COVID-19

Bryan Anderson and Gary D. Robertson, AP – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services called Wednesday on all K-12 public schools to offer in-person instruction …
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T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – High schools and colleges would be allowed to fill up their stands to half capacity during the coronavirus pandemic under a bill approved …
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AP – North Carolina House Republicans advanced legislation on Tuesday that would distribute more money from the federal government’s most recent coronavirus relief package to state agencies and programs. The measure, which …
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T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – The first round of statewide school test results from this school year are in, and they show that North Carolina students aren’t doing …
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WSOC – The federal government authorized the distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine and more than 80,000 doses are expected to arrive in the state this week, beginning on …
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WNCT – Bar owners are busy preparing to reopen after Cooper’s executive order

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AP – All North Carolina school districts would be required to offer in-person summer school that targets children at risk of academic failure due to poor virtual learning during the …
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Matthew Burns, WRAL – Coronavirus trends in North Carolina have improved so much in recent weeks that Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday a nightly curfew designed to limit the spread …
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Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT – Republicans in the N.C. State House filed a new bill this week that would require schools to increase the number of spectators allowed at high school …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – A state program to cover unpaid rent and utilities for people affected by the pandemic has paid out just over 30 percent of $167 million earmarked …
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