Katie Kamin
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Technology from an Auburn-based materials company used in at-home COVID-19 tests
Auburn-based Aptar CSP Technologies has designed and is producing a special piece of technology that is used in two COVID-19 tests that recently received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. → Read More
Alabama governor visits EAMC community COVID-19 vaccine clinic
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made a stop in the Auburn Tuesday to applaud the efforts of the East Alabama Medical Center’s (EAMC) community COVID-19 vaccine clinic. → Read More
Russell Co. ranks last statewide for percentage of people vaccinated, according to ADPH dashboard
Statewide, Russell County is last when it comes to the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to ADPH’s vaccine dashboard. → Read More
Residents reflect on year since EF-2 tornado hit Eufaula neighborhood
Families have spent the past 12 months rebuilding, facing unique challenges because of the pandemic. → Read More
Alabama bouncing back economically amid pandemic, according to CNN study
According to a CNN study, Alabama ranks 11th in the U.S. when it comes to how well its economy is recovering in the pandemic. → Read More
More than two dozen volunteers needed daily at EAMC’s vaccine clinic
The East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) is now several days into its new vaccine clinic location, where they hope to be able to vaccinate 1,000 people per day. → Read More
EAMC opens community vaccine clinic
This new community clinic is located in the former Tuesday Morning building on Opelika Road near Auburn Mall. → Read More
EAMC’s COVID Infusion Center making an impact on hospitalization rates
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations at the East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) has been slowly declining. → Read More
Opelika nursing home administers first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
Arbor Springs Health and Rehab, a nursing home and rehabilitation center in Opelika, administered the first round of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to residents and employees Monday. → Read More
Auburn company producing vials that hold Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
The biotech company Moderna, said its vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective, and an East Alabama-based company is playing an integral role in that vaccine’s distribution and storage. → Read More
Eufaula City School District starts in-person learning for lower schools
Students were back in the classroom in Eufaula Wednesday, the day the Eufaula City School District first began in-person learning for the 2020 school year. → Read More
East Alabama elections officials talk voter registration, absentee ballots
With six weeks until the election, Lee County election officials shared all the details of what you need to know to register and vote this year. → Read More
Auburn businesses prep for first home football game amid pandemic
Businesses in Auburn are keeping their fingers crossed that the first home game Saturday will bring in some money after the financial hit of the pandemic. → Read More
Lee County to cover cost of special inspection for FEMA storm shelters
As Lee County residents are bracing for Hurricane Sally, the Lee County Commission voted on an issue Tuesday that should bring storm shelters to tornado survivors more quickly. → Read More
Lee County School District starts in-person learning
Many students headed back to the classroom Monday as Lee County schools reopened for the first time this year for traditional, in-person learning. → Read More
Students, officials discuss AU limits on gatherings of 50+ people
Auburn University is tightening up on more rules across campus and instituting a new rule prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people. → Read More
Auburn University students react to outdoor mask mandate on campus
A new rule across Auburn University’s campus requires students, staff, and visitors to wear masks everywhere, including outdoors. → Read More
Applications open for Opelika small businesses and residents for help with bills, expenses
Applications are now open for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) CARES Act. → Read More
Recovered COVID-19 patients can help current patients through plasma donation
A new clinical trial approved for the East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) uses recovered COVID-19 patients’ blood to help those still battling the virus. → Read More
Sheriffs in East Ala. implement changes to prevent spread of COVID-19
With a corrections officer in Lee County and a Tallapoosa County deputy testing positive for COVID-19, some sheriffs in East Alabama are making major changes to their daily operations. → Read More