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Having seen Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president on Wednesday, Virginia Newell hopes Harris will be elected in the future to the countrys highest office.

A highly anticipated assessment produced by a consulting firm hired by the city to look into allegations of racism in the Winston-Salem Fire Department was released last week.

Sheriff Kimbrough Speaks about COVID-19 in the Forsyth County Jail A total of 234 people have tested positive since an outbreak of COVID-19 began at the Forsyth County Jail in late November, including 188 inmates and 46 staffers, according to the latest report released Friday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.   That represents an increase of 10 from Tuesdays report. The sheriffs office reported Friday 87 current active COVID-19 cases among inmates at the jail. Based on ...

Forsyth County will soon have three COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites, operated separately by Atrium Health, Novant Health Inc. and the county Department of Public Health. Atrium said Thursday it plans a mass-vaccination site in the Winston-Salem area through affiliate Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The site is part of a 1-million-dose public-private partnership initiative focused foremost on Charlotte. Novant announced Thursday its 1-million-dose initiative that will be allocated through si...

Forsyth County will soon have three COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites, operated separately by Atrium Health, Novant Health Inc. and the county Department of Public Health. Atrium said Thursday it plans a mass-vaccination site in the Winston-Salem area through affiliate Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The site is part of a 1-million-dose public-private partnership initiative focused foremost on Charlotte. Novant announced Thursday its 1-million-dose initiative that will be allocated through si...

A leader of the Omnibus firefighters group said Tuesday that a consultants report on the racial climate in the Winston-Salem Fire Department confirms the groups claim that racism and discrimination are happening in the department. The report, delivered to the citys Public Safety Committee on Monday, said that the fire department as an organization is not racist. One of the studys authors said the Winston-Salem Fire Department was a progressive leader on race. But the consultants also said the a...

The Winston-Salem area housing market closed out 2020 with a continuing surge in sales and median sales prices.

The Cooper administration has expanded resources and services on the www.YourSpotYourShot.nc.gov website. The website now includes a list of enrolled vaccine providers who have received allocations, and a phone number (877-490-6642) for assistance in finding a vaccination site. “The truth is that this disease is spreading fast,” Cooper said. “The truth is that people need to follow the safety protocols” of the 3 Ws “and abide by the modified stay-at-home order.” â...

Nathaniel O’Connell, Heather Shappell and Mark Espeland Guest columnists Last month, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. With more than 35,000 volunteers receiving vaccinations across these trials, both vaccines have demonstrated significant effectiveness in protecting against COVID-19. In the coming months, these vaccines will become available to the public, but how saf...

Walt Unks FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 file photo, one of the first vials of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, several counties across North Carolina will start vaccinating residents 75 years or older. BOISE, Idaho — Governor Brad Little and officials from the state Department of Health and Welfare are working to speed up their COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan. Earlier this mo...