Published: 2021-03-08 05:13:00Updated: 2021-03-08 19:52:27Health TeamTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter & Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter — Demand for coronavirus vaccine overwhelmed phone lines in Lee County Monday morning after the county began accepting registrations from people with health conditions that put them at higher risk from the virus.Lee County was the first area county to begin allowing people in Group 4 of the state's vaccine priority list to register for vaccinations.By about 10 a.m., the county IT staff had to shut down the vaccine call center and establish a...…Published: 2021-03-08 05:13:00Updated: 2021-03-08 19:52:27Health TeamTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter & Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter — Demand for coronavirus vaccine overwhelmed phone lines in Lee County Monday morning after the county began accepting registrations from people with health conditions that put them at higher risk from the virus.Lee County was the first area county to begin allowing people in Group 4 of the state's vaccine priority list to register for vaccinations.By about 10 a.m., the county IT staff had to shut down the vaccine call center and establish a...WW…

Published: 2021-04-19 05:42:00Updated: 2021-04-19 20:47:37BusinessTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter, & Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor — Vice President Kamala Harris was in North Carolina on Monday to promote President Joe Biden's $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan.The combination of spending and tax credits in the American Jobs Plan would translate into 20,000 miles of rebuilt roads and bridges, higher wages, better internet service, cleaner drinking water and a long list of other projects intended to create millions of jobs in the short run and...…Published: 2021-04-19 05:42:00Updated: 2021-04-19 20:47:37BusinessTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter, & Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor — Vice President Kamala Harris was in North Carolina on Monday to promote President Joe Biden's $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan.The combination of spending and tax credits in the American Jobs Plan would translate into 20,000 miles of rebuilt roads and bridges, higher wages, better internet service, cleaner drinking water and a long list of other projects intended to create millions of jobs in the short run and...WW…

Published: 2021-03-09 11:47:00Updated: 2021-03-13 10:51:27Local NewsTags:By Kasey Cunningham and Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporters — A FEMA-operated COVID-19 mass vaccination site opens in Greensboro on Wednesday morning. It's one of only 18 in the country.The federally-supported site at Four Seasons Town Centre is right off Interstate 40 and centrally located near the heart of the state. The site will start operation on Wednesday with intentions to vaccinate as many as 3,000 people a day.Volunteers conducted a trial run on Tuesday, vaccinating 500 people, the bulk of whom were frontline...…Published: 2021-03-09 11:47:00Updated: 2021-03-13 10:51:27Local NewsTags:By Kasey Cunningham and Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporters — A FEMA-operated COVID-19 mass vaccination site opens in Greensboro on Wednesday morning. It's one of only 18 in the country.The federally-supported site at Four Seasons Town Centre is right off Interstate 40 and centrally located near the heart of the state. The site will start operation on Wednesday with intentions to vaccinate as many as 3,000 people a day.Volunteers conducted a trial run on Tuesday, vaccinating 500 people, the bulk of whom were frontline...WW…

Published: 2021-02-02 09:53:00Updated: 2021-02-02 21:31:27NC CapitolTags:By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor — The governor, his secretary of health and a bipartisan pair of the state's top education officials pressed school systems across North Carolina Tuesday afternoon to reopen for in-person learning."It's time to get our children back into the classroom," Gov. Roy Cooper said during a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic."The science is clear. It is safe to reopen our schools in accordance with...…Published: 2021-02-02 09:53:00Updated: 2021-02-02 21:31:27NC CapitolTags:By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor — The governor, his secretary of health and a bipartisan pair of the state's top education officials pressed school systems across North Carolina Tuesday afternoon to reopen for in-person learning."It's time to get our children back into the classroom," Gov. Roy Cooper said during a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic."The science is clear. It is safe to reopen our schools in accordance with...WW…

