North Carolina nursing homes to start mandatory coronavirus testing of staff

North Carolina nursing homes must begin testing staff members for the coronavirus every two weeks, the state Department of Health and Human services said Friday. The plan will fill a … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Powerful 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Charlotte area Sunday. One of two to hit NC

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake felt in Charlotte shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday was centered just over a mile south of Sparta, North Carolina, near near the Virginia border. This was … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Crazed fox encounters NC family’s young female pit bull-terrier. It was no match.

A North Carolina family’s year-old female pit bull-terrier killed a rabid fox that wandered onto their property late Thursday, police said. The fox encountered the dog in the 120 block … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

These NC charter schools will get $17 million to serve more low-income students

Thirty-four North Carolina charter schools will share in $17.4 million in federal grant money to attract more economically disadvantaged students into their campuses. The U.S. Department of Education gave North … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Moving NC Confederate statue ‘smacks of ethnic genocide,’ woman says ahead of protest

Removing Confederate statues, including the one outside the Gaston County Courthouse in Gastonia, “smacks of ethnic genocide,” a spokeswoman for a group against the monument’s removal said. The unnamed granite … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Latest Confederate monument to fall may be toppled by voters instead of protesters

Voters should decide whether to remove a 108-year-old Confederate monument from outside the Gaston County Courthouse in Gastonia, a majority of Gaston County commissioners agreed this week. The unnamed granite … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

These Charlotte businesses, mostly gambling arcades, cited for COVID-19 violations

Almost 20 local businesses have been cited for violating coronavirus-related orders in recent weeks, primarily gambling arcades that must stay closed for now under Mecklenburg County’s and North Carolina’s reopening … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

As students pour back in, wary Chapel Hill wants more off-campus enforcement from UNC

The Instagram video from Chapel Hill that spread across social media this week shows about 50 young women filing out of a small house a few blocks from UNC’s campus. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

NC shooting suspect tumbles 50 feet into quarry, still clutching gun as deputies arrived

A suspect in the domestic-related shooting of a 7-year-old North Carolina girl and her mom tumbled 50 feet into a quarry and was still clutching a gun when deputies arrived … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Racist online searches fuel NC man’s threats against Black church, feds say

A list of recent internet searches on a 63-year-old man’s phone led investigators to charge him with making a threatening phone call to a predominantly Black church in Virginia, according … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Another round of fires erupts overnight in coastal NC town devastated by hurricane

More fires erupted overnight in the Brunswick County town of Ocean Isle Beach, just days after Hurricane Isaias set a block of homes ablaze in the popular tourist destination. Multiple … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

While most young people with COVID-19 recover, they face stress, unknown long-term effects

COVID-19 has killed and debilitated many older adults in North Carolina, but young people, while less likely to die from the disease, haven’t gone unaffected. In early July, cases among … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

MECK Pre-K will reopen this year, with some changes because of COVID-19

MECK Pre-K will reopen for the 2020-21 school year with only in-person instruction, according to a press release from Smart Start of Mecklenburg County, the nonprofit that administers the program. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Woman with infant injured in shooting near uptown Charlotte, CMPD reports

A woman with a baby was injured in a shooting near uptown Charlotte Wednesday morning. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they responded to a shooting call on Jeff Adams Drive off of … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Two dead after tornado spawned by Isaias hits mobile home park in northeastern NC

Though this article has unlimited access, you can become a subscriber to support our mission of local and public-service journalism. For more storm coverage, please consider signing up for our … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

15 more TSA workers at Charlotte airport test positive for COVID-19

COVID-19 cases among Transportation Security Administration agents at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have nearly tripled in less than a month, with the most recent case reported Sunday. Twenty-four total TSA … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Carowinds to remain closed until next year due to coronavirus concerns

Carowinds will stay closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with longtime theme park said Tuesday. Pat Jones, Carowinds vice president and general manager, expressed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Carowinds to remain closed until next year due to coronavirus concerns

Carowinds will stay closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with longtime theme park said Tuesday. Pat Jones, Carowinds vice president and general manager, expressed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Carowinds to remain closed until next year due to coronavirus concerns

Carowinds will stay closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with longtime theme park said Tuesday. Pat Jones, Carowinds vice president and general manager, expressed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Carowinds to remain closed until next year due to coronavirus concerns

Carowinds will stay closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with longtime theme park said Tuesday. Pat Jones, Carowinds vice president and general manager, expressed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Carowinds to remain closed until next year due to coronavirus concerns

Carowinds will stay closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with longtime theme park said Tuesday. Pat Jones, Carowinds vice president and general manager, expressed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Carowinds to remain closed until next year due to coronavirus concerns

Carowinds will stay closed for the rest of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with longtime theme park said Tuesday. Pat Jones, Carowinds vice president and general manager, expressed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

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