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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- As we enter the second month of vaccinations in Cumberland County, front line workers continue to see crucial support from local student nurses. The Crown Complex has become the central hub for vaccine distribution for the Cumberland County Department of Public Health. There, county health nurses, the National Guard, and aspiring nurses are helping to distribute the vaccine, including Staff Sergeant Brent Crutchfield. "There's six students from Campbell here, today, and we've been rotating through the entire class of about 50 students," Crutchfield said. Crutchfie...

Nash County Public School officials announced Thursday that all students will return to hybrid-learning on March 22. Students were slated to return on January 25, however, the decision was made in response to the rising COVID-19 cases in the area. In the meantime, students will continue second-semester instruction in remote-learning. 4:30 p.m. The Wake County Health Department has confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak at Phoenix Assisted Care located at 201 W. High St. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services defines an outbreak as two or more people - residents or employees...

North Carolina has reported its first case of the B.1.1.7 COVID 19 variant strain. The state's first known case of the variant was found in Mecklenburg County.

A weekly 3,900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccination are headed to Wake County as part of the supply allocated to the state. Around 80,000 in the county have signed up for vaccination.

As the U.S. enters "what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus," President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks.