COVID-19
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The Three Phases to Reopen North Carolina Explained
The last two months have been perhaps the most economically devastating time frame of the past 100 years, but this week we were shown some light at the end of the tunnel. Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced on Monday a…
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N.C. Judge to Decide in Lawsuit Seeking Statewide Prisoner Releases
By the end of the week, a Superior Court judge is expected to issue an order in a lawsuit that calls on North Carolina officials to approve a significant number of prisoner releases in response to the spread of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The decision will regard only…
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Sunflour Baking Company Prepares for a ‘Different World’
When Jack Parrish, owner of Charlotte bakery chain Sunflour Baking Company, first heard about a stay-at-home order that was to take effect in Mecklenburg County on March 26, his first thought was, “Oh shit.” After learning more about the order and how he’d be able to continue carry-out and delivery…
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New Bill Would Allow Restaurants to Serve Carryout Cocktails
During a North Carolina General Assembly special session called so lawmakers can address policy and funding issues raised by the COVID-19 crisis, lawmakers filed a bill on Tuesday that would allow for bars and restaurants statewide to offer delivery and carryout cocktails for as long as Gov. Cooper’s state-of-emergency order…
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Charlotte Pride Cancels Annual Celebrations Planned for Summer
Leaders with Charlotte Pride and Charlotte Black Pride announced this morning that all in-person Pride events originally scheduled for July and August are cancelled. The cancellation covers all events involved with Charlotte Black Pride Week, scheduled for July 12-19; the Charlotte Pride Festival and Parade, scheduled for Aug. 1-2; and…
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Leah & Louise, Unwind Tea & Coffee Open During Turbulent Times
Despite everything he’s been through over the last month, Greg Collier, co-owner of the new Camp North End eatery Leah & Louise, can’t imagine he’ll ever have as trying a time as he did in 2014. It was early that year that Greg and his wife Subrina had each welcomed…
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Sanitation Workers in Charlotte Feel Endangered in Crisis
As an employee at the City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services department (SWS), which collects garbage, recycling and other waste from Charlotte’s residents, Joshua has seen his workplace change dramatically to combat the spread of COVID-19. But he and many of his coworkers in the sanitation field are worried that…
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Charlotte’s Homeless Search for Help as Services Dry Up
When we met Tony and Nancy on a recent Wednesday afternoon, they were just two of nearly 100 people sharing upwards of 70 tents in the area outside the gates of the Urban Ministry Center (UMC). The encampment popped up at the intersection of North College and North Tryon streets…
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Protesters Resume Activities Outside Charlotte Clinic Following Arrests
For years now, anti-abortion protesters have demonstrated in front of A Preferred Women’s Health Clinic (APWHC) in east Charlotte, with groups like Cities4Life attempting to convince women to go through with their pregnancies, and a coalition called Love Life Charlotte hosting large gatherings on the surrounding properties to pray and…
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ourBRIDGE for Kids Adapts in a Crisis with New Drop-Off Services
Like most folks in the United States, Sil Ganzó didn’t spend much time pondering the implications of the COVID-19 virus during January and February. It wasn’t until early March that things became real for the founder and executive director of ourBRIDGE for KIDS, an after-school program for Charlotte’s immigrant and…
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How Small Biz Can Survive the Coronavirus
I write about cannabis, generally, but today I am writing about business. Before jumping headlong into the cannabis sector several years ago, I was employed in the management consulting field providing financial advisory and strategic advice to C-level principals of privately-held firms, often in the engineering sector. In the spring…
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Health-Care Workers and Officials Prepare for COVID-19 Peak
[The following is an updated version of a story that ran in our print issue before changes were announced regarding plans to build a field hospital on UNC Charlotte’s campus. All changes are up to date as of April 9.] When I first spoke with Melissa, a nurse working at…
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Grassroots Movement Supplies Health-Care Workers with Needed Equipment
According to a February report from the Mecklenburg County Health Department, 25 to 35% of local health-care providers could fall ill as a direct result of the coronavirus outbreak by the time it’s all said and done, and with projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicting the…
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Coalition Pushes for Census Participation Amid COVID-19 Concerns
Judging by social media, every day is some sort of national holiday, be it to honor dogs, wine or pancakes. Today, however, is actually Census Day, and though it’s not as fun as a hashtag for sharing pictures of puppies or pastries, it has real-life implications for underserved communities locally…
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COVID-19 Update: Remote Testing Sites, County Stats, New State Orders
Tryon Medical Partners Testing Hundreds As staff at Charlotte’s two biggest hospitals have helped care for the rising number of local COVID-19 patients, other health-care practices have stepped up to help with testing, with Tryon Medical Partners (TMP) setting up remote testing facilities in vacant buildings around the county.…
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Recommended Quarantine Reading: 20 N.C. Books to Hunker Down With
It hasn’t even been a week since the county ordered us all to stay at home, and surely you flew through Tiger King in the first day and are now just streaming through old favorites you’ve already seen. The best way I know to take a break from TV is…
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