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Having seen Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president on Wednesday, Virginia Newell hopes Harris will be elected in the future to the country's highest office.
A highly anticipated assessment produced by a consulting firm hired by the city to look into allegations of racism in the Winston-Salem Fire Department was released last week.
Sheriff Kimbrough Speaks about COVID-19 in the Forsyth County Jail A total of 234 people have tested positive since an outbreak of COVID-19 began at the Forsyth County Jail in late November, including 188 inmates and 46 staffers, according to the latest report released Friday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.  That represents an increase of 10 from Tuesday's report. The sheriff's office reported Friday 87 current active COVID-19 cases among inmates at the jail. Based on those numbers, 101 inmates have recovered from COVID-19. As of Friday, the jail had 572 inmates...
Forsyth County will soon have three COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites, operated separately by Atrium Health, Novant Health Inc. and the county Department of Public Health. Atrium said Thursday it plans a mass-vaccination site in the Winston-Salem area through affiliate Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The site is part of a 1-million-dose public-private partnership initiative focused foremost on Charlotte. Novant announced Thursday its 1-million-dose initiative that will be allocated through six mass vaccination sites covering 14 counties. Novant did not identify the sites or counties. Howeve...
Forsyth County will soon have three COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites, operated separately by Atrium Health, Novant Health Inc. and the county Department of Public Health. Atrium said Thursday it plans a mass-vaccination site in the Winston-Salem area through affiliate Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The site is part of a 1-million-dose public-private partnership initiative focused foremost on Charlotte. Novant announced Thursday its 1-million-dose initiative that will be allocated through six mass vaccination sites covering 14 counties. Novant did not identify the sites or counties. Howeve...