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One month into a mostly mask-less North Carolina, most individuals and businesses appear to have settled into a "don't ask, don't tell" vaccination approach.
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The Great Gasoline Panic of 2021 may be affecting close to 65% of North Carolina convenience stores and gas stations as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to national tracking group GasBuddy.com. That's the highest percentage of the 11 states affected by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, with Virginia at 44%, and Georgia and South Carolina at 43%. The situation may be more acutely felt in certain Forsyth County and Triad communities, but it also could be easier to find gas in some areas. Journal staffers have reported working pumps at Speedway stations on University Parkway and on Sprague at U.S. 5...
House Bill 781, Bring Business Back to Downtown, generated much discussion before moving to the House Rules Committee. The bill has two parts, said Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, a primary sponsor. One, it would allow municipalities to install social districts. He pointed to the Streets at Southpoint in Durham as an example, where people would leave a restaurant and carry a cup of alcohol within a permitted area. The second aspect, Moffitt says, would allow bars and restaurants to, in effect, extend their premises, which the governor has temporarily allowed in an executive order after the ...
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