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National Park Service -- Date: May 8, 2020 Contact: Public Affairs Office, (828) 348-3420
 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record.

Raleigh, N.C. -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Press Release  May 6, 2020
Starting today, North Carolina Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) participants will be able to purchase groceries online

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nearly 200 inmates within North Carolina’s prison system have been allowed to serve the rest of their sentences outside of prison to discourage the spread of COVID-19, state officials said Thursday.

CASHIERS, N.C. (AP) — A search team member fell to his death while trying to help recover a body at the base of a North Carolina waterfall, according to emergency management officials.

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services -- North Carolina from the PPE Stategic National Stock Pile 

These numbers reflect shipments from the Strategic National Stockpile and will be updated as new items are received.

Raleigh -- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services May 7, 2020 

UNC Asheville -- The AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program is all about providing structure and support to kids who face disenfranchisement in school, so they graduate and make the transition to college – typically becoming first-generation college students.

WCU -- May 1, 2020 Western Carolina University students who left personal belongings in on-campus residence halls as the university began to dramatically curtail operations in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic in March will be allowed to retrieve those items during a gradual and controlled 10-day move-out schedule.