By Mark Starling
State Launches Website Showing Vaccine Eligibility
(Raleigh, NC) North Carolina residents now have an easy way to know when they re COVID-19 vaccine-eligible. Health and Human Services launched a website yesterday that will notify users statewide exactly when they can receive a dose. Current groups eligible for the vaccines include older residents, healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents. Those who use the website will receive a notification when their group is added to the eligibility list.
Customers To Save Money After Duke Energy Settlement
(Asheville, NC) Duke Energy customers could soon see some savings thanks to a settlement. North Carolina Attorney General David Stein spearheaded a deal yesterday which will reduce the burden on customers as Duke cleans up coal ash over the next decade. Total savings for customers in the ten-year time frame is expected to be around one-billion-dollars. The public staff of the North Caroli
Six years and still searching: Investigators find no answer to Vann Yates murder question
On the six-year anniversary of Vann Yates murder, Guilford County Sheriff s Office investigators are making a renewed push and public appeal for tips. Author: Chris Venzon (WFMY News2) Published: 6:30 PM EST January 21, 2021 Updated: 6:30 PM EST January 21, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. The Guilford County Sheriff s Office is renewing the push for information leading to the capture of suspects in a murder case that s been cold six years running.
Vann Yates, a 57-year-old from Guilford County, was killed on this day, January 21, six years ago. He was working with a landscaper in his backyard when two suspects attempted to rob him. The assailants shot Yates in the ensuing altercation before getting away in a tan Honda car.
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. Â
That represents an increase of 10 from Tuesday s report.
The sheriff s office reported Friday 87 current active COVID-19 cases among inmates at the jail. Based on those numbers, 101 inmates have recovered from COVID-19. As of Friday, the jail had 572 inmates.
The health department releases reports on outbreaks at correctional facilities every Tuesday and Friday. That number is cumulative and tracks all cases over the course of the outbreak.
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Looking back on the pandemic, some of its many disturbing impacts, and one community’s controversial plan to revive its economy
In a year upended and dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Policy Watch covered the crisis with daily stories and investigative pieces from the institutional to the personal.
We also kept our eye on lawmakers and decision-makers at the state and federal level, how they use and misuse their power and what it means for North Carolinians.
Here are five particularly noteworthy stories from the past 12 months:
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After the pandemic closed UNC System schools and sent students home for a semester of remote learning, the question of bringing them back for the fall was fiercely debated. Students, faculty and staff argued against returning to in-person instruction and congregate living. At UNC-Chapel Hill, the system’s flagship campus, the Orange County Health Director advised against it. But UNC System administrators and chancellors decid