Avoiding another failed school year
There’s no sugarcoating it: More that 50% of North Carolina’s schoolchildren failed to achieve grade...
Biden's mandate goes too far
RALEIGH — I got the COVID-19 vaccine shortly after it became publicly available. I did so because I ...
School outbreaks continue to push COVID-19 cases up
RALEIGH — COVID-19 cases are rising across the state due to the delta variant, according to the N.C....
Health officials urge flu vaccinations as COVID-19 cases remain high
RALEIGH — Public health officials with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services are urging N...
Vaccinations, masks create safe learning environments
As a pediatrician serving eastern North Carolina, as well as a father to school-aged children, I tru...
Biden's vaccine mandate isn't about COVID-19
“We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin,” President Joe Biden said as he announced his...
Lying leaders can’t be truth police
If you think the federal government should act swiftly to remove coronavirus fibs and falsehoods fro...
Franklin County to start drive-thru COVID-19 testing again
LOUISBURG — The Franklin County Health Department will be resuming drive-thru COVID-19 testing in it...
COVID-19: Technocracy flowered, then failed
History is littered with social and political movements which, while failing to survive as movements...
Vaccinations are the path to normalcy
As we enter the final days of summer, our state is seeing a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, ...
To help end overdoses, NC must expand Medicaid
Behind the headlines of COVID-19 deaths, the story of North Carolina’s drastic increase in fatal dru...
Is a 2nd round of the COVID recession on the way?
Just when we thought things were getting better, could they go the other way and get worse? For mos...
Franchise owner offers unique signing bonus: Donations to charity
WAKE FOREST — It seems like everyone is hiring right now. Most businesses are offering signing bonus...
Lack of beds, long waits, sicker patients: Wake hospitals strained by COVID-19 surge
RALEIGH — Doctors from several Triangle hospitals met Wednesday morning to discuss capacity issues a...
COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t affect reproductive system
An increasing number of pregnant patients have been hospitalized around the country, including here ...
State launches ‘TeenVaxFacts’ educational website
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has launched TeenVaxFacts.com, a website ...
County says Wake Forest nursing home has 3rd outbreak
WAKE FOREST — The Wake County Public Health identified COVID-19 outbreaks at three nursing homes, in...
Immunocompromised patients eligible for 3rd vaccine dose
North Carolinians with compromised immune systems may now receive a third COVID-19 vaccine shot. On ...
The time to get vaccinated is now
This pandemic is far from over. Right now, COVID-19 cases and deaths are increasing again in eastern...
Wake County mask mandate goes into effect Friday
Wake County and several of its municipalities are putting in place a new mask mandate this week. Th...
Local news
Wellington Park rezoning gets planning board's OK
WAKE FOREST — The Wake Forest planning board unanimously recommended rezoning Wellington Park so 260...
Sheriff’s office looking for deputy impersonator
RALEIGH — The Wake County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man impersonating a deputy in northern W...
Wake Forest among first towns partnering on digital workforce hubs
WAKE FOREST — A nonprofit organization hopes to partner with two historically Black schools, the tow...