New Delaware record 20.5-pound false albacore taken in Masseys Canyon by Pennsylvania angler
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament – a false albacore caught June 29 by a Pennsylvania angler from the fishing boat Get Bent in Masseys Canyon, about 35 miles offshore from Indian River Inlet in the Atlantic Ocean.
Division of Public Health Announces Two New Zika Cases in Delaware Males
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) announced two New Castle County men have tested positive for the Zika virus bringing the total number of cases in Delaware to seven. All of the Zika positive test results are due to a mosquito bite while traveling abroad and none involve a pregnancy. Both men were tested in June following recent travel. Zika is spread primarily through mosquito bite but can also be sexually transmitted from male to female or passed from mother to fetus during pregnancy.
Two new K-9 teams join DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Two new officers with unique skillsets and specialized training have joined DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police. Working with their human partners, AFC Josh Hudson and AFC Chelsea Allen, K-9 Rosco and K-9 River will be on the job, using their sensitive Labrador retriever noses to locate everything from discarded weapons to poached wildlife to lost children.
DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police encourage safe boating practices over holiday weekend
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2016
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police advise “steady as she goes” for practicing safe boating on Delaware waterways.
Governor Markell Announces Recipients of the Sixth Annual Financial Literacy Education Fund Grant
Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | State Bank Commissioner | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Governor Markell announced that 17 Delaware nonprofit organizations will receive a total of $204,000 in grant money from the state’s Financial Literacy Education Fund (FLEF). These grant funds will be used to teach adults and children throughout Delaware the importance of saving money, maintaining a budget, borrowing responsibly. To make this announcement, Governor Markell was […]
