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Here’s today’s update: First, some very encouraging news from Operation Warp Speed today: the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense announced an agreement with Pfizer, Inc. for the large-scale production and delivery of its COVID-19 vaccine should it receive approval from the FDA.  The agreement means… Read more »

Details will change multiple times over the course of the next two weeks. Passage would likely be the first week of August. Read more »

Hayden Wall of Mount Olive wins competition for photograph “Nautical Delight” of the Jolly Roger Pier; Work to hang in the halls of the U.S. Capitol for the year with other winners from around the country Read more »

Here’s today’s update: Johnston, Sampson and Wayne Counties are all under an Excessive Heat Warning, effective until 9 p.m. tonight, and the rest of our region is under a Heat Advisory until 8 p.m. this evening.  Be sure to drink plenty of fluids, stay hydrated, and check up on elderly relatives or neighbors! North Carolina reached 100,000… Read more »

Here’s today’s COVID-19 update: Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the large-scale procurement of FDA-approved rapid point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic tests that will be distributed to nursing homes within COVID-19 hotspot areas nationwide.  The procurement will help nursing home staff augment their current COVID-19… Read more »

Carolina/Kure Beaches receive 15-year renourishment project extension, $53.8 million authorized for remainder of Wrightsville Beach project Read more »

Here’s an update: As mentioned in last night’s newsletter, North Carolina will remain in Phase 2 of its phased reopening when the governor’s current executive order expires on Friday, July 17th.  The Phase 2 order will be extended, for three weeks, until Aug. 7. The Governor also announced that North Carolina public schools will be re-opening in… Read more »

Here’s today’s update: On Tuesday afternoon Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina public schools will open for in-person instruction this fall under an updated “Plan B” that requires face coverings for all K-12 students, reduced classroom capacities and additional social distancing measures.  The Strong Schools NC Public… Read more »

Here’s today’s update: First, for those of you in the coastal portion of this Congressional district, the National Weather Service has issued a rip current statement for coastal Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties through this evening.  Swimmers are encouraged to use extra caution, to swim near a lifeguard, and if caught in a rip current,… Read more »

North Carolina officials reported today that 1,034 individuals are hospitalized due to COVID-19 statewide, the highest total to date and the first day that hospitalizations exceeded 1,000.  2,039 new COVID-19 cases were identified yesterday, the second-highest daily total since the outbreak began in March.  Visit North Carolina’s COVID-19… Read more »