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Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services April 26, 2020 

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Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services April 25, 2020 

NC, UNITED STATES --  04.24.2020 Story by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell  North Carolina National GuardNorth Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 42nd, Civil Support Team worked with local health and emergency officials to conduct drive-thru and walk-thru COVID-19 testing for employees of a Chatham County food processing plant in Central North Carolina, April 23, 2020.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s public school buildings, already shuttered for the past month due to COVID-19, won’t reopen this school year, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday.

North Carolina Health and Human Services COVID-19 By the Counnties April 24, 2020

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services April 23, 2020 

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University says it won’t accept federal relief funds related to the coronavirus.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Resisting pressure as other Southern chief executives begin allowing businesses to reopen, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that the state’s stay-at-home order from COVID-19 will remain in place for at least another two weeks.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's Office: Apr 23, 2020 Governor Roy Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 135  extending North Carolina’s Stay At Home order through May 8.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services April 23, 2020 

Rutherford -- Rutherford Chamber of Commerce SBA COVID-19 Relief Round 2
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A health group says it has closed 11 of its offices in North Carolina and laid off more than 170 support staff workers, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders that resulted from it.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials on Wednesday announced the first COVID-19 -related death of an offender inside North Carolina’s state prison system, reinforcing the dangers of the virus within a population behind bars in which hundreds have tested positive.