessment results for grades 3 to 8 and high school.




Governor Carney honors Delaware Forest Service wildfire crew at State Fair

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

Governor John C. Carney, Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Delaware Forest Service and honored the wildfire crew that just returned from two weeks battling blazes in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. The crew, which left the First State on July 8 and returned on July 23, first tackled the 700-acre Wilson Fire near Meeker, Colorado – started by lightning on July 7. The firefighters then moved on to the Grizzly Fire before finishing up on the Dragon Fire – located just south of Rangely, Colorado. Delaware’s team included 17 state and federal firefighters from Delaware and three from West Virginia.

“The Forest Service has done unbelievable work over 90 years,” Governor Carney told the audience. “As we celebrate 98 years of the Delaware State Fair, we’ve got a lot of other milestones that are happening, including the recognition of Delaware’s state forestry service for 90 years of operation and their tremendous work.”




Supporting and Celebrating Breastfeeding Mothers Focus of August 3 Conference in Dover

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

Registration is now open for the DPH WIC Program’s 2017 WIC World Breastfeeding Celebration Aug. 3, 2017. The theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together.”




Two classes of students graduate from DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Basic Youth Academy

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Two classes of students, their families, officers, and instructors recently celebrated the end of week-long training programs from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police’s Basic Youth Academies, with graduation ceremonies at DNREC’s Hunter Education Center in Little Creek and Cabela’s in Newark.




Wilmington Doctor Indicted For Insurance Fraud, Health Care Fraud

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Joint work by the Delaware Department of Insurance and Delaware Department of Justice led to the indictment this week of Dr. Karl McIntosh on 14 felony counts including theft, health care fraud, insurance fraud, and identity theft.







  Category: News

State assessment results show more students proficient in math and English

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

More Delaware students are participating in statewide mathematics and English language arts (ELA) assessments, and more students are proficient in these subjects, according to preliminary 2017 state assessment results for grades 3 to 8 and high school.




Governor Carney honors Delaware Forest Service wildfire crew at State Fair

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

Governor John C. Carney, Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Delaware Forest Service and honored the wildfire crew that just returned from two weeks battling blazes in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. The crew, which left the First State on July 8 and returned on July 23, first tackled the 700-acre Wilson Fire near Meeker, Colorado – started by lightning on July 7. The firefighters then moved on to the Grizzly Fire before finishing up on the Dragon Fire – located just south of Rangely, Colorado. Delaware’s team included 17 state and federal firefighters from Delaware and three from West Virginia.

“The Forest Service has done unbelievable work over 90 years,” Governor Carney told the audience. “As we celebrate 98 years of the Delaware State Fair, we’ve got a lot of other milestones that are happening, including the recognition of Delaware’s state forestry service for 90 years of operation and their tremendous work.”




Supporting and Celebrating Breastfeeding Mothers Focus of August 3 Conference in Dover

Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017

Registration is now open for the DPH WIC Program’s 2017 WIC World Breastfeeding Celebration Aug. 3, 2017. The theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together.”




Two classes of students graduate from DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Basic Youth Academy

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Two classes of students, their families, officers, and instructors recently celebrated the end of week-long training programs from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police’s Basic Youth Academies, with graduation ceremonies at DNREC’s Hunter Education Center in Little Creek and Cabela’s in Newark.




Wilmington Doctor Indicted For Insurance Fraud, Health Care Fraud

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Joint work by the Delaware Department of Insurance and Delaware Department of Justice led to the indictment this week of Dr. Karl McIntosh on 14 felony counts including theft, health care fraud, insurance fraud, and identity theft.