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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 24, 2021

September 24, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - South Carolina

The Governor orders that all flags on state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Friday, September 24, 2021, intribute to Lieutenant John Stewart of the Lake City& …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 24, 2021

September 24, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Indiana

Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the life of Rep. Steve Davisson of Salem. Flags should be flown at half-staff at the Indiana Statehouse and in Clark, Har …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 23, 2021

September 24, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in honor of all of the Kentuckians lost to COVID-1 …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 23, 2021

September 24, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Missouri

Governor Mike Parson today ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at government buildings in Jackson County on Friday, September 24, 2021, in honor of Independence Police Department Of …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 22, 2021

September 22, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Arizona

Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow, September 22, in honor of Representative Frank Pratt, a long-time public servant who …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 22, 2021

September 22, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Tennessee

By order of the Governor, flags over the State Capitol are to fly at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in honor of Tennessee State Trooper and Executive Protection …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 21, 2021

September 22, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Alabama

I am directing flags to be lowered to half-staff on the grounds of the Alabama State CapitolComplex in Montgomery and in Alabama Senate District 11 (Shelby, St. Clair and Talladegacounties) on Wednesd …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 21, 2021

September 22, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Virginia

Governor’s Flag Order for the State Capitol in RichmondThis is to order that the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia is to be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol in respect and memory of forme …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 21, 2021

September 21, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Colorado

Governor Jared Polis today ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on all public buildings from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, in honor of South Metro Fire Rescue Firefighter P …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 19, 2021

September 17 & 19, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Michigan

Flags will fly at full staff on Friday, September 17 to recognize Constitution Day and National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The new flag lowering date for Sgt. Barajas will be on Sunday, September 19.Gov …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 17, 2021

September 18, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Washington

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Spokane County Fire Lieutenant and Paramedic Cody Traber, 41, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilitie …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 17, 2021

September 18, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Michigan

Governor Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags to be lowered to half-staff throughout the state of Michigan on Saturday, September 18 to honor the lives of firefighters who have died in the line …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 17, 2021

September 17, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Massachusetts

Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state building …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 16, 2021

September 17, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Florida

On Monday, September 6, 2021, Monroe County Commissioner Mike Forster passed away. Forster served the Village of Islamorada for 12 years, serving twice as mayor and twice as vice-mayor. He was elected …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 16, 2021

September 17, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Delaware

In acknowledgement of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Delaware Code (Title 29, Section 408) requires Delaware State agencies, including all public schools, to display a POW/MIA flag each year on the …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 16, 2021

September 17, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Iowa

DES MOINES– Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, September 17, 2021, to honor fallen Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page of the 2nd Battal …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 16, 2021

September 17, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - South Carolina

SECTION 53-3-165 of the South Carolina Code of Laws designates the third Friday in September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day in South Carolina, and directs flags atop state and …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 16, 2021

September 15-17, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - North Carolina

Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff beginning today September 15, 2021 until sunset on Friday, September 17, 20 …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 15, 2021

September 10-17, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Nebraska

Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that all U.S. and Nebraska flags are to be flown at half-staff tomorrow to honor Marine Corporal Daegan Page. Corporal Page, a graduate of Millard South High S …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 15, 2021

September 16, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Washington

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Grant County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Melvin, 60, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 15, 2021

September 16, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Missouri

Today, Governor Mike Parson ordered that the United States and Missouri flags at all government buildings statewide be flown at half-staff on Thursday, September 16, 2021, in honor of United States Ma …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 15, 2021

September 16, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Florida

On Saturday, September 11, 2021, former Representative Thomas L. “Tommy” Hazouri passed away. Former Representative Hazouri represented Duval County in the Florida House of Representatives from 1974 u …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 15, 2021

September 16, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Maryland

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that he has directed state flags in Maryland to fly at half-staff in remembrance of the more than 10,000 Marylanders lost to COVID-19:“More than 10,000 lives have …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 14, 2021

September 15, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Florida

On Friday, September 10, 2021, former Florida Supreme Court Justice Stephen H. Grimes passed away. Justice Grimes was appointed to the state’s highest court by former Governor Bob Martinez in 1987 and …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 14, 2021

September 14, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Indiana

Governor Eric J. Holcomb has directed U.S. & Indiana flags to be flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of Cpl. Humberto “Bert” A. Sanchez of Logansport.Gov. Holcomb also asks businesse …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 13, 2021

September 13-14, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Arkansas

United States Air Force Pilot, Lieutenant Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon, Arkansas, disappeared on July 8, 1944, while on a fighter sweep in Vienna, Austria. Lt. Mitchell was flying in the No. 2 posi …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 13, 2021

September 13, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Texas

Governor Abbott order U.S. & Texas flags at the State Capitol to half-staff on September 13, 2021 in honor of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal David Lee Espinoza.

Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 13, 2021

September 12-14, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Massachusetts

Please be advised that the dates for the half-staff display of the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag in honor of Sergeant Johanny Rosario Pichardo USMC, of Lawre …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 13, 2021

September 13, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Louisiana

As an expression of respect for Stephen E. "Steve" Pugh, the flags of the United States and the State of Louisiana shall be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol from sunrise until suns …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 13, 2021

August 28, 2021 - September 3, 2021 & September 12-13, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Ohio

UPDATE: Flags should be lowered to half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Erie County, at the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower on Sunday, Sept …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 12, 2021

September 10-12 , 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Wisconsin

Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #132 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff beginning at sunrise on Fri., Sept. 10, 2021, until sunse …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 11, 2021

September 11, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Tennessee

Governor Lee ordered U.S. & Tennessee flags at the State Capitol be flown at half0-staff on September 11, 2021 in honor of Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, an East Tennessean killed in the Kabul airport a …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 11, 2021

September 11, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Ohio

In honor of the life and legacy of State Representative Doug Green, Governor DeWine has ordered that flags of the United States and the State of Ohio be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings a …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 11, 2021

September 11 , 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Wisconsin

Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #131 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sat., Sep. 11, 2021, in honor of the Barber brothers, …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 11, 2021

September 11, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Entire United States

By a joint resolution approved Dec. 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89) has designated Sept. 11 of each year as "Patriot Day," which also directs the flags be lowered to half-staff for the entire day on Sept …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 10, 2021

September 8-10, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - New Jersey

Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 260, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, a …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 10, 2021

September 10, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Washington

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Former Colfax Fire Chief and Volunteer Firefighter Jim Krouse, 76, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency faci …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 10, 2021

September 7-10, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf ordered the commonwealth flag on all commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds in Washington County to fly at half-staff immediately in honor of Fire Police Captain Laron …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 09, 2021

September 8-9, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Texas

Pursuant to Chapter 3100 of the Texas Government Code and Title 4 of the U.S. Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq), flags of the State of Texas and the United States of America at all buildings, facilities, and …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 09, 2021

September 9, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Florida

On Sunday, September 5, 2021, Highlands County Supervisor of Elections Penny Ogg passed away. Ogg began working as a Poll Worker Trainer at the Highlands County Supervisor of Elections in 2004. In 200 …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 09, 2021

September 9, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - California

Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement regarding the death of Officer Joseph Boberg of the California Highway Patrol (CHP):“Jennifer and I send our deepest condolences to Officer B …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 08, 2021

September 9, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Oregon

Governor Kate Brown today ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, September 9 in honor of U.S. Forest Service contract firefighter …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 07, 2021

September 3-9, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - Connecticut

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in honor of Connecticut State Police Sergeant Brian Mohl, who died this morning while …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 07, 2021

September 8, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Florida

On Thursday, August 26, 2021, Circuit Judge Steven C. Henderson passed away. Judge Henderson took the bench on the Volusia County Court in 2012 and the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in 2017 by appoin …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 07, 2021

September 8, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Kansas

In accordance with Executive Order #20-30, Governor Laura Kelly today ordered flags throughout the city of Overland Park, Kansas, to be flown at half-staff tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 2021, from …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 03, 2021

September 4, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - South Carolina

The Governor orders that the flags atop the State Capitol be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Saturday, September 4, 2021, in honor of Lucille Simmons Whipper and in&n …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 03, 2021

September 4, 2021 - Half Staff Alert - Alabama

I am directing flags to be lowered to half-staff on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol Complex in Montgomery and in Alabama Senate District 10 (Cherokee, DeKalb and Etowah counties) on …

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Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Sep 03, 2021

September 3, 2021 - Half-Staff Alert - New Jersey

Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 258, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, a …

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