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Raleigh, N.C. -- PRESS RELEASE North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: Aug 14, 2020

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Notre Dame and Michigan State universities became the latest colleges to move classes online because of the coronavirus on Tuesday as colleges struggle to contain outbreaks and students continue to congregate in large groups without masks or social distancing.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina county has passed a resolution opposing a casino being built by a South Carolina Native American tribe.

Raleigh -- PRESS RELEASE: Aug 18, 2020 North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's Office 

North Carolina -- NC Department of Health and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends. This dashboard provides an overview on the metrics and capacities that the state is following.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — More than 100 demonstrators converged outside the North Carolina mansion of the postmaster general, protesting the cutbacks, delays and other changes to the U.S. Postal Service that have created fears for mail-in voting ahead of the November presidential election.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Another cluster of positive COVID-19 cases within student housing was announced Sunday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) — Officials in a central North Carolina county can’t bar all protests around the local courthouse, including near where a Confederate monument stands, a federal judge has ruled.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Fraternity members living in off-campus student housing for North Carolina’s flagship public university have tested positive for COVID-19, school officials announced on Saturday.