How well has North Carolina dealt with COVID?
Even though COVID-19 continues with its variants, medical experts are hopeful the virus is becoming ...
Outreach effort vaccinates 1,000
WAKE FOREST — North Carolina may be first in flight, but it’s in the bottom half of states for COVID...
Feds blew it on COVID relief
If ever there was justification for sudden, expedited, large-scale federal expenditure, the COVID cr...
Wake Health distributes free N95 masks
Wake County Public Health will distribute free N95 masks at five locations starting Jan. 20 while su...
Keep the kids in class
Omicron is spreading faster than kudzu, especially among our children. Some educators and health off...
School closures were too risky
When the news broke on Monday that one of North Carolina’s largest school districts, Cumberland Coun...
Omicron brings urgency for vaccination, safety habits
As eastern North Carolina continues to see rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by the ...
Back where we began
Over the past few days, it has felt like we were ending 2021 where we started it — in the throes of ...
Cadence experiences second COVID-19 outbreak
WAKE FOREST — Cadence of Wake Forest has a second outbreak of COVID-19, according to Wake County Pub...
Knightdale rehab center sees COVID outbreak
KNIGHTDALE — Wake County Public Health has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak at Wellington Rehabilitatio...
Will COVID become the new flu?
News of COVID-19’s omicron variant was a terrible start to the pre-Christmas season. I think we have...
Omicron: Next step from pandemic to endemic?
South Africa reported detection of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus to the World Health Organizat...
In pandemic’s wake, who are we now?
I recently watched a fascinatingly terrifying miniseries called “Hot Zone” that dramatized the searc...
Wake County begins vaccinating kids 5-11 against COVID-19
RALEIGH — Wake County Public Health began vaccinating kids between 5-11 years old Monday. The public...
Wake Forest in holding pattern with federal funds
WAKE FOREST — The town of Wake Forest is waiting for final guidance before making decisions regardin...
Wake Forest ends mask mandate at town facilities
WAKE FOREST — Masks are no longer required in town of Wake Forest-owned facilities. COVID-19 cases a...
Knightdale, Rolesville, Zebulon to continue mask mandate
Three towns and the county will continue the mask mandate, according to the Wake County Public Healt...
Wake Public Health offers vaccine boosters at 5 clinics
RALEIGH — The Wake County Public Health team is offering booster doses of Moderna, Pfizer and Johnso...
Brookdale has third COVID-19 outbreak
WAKE FOREST — A third outbreak of COVID-19 has occurred at Brookdale Wake Forest, according to the W...
Let’s get this thing done
I threw around ideas in my mind for the topic of this column, but in the end, I settled on a tired o...
Local news
New development planned on N. White Street
WAKE FOREST — Following a weeklong demolition project, the building that once housed the former Lyon...
Police seek man in Wake Forest car break-ins
WAKE FOREST — Police officers are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man ...
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Walkers celebrate National Day of Prayer
WAKE FOREST — More than two dozen people participated in the Prayer Walk to celebrate the National D...