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Raleigh, N.C. -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: Aug 19, 2020

North Carolina -- NC Department of Health and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends. This dashboard provides an overview on the metrics and capacities that the state is following.

Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Government -- Community News: August 20, 2020: Small business owner Pam Granger Gale said she was set to expand her local art studio at the beginning of 2020 before the COVID-19 global pandemic altered her plans.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A major political donor convicted of attempting to bribe a North Carolina elected official to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his insurance business was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison.

Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Government: Over 200,000 Buncombe County residents are already registered to vote in the upcoming general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Will your voice be heard?

NEW BERN, N.C. – A Wilmington man, Tysuan Nash, 31 was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and a quantity of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. 

Caldwell County -- PRESS RELEASE August 17, 2020: Caldwell County Health Government learned of its 18th COVID-19-related death today.

Raleigh, N.C. -- PRESS RELEASE North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services:

Raleigh, N.C. -- PRESS RELEASE North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: Aug 14, 2020

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Notre Dame and Michigan State universities became the latest colleges to move classes online because of the coronavirus on Tuesday as colleges struggle to contain outbreaks and students continue to congregate in large groups without masks or social distancing.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina county has passed a resolution opposing a casino being built by a South Carolina Native American tribe.

Raleigh -- PRESS RELEASE: Aug 18, 2020 North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's Office 

North Carolina -- NC Department of Health and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends. This dashboard provides an overview on the metrics and capacities that the state is following.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — More than 100 demonstrators converged outside the North Carolina mansion of the postmaster general, protesting the cutbacks, delays and other changes to the U.S. Postal Service that have created fears for mail-in voting ahead of the November presidential election.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Another cluster of positive COVID-19 cases within student housing was announced Sunday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.