As of Friday, North Carolina was in the bottom half for vaccine distribution in the U.S. at No. 25. The efforts are a bit worse in South Carolina, who was ranked 33rd overall. West Virginia and North Dakota have set the standard in the country with 85 percent of vaccines distributed.
In the six-day span, Republicans had a net loss of 2,137 registered voters across The Tar Heel State. Out of those, a majority went towards claiming a no party status. "More than 2,400 of those people switched to unaffiliated with 262 moving to the Democratic Party," the report said.
North Carolina is now lowering the age of who can get the coronavirus vaccine. Governor Roy Cooper said Thursday that North Carolinians 65 and older will now be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
About 6,851 new Coronavirus cases are up by less than 1,000 from 5,936 on Monday. The totals are roughly half of the record 11,581 new cases reported Saturday across the Tar Heel State. At least 636,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state.
The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were trying to track down whoever bought the hand grenade on July 13. Employees at the store said they thought it was nothing more than a harmless paperweight. “The grenade, thought to be inert, may contain materials that could degrade and explode,”
A record year for violent crimes especially homicides, up by 16 percent from last year. An astounding 122 homicides were reported by CMPD last year, matching the same total from 1993 despite a seven week Stay-at-Home order in place earlier in the year.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took time out of his busy schedule to make an appearance on CNN last night. Out of the topics he discussed with Erin Burnett was the possibility of more restrictive measures including a rollback to a stay-at-home order. “My current order will run out next week. All of our options […]
84 deaths related to Covid-19 in one day is a new high for North Carolina. That number was recorded on Wednesday, December 1 according to information provided by the New York Times. So far this week the daily average number of Covid deaths in North Carolina is 41. Comparing that to recent weeks, it is up significantly. For instance, last week November 23-29 saw a daily average death rate of 31 per day, and the 2 weeks prior saw 33 and 29 respectively.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a new round of coronavirus restrictions this week, asking residents to wear a face-covering at home or in their cars if they’re around guests.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a grim reminder to people Saturday. He took to Twitter to report the state hit yet another milestone fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. “COVID-19 is surging across the country and today in North Carolina we have our highest daily case count at 3,885 new cases,” Cooper said. “We can slow […]