Bryan Murphy, Charlotte Observer – Richard Watkins has spent the last year explaining the coronavirus pandemic — from describing how a virus works to, currently, discussing vaccine efficacy and distribution …
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Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times – Buncombe County Commissioner and now congressional candidate Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is off to a quick start in her bid to represent Western North Carolina, raising …
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Bryan Anderson, AP – Top North Carolina education officials on Thursday called for all of the state’s 115 school districts to make available at least partial in-person instruction …
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WAVY – U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced Wednesday they are reintroducing their bipartisan bill to secure health care benefits for “Atomic Veterans.” The bill is …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — When the state denies unemployment benefits, it takes months just to get an appeal appointment to plead your case. So James Peden was ready to go …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – A new $100 million Agricultural Sciences Center on Reedy Creek Road in Raleigh would bear long-time Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler’s name under legislation that easily …
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Anna Johnson, News & Observer – A list of possible projects for a Raleigh parks bond gives one part of the city “the short end of the stick,” its City …
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Gary D. Robertson, AP – The North Carolina House voted unanimously Wednesday to distribute another $1.7 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, with most going toward virus testing …
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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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