Updated: 6:02 PM EST Dec 24, 2020 The Associated Press Public inauguration festivities for Gov. Roy Cooper and other statewide elected officials will again be subdued.In January 2017, after Cooper was first elected, approaching snow and sleet forced the cancellations of a public swearing-in ceremony and ensuing inaugural parade. Now, as Cooper begins his second term, the COVID-19 restrictions for mass gathering that he’s ordered mean those open-air events won’t happen next month. Neither will a traditional meet-and-greet of the public at the Executive Mansion. Click the video player above for more information about the changes from WXII 12 News.Cooper’s office is assembling a low-key televised event for early January in which he and the other nine Council of State members can take their oaths in a safe environment.“You have to adapt to the circumstances. We did in 2017 with the snowstorm, and we’ll do the same with the pandemic,” Cooper said in a
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