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Cooper lifts all gathering, distancing limits and most mask requirements in NC WSOCTV.com News Staff Remaining six feet apart, limiting capacity at family gatherings and wearing a face covering almost everywhere have all become a part of life, but that’s all over in North Carolina. In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday that the state is completely lifting all mandatory capacity, gathering limits and social distancing requiremen...

11 hours ago in Local Photo: WNAX The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last week they were awarding fifty million dollars to NPPD to rebuild Spencer Dam. That was destroyed in the flooding of March 2019. NPPD Spokesman Mark Becker says that dam had been out of service and they were negotiating to sell it before it was destroyed… Becker says they followed FEMA procedure after the flooding… Becker says the plan is to clean up the area around the d...

One year later, ‘Raise the Age’ law getting mixed reviews Mark Becker © BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock Jacqueline Lewis said it was a mother’s intuition that told her that her son was gone. Her son, 30-year-old Cinquay Ferrer, was shot and killed on the street in front of their north Charlotte home just two nights before Christmas. One of the men police charged with killing Ferrer was only 16 years old. Lewis said she was heartbroken when she learned that someone so young was i...

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Nebraska gets $50M for dam destroyed during 2019 floods May 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal officials are giving Nebraska more than $50 million to work on a Niobrara River dam that collapsed during the disastrous March 2019 flooding, killing a man who lived just below it. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the award Friday. The money is intended to cover 75% of the cost of the project, with the rest to come from stat...

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - LA JOLLA, CALIF. – April 16, 2021 – Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help control viral infection can greatly assist researchers’ understanding of factors that affect disease severity and also suggest possible therapeutic options. The genes in question are related to interferons, the body’s frontline virus fighters. The study was publish...

Credit: Dotted Yeti LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 16, 2021 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help control viral infection can greatly assist researchers understanding of factors that affect disease severity and also suggest possible therapeutic options. The genes in question are related to interferons, the bodys frontline virus fighters. The study was published in the journ...

Des Peres Mayor Mark Becker has rescinded an executive order issued in March 2020 to address grocery store deliveries associated with lock downs. When the pandemic forced a shutdown of businesses in March 2020, Becker issued executive orders for, among other items, dealing with hiring freezes, door-to-door solicitations, private use of parks and other city-owned properties and grocery store deliveries after 10 p.m. The intent of the order was to address shortages of food and other household sup...

College Joins 35 University Leaders Nationwide To Launch Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity Wake Tech partners with higher education leaders to address major challenges facing students and communities across the country. By:   Michelle Fauver    |    Web Posted: 03/17/21 2:40pm Raleigh, NC (March 17, 2021) – Today, Wake Technical Community College joined nearly 40 institutions to launch the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity. Wake Tech and Task...