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North Carolina Department of Helath and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends. This dashboard provides an overview on the metrics and capacities that the state is following.

Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Government Aug 6, 2020: It’s often said that libraries are not buildings with books, but resource centers for communities.

Buncombe County -- PRESS RELEASE: Buncombe County Government Aug 6, 2020 "I hope we have the guts to finish what we are starting,”

Raleigh -- PRESS RELEASE: North Carolina Governor's Office Aug 5, 2020 Governor Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina will remain paused in Safer At Home Phase 2 for another 5 weeks as students and staff return to schools, colleges and universities and the state doubles down on efforts to decrease COVID-19 numbers. 

Raleigh -- PRESS RELEASE North Carolina Department of Public Safety Aug 5, 2020 An offender who tested positive for COVID-19 at Lumberton Correctional Institution has died at the hospital

Asheville -- Asheville Police Report on FaceBook: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on August 4, the Asheville Police Department responded to 495 Haywood Road after reports of individuals suffering from gunshot wounds.

North Carolina Department of Helath and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends. This dashboard provides an overview on the metrics and capacities that the state is following.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers for North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest argued before a judge on Tuesday over whether Cooper’s COVID-19 orders shuttering businesses and demanding face coverings were lawfully imposed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An amusement park on the North Carolina-South Carolina border says it will be closed for the rest of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.