New Hanover Regional Medical Center received the first COVID-19 vaccines in mid-December 2020, which were made available to frontline healthcare workers at…
Three injured in Sunday afternoon shooting in Wilmington
Three people shot in Wilmington By Michael Praats | January 17, 2021 at 2:05 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 11:42 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Sunday afternoon shooting left three people injured in Wilmington, according to the Wilmington Police Department.
A 23-year-old male, a 33-year-old male, and a 19-year-old male were all shot, the incident occurred on the 100 block of 11th Street, WPD spokeswoman Jessica Williams said.
The 23-year-old and 33-year-old were both transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center - the third victim drove himself to the hospital, Williams said.
There are no life-threatening injuries among any of the victims Williams said.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY When $1.25 billion in public assets changes hands to
a private group in New Hanover County as a result of the sale of the county-owned hospital, the intent of the transaction is that money will stay within county limits.
Outside of an anticipated regulatory review, the deal is done. Still, some regional leaders in surrounding, rural counties are asking: Did we get left out of the deal?
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The possibility the county took an overly insular approach to setting up the private benefactor of the public assets, New Hanover County Community Endowment, Inc., means residents that live outside the county line may not directly benefit from this aspect of the sale. As a county-owned hospital, there’s no doubt New Hanover County deserves the overwhelming bulk of sale proceeds.
SOUTHEASTERN NC Over the last seven days across North Carolina, more than 60,000 Covid-19 cases have been reported with more than 500 deaths. Just on Saturday, Jan. 16, the state marked 7,986 cases and 83 deaths.
Though Gov. Roy Cooper in line with the federal government and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations has opened up vaccinations this week to include all people 65 and older, as well as frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facility workers, supply is still trickling in slowly as case numbers rise week by week.
According to the Jan. 13 update on the NC Department of Health and Human Services dashboard, 238,344 North Carolinians have received at least one dose, with 44,271 receiving the series of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine (the vaccines must be given in a series of two shots three or four weeks apart). More people are eagerly awaiting vaccination, but health departments and vaccination partners statewide quickly are fill