COVID-19
Parents Share Trials Of Remote Learning With U.S. Education Secretary
By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Virtual learning is taking a toll on Chloe Dixon’s children. Dixon took her eldest daughter out of public school because of mental…
Rep. White Encourages Local Residents To Apply For State’s Relief Payment Program
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Republican-led General Assembly recently passed a historic $1 billion relief package that provides direct payments of $335 to more than a million households in North Carolina…
Bonuses For Classified Employees Approved By Harnett County School Board
The Harnett County Schools Board of Education voted to reward the people one member called the “backbone of our school system.” For the last several years, the HCS Board of…
Governor Cooper Announces $35 Million To Support Child Care Programs
RALEIGH – Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is providing $35 million in operational grants from federal Coronavirus Relief Funds…
Labor Commissioner Debate Exposes Differences On State Reopening
By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor. The two candidates —…
Federal Judge Blocks Election Board’s Absentee Ballot Rules Changes
By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law. The board had tried to…
Candidates Clash On Reopening Schools
By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — When Democrat Jen Mangrum and Republican Catherine Truitt first filed to run for state superintendent of public instruction, neither could have expected that the central…
You Decide: Recession, Recovery or Something Else?
By Dr. Mike Walden When I speak to groups – virtually for the last six months – I perceive two concerns. One is fear about the virus, especially how long it…
Power Of Prayer: Volunteer Fire Chief Comes Home
FUQUAY-VARINA — Chris Prince needed a miracle. That’s what doctors told his family as the chief of Northwest Harnett Volunteer Fire Department laid in a hospital bed, breathing through a…
Election Board’s Absentee Ballot Settlement Upheld, Legislature To Appeal
By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins signed off on a deal letting the State Board of Elections rewrite several parts of a state…
Clayton Fire Department Mourning Another Loss
(Town of Clayton Release) Just when the Clayton Fire Department thought we had reached our limits for heartache, we need to pass on the excruciatingly sad news that we have…
NC Launches Program To Help Small Businesses Disproportionately Harmed By COVID-19
RETOOLNC will offer guidance and funding to Historically Underutilized Businesses RALEIGH – North Carolina minority and women-owned businesses hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic will have access to guidance and…
