Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

All but five Indiana counties are seeing a low spread of COVID-19, according to this week's County Metrics Map from the Indiana Department of Health. Newton and Starke counties are among the five coded yellow. That indicates a moderate spread, based on the number of cases per capita and positivity rates.

COVID-19 spread remains low in Northwest Indiana, but some places are seeing an increase.

COVID-19 spread continues to trend downward in Northwest Indiana. Lake County is coded blue on this week's County Metrics Map from the Indiana Department of Health. That indicates a low community spread, based on the positivity rate and number of cases per capita. Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties are all coded yellow, indicating a moderate spread.

Today: we continue our conversation on the proposed solid waste materials recovery facility in Gary with "the other side" of the issue. Sam Henderson, an…