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Food security has been a major focus of the American Rescue Plan Act, which provided more than $12 billion in new nutrition assistance overall. That included a 15% increase in SNAP benefits, or $1.1 billion per month in additional benefits for about 41 million participants through September. An additional nearly $900 million was funneled into the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, including a temporary increase in fruit and vegetable vouchers to $35 per month. Where can I use the Double SNAP program? ASAP Farmers Market, 340 Victoria Road, Saturday, 9 a.m...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolinians will be allowed to assemble in larger groups and gather outdoors starting Friday without having to wear their masks. Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday afternoon that the state will soon lift the outdoor mask mandate and boost mass gathering limits to 100 people indoors and 200 people outdoors, which represents a doubling from the current levels. The Democratic governor's moves comes as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces outside anymore unless they are in a big crowd of str...

  Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Jon Brown.     Niagara Regional Police (NRPS) criminally charged two Ontario residents who organized a protest against their province's strict lockdown measures last weekend, during which they hoisted an upside-down Canadian flag and used lights to issue a Morse code "SOS" signal toward the United States.     Cullen McDonald, 30, and Alicia Hirter, 43, were charged under Section 180(1)(a) of the Canadian Criminal Code, according to an NRPS press release released earlier this week.   ...

The North Carolina House has passed a bill that would give individual school districts more flexibility to set their own calendars.

Buncombe County will consolidate its COVID-19 vaccination efforts into one site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and begin offering walk-up shots in May, after demand has declined for vaccinations from the county. With more and more vaccine supply and providers coming to the region, residents are now looking to get their shot when it's convenient, Buncombe County Public Health Director Stacie Saunders told county commissioners in an April 20 update.  "As demand has waned, anecdotally from providers, from partners and consumers alike, we are noticing a switch to valuing tha...