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Haywood County -- Haywood County North Carolina Health and Human Services: This week we have seen a slight slowdown in positive COVID-19 cases in Haywood County. While this is good news, it doesn’t mean

Macon County, NC -- Macon County Public Health PRESS RELEASE: Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 cluster in an area business.

On June 19, there was a fire at 360 Hilliard Ave. The location is the site of an affordable housing development under construction and slated to open later this year. 

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators sent another bill on Thursday to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper designed to overturn parts of his executive order for COVID-19 that’s kept several types of retail businesses shuttered for months.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has announced that a company will invest more than $3 million to establish the state’s first large-scale facility to process hemp and to extract CBD oil.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have arrested 43 people outside a jail in Charlotte.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal authorities say that a North Carolina man is facing charges related to setting fires in two businesses in downtown Raleigh during protests against racism and police brutality.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 June 18, 2020 Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People trying to enter the two buildings operated by the North Carolina General Assembly will get their temperatures checked again after the COVID-19 protocol was discontinued this week.