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COVID-19

Seven Triad, Northwest N.C. government entities gain federal COVID-19 grant funding

4 years ago  •  Business, COVID-19, Triad

Richard Craver, Winston-Salem Journal – Seven municipal and county governments in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina have been awarded federal economic grants related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor’s …
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Logistics of lawmakers’ proposed summer school quickly changing

4 years ago  •  COVID-19, Education

Laura Leslie, WRAL – Days after legislation was filed to require school districts across North Carolina to provide an extended summer school to help students who struggled with online classes during the …
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Some CMS Students, Teachers Return to the Classroom

4 years ago  •  Charlotte Region, Education, COVID-19

Katy Solt, Spectrum News – Students and teachers in some Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are back in the classroom. Elementary school students are some of the first to return to in-person …
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Rural lawmakers say too much of NC’s vaccine going to mass vaccination sites

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, COVID-19

Laura Leslie, WRAL — Lawmakers from rural counties are calling on state health officials to hold off on more vaccination mega-sites until the state starts getting more vaccine, arguing that …
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Cooper signs COVID relief bill distributing federal money

4 years ago  •  Politics and Government, Governor, COVID-19

Bryan Anderson, AP — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a coronavirus relief bill Wednesday that will dole out money the state received as part of stimulus bill Congress passed …
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NC lawmakers pass COVID relief, advance K-12 reopening bill

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, Education, COVID-19

Bryan Anderson, AP — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a coronavirus relief bill that sends federal money approved by Congress in December to schools for reopening, public health …
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NC lawmaker wants people with Down syndrome to jump line in vaccine priority list

4 years ago  •  Charlotte Region, COVID-19

Robin Kanady, Fox46 – A North Carolina lawmaker representing Mecklenburg County refuses to get his COVID-19 vaccine until people with Down syndrome get bumped ahead of him on the priority …
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NC Senate OK’s bill distributing federal COVID relief money

Bryan Anderson, AP — North Carolina state senators on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to distribute money the state has secured through the federal government’s December stimulus package. If approved …
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Parents rally in downtown Raleigh with one message: reopen the state’s public schools

4 years ago  •  Education, COVID-19

Aaron Thomas, WRAL – Hundreds of parents spent the day rallying in front of the Governor’s Mansion with one message in mind: reopen the state’s public schools. The protestors spent …
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Top health official out in New Hanover; Human Services board member also gone, cites commissioner vaccines

4 years ago  •  COVID-19, Wilmington

Preston Lennon, Port City Daily – Former New Hanover County Health Director Philip Tarte signs a beam at the now-finished Department of Health and Human Services headquarters. The reasons for …
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