RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it is working with the United States Department of Agriculture to help prevent the spread of rabies by distributing oral rabies vaccine for wild raccoons along western North Carolina’s borders with Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia. The annual baiting program, administered by USDA’s Animal […]
Read More »Black Bear Festival October 16th & 17th 2021 Chatsworth, GA
Black Bear Festival October 16th & 17th 2021 Chatsworth, GA! The Frontmen of Country!!! Featuring Richie McDonald (Lonestar) Larry Stewart (Restless Heart) & Tim Rushlow (Little Texas)
Read More »FDA fully approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization […]
Read More »North Carolina to Require Vaccine Verification for State Employees
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced that state government would begin verifying vaccination status of its workers. Employees not vaccinated are required to wear a mask and be tested at least once a week. Today’s announcement comes as North Carolina’s latest upswing […]
Read More »Governor Cooper Announces County Boards of Elections Chair Appointments
RALEIGH: Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to serve as Chair of the following County Boards of Elections: Alamance: Ms. Dorothy Yarborough Alexander: Mr. Ray Warren Alleghany: Ms. Betty Richardson Anson: Mr. Ross Streater Ashe: Ms. Patricia Beaver Avery: Ms. Patricia Gayle Culbreath Beaufort: The Honorable Thomas Payne Bertie: Mr. William Michael Freeman Bladen: Ms. Louella P. Thompson Brunswick: Mr. Boyd Williamson Buncombe: Mr. Jake Quinn Burke: Mr. […]
Read More »North Carolina evictions protections to end on July 1
RALEIGH: The state evictions moratorium will end July 1 after Republican members of the Council of State rejected a one-month extension, which would have aligned with the national CDC evictions moratorium through July 31. “It’s disappointing to see Council of State Members revoke eviction protections for people still struggling to stay in their homes,” said Governor […]
Read More »Clay County Schools on a two-hour delay for December 1
This is a message from Clay County Schools Superintendent Dale Cole with two important announcements. First, due to the weather forecast, Clay County Schools will operate under a two-hour delay on Tuesday, December 1st. This will allow us to check the safety of the roads in the morning before making a decision on the rest […]
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