Raleigh, NC. Community Policy. Report: N. North Carolina secures more COVID tests and community testing sites RALEIGH — In the face of nationwide competition for testing supplies and shortages of testing staff, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is pulling all available levers to support existing testing sites, to open more sites across the state and to increase access to at-home collection kits. Filing for Richmond County elections to reopen Feb. Filing was halted by the N.
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The Richmond County Health Department on Wednesday reported new cases of the coronavirus, which is higher than the past weekend total reported on Monday. The new tally brings the total number of new positive Communities may also be eligible to receive advertising such as radio PSAs and vehicle wrapper ads. Applicants should be able to demonstrate support from local law enforcement agencies and, if applicable, campus police, plus the capacity to participate fully in the program.
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Masks also have been provided to inmates. Each year North Carolina needs highly trained school leaders who are ready to serve as principals, far more than the current supply. Assistant Principals, who typically spend years in the role, will enter the AP Accelerator Program and receive targeted leadership development and coaching from proven practitioners in the field.
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Tuesday with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, according to the Lumberton Police Department. Cruz was not sure which street he was on when he was shot but officers and investigators were able to determine the shooting occurred around Orange Street in Lumberton.
At this time details are limited as Mr. Anyone with information concerning the shooting should call the Lumberton Police Department Investigations Division at Anthony Gerald, 33, of Skipper Street in Lumberton, was killed as a result of the crash. The driver year-old Dorian Scott, of Owen Drive in Lumberton, sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash and was flown to an undisclosed hospital for treatment, according to the Lumberton Police Department.
Sebastian Cummings, 18, of Norment Road in Lumberton, was seriously injured and flown to another hospital for treatment. A Lumberton police officer observed a Nissan Altima passenger car speeding as it traveled over the bridge on Roberts Avenue near Interstate 95 about p. The vehicle was traveling out of town. The police officer stopped the vehicle in the parking lot of the Marathon gas station on Roberts Avenue near King Cross Road in the Mayfair community.
The car sped away before the officer could exit his vehicle, and traveled back into the city. The officer began to pursue the vehicle, which was traveling at a high rate of speed. Officers then identified the vehicle as the same car involved in the pursuit moments earlier. Anyone with information concerning the crash should contact him at the Lumberton Police Department Also approved was the new career center, science, technology and planetarium facility.
Board members then approved sending out requests for qualifications for architects to design the facility. In other matters, board members discussed varying options to allow members of the public to participate more in meetings via the public comments section. However, no action was taken. Currently, comments are submitted online by the public, accepted into the minutes and posted on the PSRC website. Among options discussed were allowing members of the public who wished to comment to do so in person, call in, or participate in a separate virtual meeting.
Hunt said meetings have been closed for safety reasons including for social distancing and health concerns related to COVID. During the week of Jan. Board member Vonta Leach said multiple schools have reported 20 or more staff members who did not report to work. He also said some teachers are refusing to take COVID tests, thus the five-day quarantine period after an exposure automatically extends to a day period. Williamson said virtual learning is off the table because of legislation that stipulates children must be in school unless an emergency situation occurs in which a school must be shut down.
School Board Chairman Mike Smith asked Williamson for a daily number of teachers who are out of work so board members can keep track. Some School Board members expressed concern in regards to time and effort put into contact tracing of COVID cases and exposures by teachers. Superintendent Freddie Williamson said that seating charts help tremendously during the contact tracing process and should make the process less difficult.
School Board members asked about hiring people to focus on contact tracing to alleviate the strain from responsibilities. The school district has had posted positions for certified nursing assistants to fill that role, according to officials.
There have been about six nurse positions open as well, said Erica Setzer, chief Finance officer. The bus will have onboard a certified clinical counselor, licensed practical nurse and a behavioral specialist to serve schools and communities that are not close to RHCC facilities. Staff members will provide acute care. The effort seeks to reduce student absences because of sick days, assist in vaccinating students and to improve health in Robeson County starting with children, she said.
It will also rotate between Long Branch and Oxendine elementary schools. Terry Wayne Rice, 34, of N. The men are charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping.
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