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Published: Dec. 20, 2024 at 1:59 PM CST|Updated: 17 hours ago

Clay Dempsey joins News4 Live at Lunch to tell us what you need to know ahead of the high school basketball action coming up next weekend at the Civic Center.

For the last 20 years, businesses have partnered up to feed the area community with hot meals and baskets of canned goods.

The time to give isn’t only celebrated on Christmas Day, as local leaders are coming together all holiday season to make our community feel special.

The organization is trying to raise $40,000 before December 23 to help in its mission to provide 2,000 meals for people in need.

The Southern Star has been a staple in the Dale County community since 1867, and Ozark is working to preserve the history of print news in the city.

Updated: Dec. 19, 2024 at 6:43 PM CST

The organization’s community resource team and case managers work to provide basic everyday living …

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Santa Fe issues "code blue" due to winter weather [Video]

SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR. THANK YOU OLGA. WELL, CITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE WORKING TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM AND SAFE DURING THESE LOW TEMPERATURES. ALYSSA MUNOZ IS LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE WITH ONE OF THE CITYS EFFORTS. HEY, JULIAN. THATS RIGHT. THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY COLD RIGHT NOW IN ALBUQUERQUE, ITS 29 DEGREES, BUT IN OTHER CITIES LIKE SANTA FE, THEYRE EXPECTING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES, AND THATS WHY THEYVE ACTIVATED COLD BLUE CODE BLUE BACK IN NOVEMBER. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, PASSED AWAY FROM WEATHER EXPOSURE. SO THATS KIND OF WHAT WERE TRYING TO PREVENT. LIEUTENANT ISMAEL GUTIERREZ WORKS AT THE SALVATION ARMY IN SANTA FE. STARTING SATURDAY, THE CITY MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS OF THE STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SALVATION ARMY ARE TEAMING UP FOR CODE BLUE, AN INITIATIVE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY DURING SEVERE WEATHER. WE PROVIDE THE SPACE, WE PROVIDE THE SUPPLIES. YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS BEEN GRACEFUL IN HELPING US WITH SECURITY, WITH, YOU KNOW, POLICE JUST MAKING SURE THIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME. THE SALVATION ARMY IS OFFERING 35 COTS FOR PEOPLE TO STAY AT THROUGHOUT CODE BLUE, INCLUDING SNACKS AND DRINKS. THERES A PLACE TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM DURING THE DAY, AND THEY CAN COME IN. WE DO HAVE SOME COTS AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THEM. FOR SOME OF THEM TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE NAPS. WE PROVIDE BREAKFAST. WE PROVIDE LUNCH, WE PROVIDE SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY SERVICES. THE RED CROSS REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER SAYS THEYRE ON STANDBY, BUT WANTS PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF HOUSE FIRES, WHICH SHE SAYS ARE FREQUENT DURING TIMES LIKE THIS. IF YOURE USING A SPACE HEATER, KEEP IT OUT IN THE OPEN. DONT HAVE IT NEXT TO FLAMMABLE ITEMS. IF YOU ARE USING A FIREPLACE, KEEP IT NICE AND CLEAN AND THINGS AWAY FROM IT. JUST REALLY ENSURE THAT ALL YOUR HEAT SOURCES ARE ALSO BEING MONITORED AT ALL TIMES. NOW CODE BLUE WILL BE ACTIVATED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, UNTIL WEDNESDAY, AND AS OF ALBUQUERQUE, THE ALBUQUERQUES WESTSIDE SHELTER IS AT 100% CAPACITY AND OTHER SHELTERS AROUND THE CITY. THERE ARE ABOUT 150 BEDS LEFT.