Johnston County Health Director Dr. Marilyn Pearson Honored By NC Governor
Johnston County Health Director Dr. Marilyn Pearson was among more than 30 North Carolina African American leaders and organizations in health and medicine honored...
Economists Raise Outlook For State Budget, Predicting More Tax Revenue
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — The state budget may be spared economists’ worst fears from the COVID pandemic, according to a new tax revenue...
Educators Jump To The Front Of The Vaccine Line, Even As Many Seniors Wait
By Julie HavlakCarolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — Education workers will leap to the head of the line for COVID-19 vaccines on Feb. 24. More than a...
Cooper Signs COVID Relief Bill Despite Call For More Spending
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper signed a more than $2 billion COVID relief bill on Wednesday, Feb. 10, despite his call...
Poll Finds NC Residents Unhappy With Vaccine Rollout
By Julie Havlak
Carolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — Most North Carolinians don’t approve of the state’s vaccine rollout.
More North Carolinians favor getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but that...
Left Is Damaging Public Education
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — “One of the most unhappy series of events in the state’s history began in 1835,” stated a textbook used in...
NC Continues Its Commitment To Equitably Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D., outlined today how North Carolina...
After First Missing The Mark On Vaccinations, N.C. Hones In On Target
By Julie Havlak
Carolina Journal News Service
RALEIGH — After a slow start, North Carolina is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccinations.
Some 9.2% of residents got the first shot...
Teaching And Coaching In Covid Times 2021
By: Jay Poole
I sit here on a Sunday afternoon reflecting on what a strange year it has been in all areas of life. I...
Nonprofits Must Go The Distance
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — The COVID-19 crisis has brought death, economic destruction, and wrenching social change. As a combination of post-illness immunity and rising...