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Local housing advocates are demanding an end to evictions as federal and state moratoriums expire at the end of the year.  As COVID-19 cases skyrocket nationally and in North Carolina, people still face the possibility of getting evicted, housing advocates say.  (By Casey Toth | News & Observer) Catrice Otengo was one of thousands evicted this summer after falling behind on her rent because of the pandemic. Now Otengo is renting a room at a local motel. On Thursday, about 30 people, representing Housing Justice Now and other advocacy groups, protested outside the Forsyth County Governme...

Providence to begin vaccinating high-risk caregivers this Friday December 16, 2020 12:03 PM Erin Robinson Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. — Providence Health Care announced it will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine to its high-risk caregivers in Spokane this Friday. A spokeswoman for the health care system said it has received just under 4,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccines. .@providence_phc tells me it received just under 4,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week and will administer the first vaccination to frontline healthcare workers Friday. The health provide...

David Reboussin, Ph.D., Joseph Rigdon, Ph.D. and Jaime Lynn Speiser, Ph.D. Guest columnists This holiday season, we are fortunate to receive a gift from modern medicine: vaccines for COVID-19. Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have completed clinical trials for their vaccines, which will likely be distributed widely in the coming weeks. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received an emergency use authorization from the FDA on Dec. 10, meaning that it can be now used to protect people from getting COVID-19. Following a yearlong pandemic, news of COVID-19 vaccines becoming available brings mixed...

Freezing rain is likely in the Triad on Wednesday while snow and sleet will blanket the northwestern mountainous counties, forecasters say. Driving through freezing rain can be very dangerous. Here are a few things you should know if you find yourself on the road during these conditions. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for central and western North Carolina, including Forsyth, Guilford, Davidson Davie, Surry, Stokes, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. The advisory is in effect from midnight Tuesday, Dec. 15 to noon Wednesday, the weather service said. The weather se...

Year one of Truist Financial Corp. was quiet, recognition that it was better to delay the largest integration in financial services industry history rather than stick with an August 2021 deadline made implausible by the COVID-19 pandemic. Truist debuted on Dec. 7, 2019, the result of BB&T's $33.5 billion purchase of SunTrust Banks Inc. A year later, the bank has $499 billion in total assets as of Sept. 30, making it the sixth largest bank in the country. The bank has completed its first year calling Charlotte its home, a key element of negotiations to secure the marriage of Winston-Salem-base...