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Cumberland County will start offering the COVID-19 vaccine to those who are 65 years old and older Friday. The county made the move after the state expanded its vaccine protocols to include residents who are that age. The vaccine had previously only been available to those who are 75 years old and older. The vaccine also has been available for healthcare workers, with an emphasis on those who treat patients with COVID-19. The new protocols allow any healthcare workers to get the vaccine. Cumberland County plans to give shots of the vaccine at clinics Friday and Saturday. The events will be at...

Cape Fear Valley Health system needs nurses, and it's willing to pay them.  The system wants to increase the number of nurses it hires by 20% this year because of COVID-19, with the hope of hiring as many as 100 nurses in the next two months. A national nursing shortage is making it hard for hospitals to care for patients with the disease, which is caused by a highly infectious coronavirus. More than 100 COVID-19 patients were in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center on Thursday, including 11 in the intensive care unit, a hospital spokeswoman said. Nearly 4,000 North Carolina residents are hospit...

Covering a mural around the Market House that said in part that “Black Lives Do Matter” on Monday was “incredibly bad timing,” the mayor of Fayetteville said. Mayor Mitch Colvin made the comment at the beginning of a City Council meeting Monday. The meeting was shown on the city’s YouTube channel. Colvin apologized and said he took ownership of the mistake. He said a contractor covering the words might not have considered the sensitive nature of doing the work after the events in Washington, D.C., last week. On Wednesday, rioters incited by President Donald Trump took over the U.S. ...

Students in Cumberland County Schools will return to in-person classes March 15 under a plan presented to the Board of Education on Tuesday by Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. The board voted in November for in-person instruction to begin this month, but gave Connelly authority to delay the opening if COVID-19 cases were high in the area. Connelly said the metrics used to measure the amount of disease are not low enough for students to return to school buildings now. Connelly said he hopes the levels will be lower in March. He said COVID-19 vaccinations, which some educators are expected t...

Fayetteville prepared to spread sand and salt on city streets if snow falls, but police say residents should stay off of slick roads if possible.