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Applicants have the flexibility of choosing their dates for the examination from the given three dates and can begin registration from June 1 onwards. For the convenience of the students, there will be an option of a demo test from 4th June onwards to give them an experience of the real exam portal.

View Comments ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County will build a $5 million training facility to prepare hundreds of workers for a Pratt & Whitney airplane engine parts factory, now under construction in the Bent Creek area. The countys Board of Commissioners voted unanimously May 18 to fund the construction despite protests by some members of the public who said the company, a subsidiary of Raytheon, is a war profiteer. The facility will be financed and paid for through sales tax designated for the c...

From staff reports Megan Sales of Hendersonville Middle has been named the 2020-21 School Nurse of the Year for Henderson County Public Schools.  All school nurses were honored by the school district on National School Nurse Day Wednesday for the role they play in keeping students and staff safe. Sales was nominated by her peers for the care she provides every day for her students and school, the Henderson County Health Department said in a news release.  “To be given the title of School Nu...

Henderson County (May 13, 2021) - School nurses were honored by Henderson County Public Schools on National School Nurse Day Wednesday for the role they play in keeping students and staff safe.

A recent pause of that vaccine was lifted April 27 after a fresh review by the FDA and Centers for Disease Control found "confidence that this vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19," when out of 6.8 million doses administered there were 15 cases of a rare blood clot. The next day, on April 28, Gov. Roy Cooper announced a plan to lift many COVID-19 safety measures by June 1 and a new executive order easing gathering limits as the state pushes toward the threshold of two-thirds o...

View Comments North Carolina hopes to lift many COVID-19 restrictions in less than a month, if enough people can get vaccinated. Since the first vaccines started rolling out, local groups knew focusing on historically marginalized populations was going to be a key in clearing that hurdle, so as doses, providers and access have grown, so has the share of Hispanic residents getting their shots.  Cristina Cardenas, health access coordinator for Western Carolina Medical Society, was part of a pan...

As Buncombe Countys COVID-19 metrics stay stable, the ongoing vaccination effort is turning its focus to younger folks at work.

Bill Improves Federal Permitting and Review Process on Federal Land

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolinians will be allowed to assemble in larger groups and gather outdoors starting Friday without having to wear their masks. Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday afternoon that the state will soon lift the outdoor mask mandate and boost mass gathering limits to 100 people indoors and 200 people outdoors, which represents a doubling from the current levels. The Democratic governors moves comes as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says vaccinated...

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/ Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolinians will be allowed to assemble in larger groups and gather outdoors starting Friday without having to wear their masks. Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday afternoon that the state will soon lift the outdoor mask mandate and boost mass gathering limits to 100 people indoors and 200 people outdoors, which represents a doubling from the current levels. The Democratic governors moves comes as the U.S. Cent...