Good News Notes: “When Nicole Finn blamed the Department of Economic Opportunity for a mistake that cut her weekly food stamps to $16, the News 6 community responded with a wave of generosity. According to News 6 Make Ends Meet’s partner Addition Financial, 30 viewers offered donations from a few dollars to $500 and in fact, one…
Month: July 2020
How cities are using nature to keep heatwaves at bay
Good News Notes: “The more the planet warms, the more cities are finding they need new ways to keep urban temperatures down and protect their residents. Heatwaves are already by far the deadliest weather-related disasters in Europe; 140,000 deaths associated with 83 heatwaves have been recorded since the beginning of this century. Today, only 8…
Amazing story of survival: WellSpan doctor saves man after 500-foot hiking fall
Good News Notes: “It’s an amazing story of survival. A York County doctor was in the right place at the right time to save a man after a 500-foot fall while hiking on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. ‘This was my first time in the back country,’ said snowboarder Ian Brown. It’s a first time…
“Stealth” food banks serve the undocumented
Good News Notes: “Underground food distributions, direct financial assistance, and postings on WhatsApp are some of the ways food banks are reaching out to undocumented clients, a population that has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus crisis. The efforts are designed to combat the chilling effects of the current administration’s immigration policies, which seek…
2.4 million pounds and counting: How sending surplus crops to food banks is helping Washington farmers and hungry families
Good News Notes: “It started with a simple message on Facebook on April 29. George Ahearn had heard about farmers in Eastern Washington who were giving away potatoes and onions and wanted to know if someone had a truck he could borrow to haul the discarded crops to Western Washington food banks. The response was…
Google is granting another $4 million towards affordable Bay Area housing
Good News Notes: “Last year, Google committed $1 billion towards addressing the lack of affordable housing in the Bay Area, acknowledging that as one of the largest employers in the region it has a responsibility to help. Today, the company shared updates on its progress, and announced it is giving $4 million in new grants to organizations that are…
Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours
Good News Notes: “Asian gypsy moths feed on a wide range of important plants and trees. White pine blister rust can kill young trees in only a couple of years. But it’s not always easy to detect the presence of these destructive species just by looking at spots and bumps on a tree, or on…
‘Love’ mural at UNC Rex Hospital serves as a bright spot in dark times
Good News Notes: “ A new mural at UNC Rex hospital has become a bright spot in dark times. The artist is a surgical technologist at the hospital. The letters spell “Love” and that’s what Jamar Harris put into the mural. “I feel that we should love each other, you know. No matter what background you…
Portable blood ammonia detector could be “life-changing”
Good News Notes: “In people with liver disease or other metabolic disorders, blood ammonia levels can quickly climb to dangerous levels. And unfortunately, checking those levels is not a fast and easy process. A newly developed device, however, could change that.” “A byproduct of the digestive process, ammonia is converted into urea by the liver,…
Rare yellow turtle discovered in India
Good News Notes: “A farmer in eastern India has found a yellow turtle which experts say is the product of albinism. Basudev Mahapatra spotted the turtle while he was working in his fields in the village of Sujanpur, in Odisha’s Balasore district, and decided to bring it home, forest official Susanta Nanda told CNN on Tuesday. Mahapatra found…