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New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender county school districts are releasing their Covid-19 numbers weekly. (Port City Daily photo/file) SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — After the holiday break, students are returning to classrooms across the tri-county area, slowly but surely. In New Hanover County, elementary school students have another week of remote instruction before they return to in-person classes part-time on Jan. 25. The middle and high schoolers returned to school this past Monday under the Plan B model, which allows for two days a week of face-to-face instruction and three days virtual. Brunswic...

In two 4-0 votes, the Board of Trustees hired Aspire Construction in St. Charles for both projects. The company was awarded a $103,970 contract to build the canopy at the Area Technical School. It submitted the lowest of three bids for the project. Jefferson College President Dena McCaffrey said the canopy is needed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s to extend the lab to the lot behind the building,” she said. “It will be a permanent structure that will allow the students and instructors to move portable equipment under the canopy for better spacing to ensure physical...

After Brunswick County identified increased Covid-19 activity within several schools, its When students return from the holiday break, all grade levels will learn remotely through Jan. 19. This week Brunswick County Schools reported 41 cases among its students and staff members, including 31 cases at Town Creek Elementary and one person at the central services office. After making close contact with a positive individual, 321 people were directed to quarantine, including 135 staff and students at Town Creek Elementary. Due to a staffing issue, Town Creek Elementary turned Wednesday into a tea...