WASHINGTON, N.C. –– The Cherry Run Solid Waste Collection Site, located at 2860 Cherry Run Road, Washington, NC 27889, will temporarily close for repairs on Monday, Nov. 20
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 11:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Chocowinity Solid Waste Collection Site, located at 164 Gray Road, Chocowinity, N.C. 27817, will temporarily close for repairs on Monday, Oct. 30. The site will remain closed for approximately four weeks.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 1:31 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Facing increasing criticism over her handling of school closures around the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten defended herself by saying her actual intention was to open schools in the Opposite World.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 5:36 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Progressives across the country are working tirelessly to rewrite the history on school reopenings, claiming that it was a bipartisan effort. The reality is far different, and, in fact, progressive leaders fought to keep schools closed.
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2022 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre raised eyebrows Thursday by suggesting that Republicans prevented schools from reopening sooner amid the rollback of government lockdowns.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2022 @ 8:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU’s camps for children living with health challenges reopen
Published: Friday, September 3rd, 2021 @ 11:10 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU’s Country Doctor Museum reopens, showcases rural health care during past pandemics
Published: Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 @ 4:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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A House Judiciary committee is scheduled Tuesday, April 13, to take up a bill that would fully reopen bars and restaurants, as long as they follow specific safety guidelines.
Published: Thursday, April 15th, 2021 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bruno Manno writes at Real Clear Education about facts that appear clear to everyone but recalcitrant teacher union representatives.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chicago’s elementary and middle school students have returned, part-time to Chicago Public Schools classrooms, but the Chicago Teachers Union is resisting the next round of re-openings, demanding the city return to the bargaining table or face new delays.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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As COVID-19 cases and deaths begin to dip across the world and countries begin to weigh options about how to reopen safely, ethical questions have come into play.
Published: Thursday, March 25th, 2021 @ 11:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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John Fund of National Review Online explains why reopening schools might not be the best option in one left-coast state.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Something exciting has happened in North Carolina and we’re not talking about March Madness.
Published: Sunday, March 21st, 2021 @ 4:46 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon reports on survey data involving school reopening across the country.
Published: Friday, March 19th, 2021 @ 7:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, health authorities in Los Angeles announced that movie theaters will be allowed to reopen next week between Monday and Wednesday at 25% capacity, after almost a year of shutdown and nearly no business for many cinemas in the area.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 3:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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In a rare instance of bipartisan agreement, Cooper joined with both Republican and Democratic leaders in the N.C. House and Senate at a news conference Wednesday, March 10, to unveil a new school reopening plan for the entire state.
Published: Sunday, March 14th, 2021 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: Senate Bill 220
Published: Saturday, March 13th, 2021 @ 10:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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Nearly a year ago, Governor Cooper shut down North Carolina’s public schools via executive order and refused to reopen with an executive order.
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 11:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Locke’s Terry Stoops shares North Carolina’s story with the rest of the country, via National Review Online.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents in 14 North Carolina public school districts would have the option of sending their children to full-time, in-person instruction under a local bill approved by the N.C. House K-12 Education Committee on Tuesday, March 9.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 5:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, says lawmakers are negotiating with Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, on a plan to reopen schools.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 4:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the N.C. State Board of Education votes Thursday, March 4, to reopen schools, a far-left teachers’ union is trying to deny that children are suffering from learning loss.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 7:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After coming up one vote short in its first effort to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill to reopen schools, the Senate is moving to try again.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 10:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly has passed with a unanimous vote a new COVID relief bill that would direct nearly $1.7 billion in aid across the state.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 9:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday, March 4, calling on all public school districts to give parents the option of in-person learning by the end of March.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 9:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement on Senate Bill 37
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 12:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s 11th-hour veto of a school reopening bill Friday isn’t sitting well with nearly half of North Carolina likely voters, a Civitas Flash Poll shows.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement following the failed veto override vote.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 4:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate on Monday failed to override Governor Cooper’s veto of SB37, legislation that would have required districts to provide in-person learning.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 1, tried but failed — by one vote, 29-20 — to override the governor’s veto of a bill to reopen schools.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leaders in the N.C. General Assembly say they will consider overriding the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 37, the school reopening bill, as soon as Monday, March 1.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of Wake County parents has written Gov. Roy Cooper asking him to reopen schools for in-person instruction.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed bipartisan legislation to reopen N.C. public schools statewide.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 1:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mental health experts who are also parents with students in Wake County Public Schools are sounding an alarm over a rising mental health crisis due to a lack of full-time classroom instruction.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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