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Concerns about consumer prices, labor shortages continue Raleigh North Carolina’s economy fully returned to the employment level it enjoyed before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the world into an economic recession, state economists said Monday. The state’s economy recovered to pre-pandemic employment levels…Read More »
Antibody infusion clinics at Advent Hendersonville and Pardee Hospital receive $500k to help treat COVID-19 patients. Federal pandemic recovery money is being used in a literal sense in Henderson County, where officials have allocated a portion of the county’s American Rescue Plan…Read More »
BY JOHN GRAMLICH March 3, 2022 Two years after the coronavirus outbreak upended life in the United States, Americans find themselves in an environment that is at once greatly improved and frustratingly familiar. Around three-quarters of U.S. adults now report being fully vaccinated, a…Read More »
County will take advantage of potential state fund match for broadband technology. by Shelby Harris March 9, 2022 Shops line the streets of downtown Rutherfordton, the county seat of Rutherford County. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press Nearly a year after receiving the first…Read More »
Masks to Become Optional in State Agencies Starting March 7 Agencies May Continue to Require Masks in High-Risk Settings Such as Health Care, Corrections Raleigh Mar 1, 2022 Based on improving trends with COVID-19, masks will become optional in most state agencies…Read More »
40% of U.S. adults report experiencing anxiety or depression By Clayton Henkel – 2/3/2022 -NC Policy Watch Prior to the pandemic, one in 10 American adults reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression. Over the past two years, that rate has skyrocketed…Read More »
McDowell Press Release 11973.pdf Advisory: 2/1/2022: Latest press release from Foothills Health District February 1, 2022 The McDowell County Health Department has been notified that 54 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Presently, there are 954 individuals…Read More »
January 30, 2022 People are helping people, children are having successes, businesses are overcoming obstacles and participating in their communities. Random acts of kindness happen everyday. It is past time to celebrate this. This is actually a facebook post that Circle…Read More »
By Lynn Bonner NC POLICY WATCH – 12/29/2021 – in News, Top Story Getty Images/Photo: Drazen Zigic This year started with the promise of new COVID-19 vaccines that could push North Carolina and the country beyond the pandemic. It ends with the rise of a…Read More »
By Greg Childress, NC POLICY WATCH – 12/28/2021 Critical Race Theory and face mask mandates dominated the state’s education headlines in 2021, even as students and teachers struggled to recover from a year of remote learning that saw standardized test scores fall to new…Read More »