COVID-19
USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Farmers and Ranchers to Receive Direct Support for Losses Related to COVID-19 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program…
NCNG’s Cyber Mission Continues Despite COVID-19 Disruptions
RALEIGH – North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) and NC Division of Emergency Management hosted remote “virtual” cyber training for state, local and tribal government officials on May, 13 and 15,…
Concerns about benefit delays rise as legislative session opens
By Kari Travis Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — N.C. Senate Republicans aren’t happy with North Carolina’s lagging unemployment insurance system. They think Gov. Roy Cooper is accountable — and they…
COVID-19 Restrictions Force Closure Of Popular Grill
FOUR OAKS – The owner of Holt Lake Gas and Grill announced today the closure of all food service operations in their grill. Tony Braswell says continued COVID-19 restrictions on…
At news briefing, Cooper remains vague about Phase Two of reopening
By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — During a May 18 news conference, Gov. Roy Cooper did not provide definitive answers about whether North Carolina would enter Phase…
Crisis May Drive Turn to Suburbs
By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — A decade ago, in the aftermath of the Great Recession, business analysts and policymakers thought they saw a turn toward a new urbanism. Downtown lofts…
Pandemic cuts into meat supply as processing work slows across country
By John Trump Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Buying meat, in our recent and collective memories, hasn’t been a problem. Whether from a big, chain grocery store, a farmers…
Op-Ed: Living with COVID-19’s Unprecedented Confusion- The paradox of what is now
By: Beth Moore Family Services Coordinator at the Partnership for Children of Johnston County I have heard and used the term “unprecedented” more the past 40 days than I have used…
Free COVID-19 Testing Available Starting May 18 For Prisons, Community Corrections, Juvenile Justice Staff
The N.C. Department of Public Safety has announced an initiative to make COVID-19 testing available to employees in its Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (ACJJ). The plan will…
You Decide: Will We Regret the Rescues from the Crisis?
By Dr. Mike Walden The coronavirus crisis continues to be “the” story of our day. Few events have hit our lives and our economy with such force. We anxiously watch…
State’s Piedmont Passenger Rail Service Suspends Operations
Passengers can change reservations, travel on Carolinian trains RALEIGH – Starting Monday, May 18, people traveling between Raleigh and Charlotte will make trips on Carolinian trains 79 and 80. The…
Judge rules against Cooper in lawsuit limiting indoor worship services
By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — The COVID-19 outbreak can’t be an excuse to outlaw most indoor worship services in North Carolina, a federal judge ruled Saturday,…