Published: 2021-02-01 12:31:00Updated: 2021-02-01 20:50:00Local NewsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — The FBI arrested a Garner man Monday morning in connection with the riot last month at the U.S. Capitol.Stephen Maury Baker, 33, of 265 Mariah Towns Way, was taken into custody without incident on charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.A mob supporting then-President Donald Trump stormed the...…Published: 2021-02-01 12:31:00Updated: 2021-02-01 20:50:00Local NewsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — The FBI arrested a Garner man Monday morning in connection with the riot last month at the U.S. Capitol.Stephen Maury Baker, 33, of 265 Mariah Towns Way, was taken into custody without incident on charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.A mob supporting then-President Donald Trump stormed the...WW…

Published: 2021-01-25 09:55:00Updated: 2021-01-25 15:44:13Local NewsTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — Across central North Carolina, the professionals who speak for major hospital systems expressed frustration Monday at the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine."We did not get as many doses as we would like this week," said Chris Tart, vice president of professional services at Cape Fer Valley Health. Tart said his organization requested 10,000 doses and got half that number.Alan Wolf, spokesman for UNC Health, said, "UNC Health has received fewer COVID vaccines than expected for this...…Published: 2021-01-25 09:55:00Updated: 2021-01-25 15:44:13Local NewsTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — Across central North Carolina, the professionals who speak for major hospital systems expressed frustration Monday at the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine."We did not get as many doses as we would like this week," said Chris Tart, vice president of professional services at Cape Fer Valley Health. Tart said his organization requested 10,000 doses and got half that number.Alan Wolf, spokesman for UNC Health, said, "UNC Health has received fewer COVID vaccines than expected for this...WW…

Published: 2021-01-18 16:01:00Updated: 2021-01-18 21:56:00EducationTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has laid out plans to cut personnel costs by 3 percent and operating expenses by 15 percent over the next two years to make up losses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a "structural deficit" the school has had for several years."This isn’t going to be easy, but I feel confident that we can get through this together. This is the responsible thing to do for the future of our university," Chancellor Kevin on...…Published: 2021-01-18 16:01:00Updated: 2021-01-18 21:56:00EducationTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has laid out plans to cut personnel costs by 3 percent and operating expenses by 15 percent over the next two years to make up losses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a "structural deficit" the school has had for several years."This isn’t going to be easy, but I feel confident that we can get through this together. This is the responsible thing to do for the future of our university," Chancellor Kevin on...WW…

Published: 2020-12-22 15:30:00Updated: 2020-12-22 18:24:40Local NewsTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — A Durham fitness studio held a Christmas party last weekend in which at least two dozen people gathered in a home without masks, violating state and local restrictions during the pandemic.Triangle Krav Maga posted photos of the party on Facebook, noting that it included movies, pizza, "quality booze," a white elephant exchange and other games and a sleepover for youngsters."Sure beats sitting at home in a mask, doesn't it?" says the Facebook post, which was deleted on Tuesday...…Published: 2020-12-22 15:30:00Updated: 2020-12-22 18:24:40Local NewsTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — A Durham fitness studio held a Christmas party last weekend in which at least two dozen people gathered in a home without masks, violating state and local restrictions during the pandemic.Triangle Krav Maga posted photos of the party on Facebook, noting that it included movies, pizza, "quality booze," a white elephant exchange and other games and a sleepover for youngsters."Sure beats sitting at home in a mask, doesn't it?" says the Facebook post, which was deleted on Tuesday...WW…

Published: 2020-12-17 10:28:00Updated: 2020-12-18 16:30:34Local NewsTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — Federal prosecutors and local law enforcement announced a bust Thursday of a drug trafficking ring that funneled more than a thousand pounds of marijuana, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and other drugs throughout the campuses of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and Appalachian State University.More than $1.5 million in drug sales were made from 2017 to 2020 by the defendants, according to court records.Matt Martin, U.S. attorney for the middle...…Published: 2020-12-17 10:28:00Updated: 2020-12-18 16:30:34Local NewsTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — Federal prosecutors and local law enforcement announced a bust Thursday of a drug trafficking ring that funneled more than a thousand pounds of marijuana, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and other drugs throughout the campuses of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and Appalachian State University.More than $1.5 million in drug sales were made from 2017 to 2020 by the defendants, according to court records.Matt Martin, U.S. attorney for the middle...WW…

Published: 2020-12-01 17:51:00Updated: 2020-12-01 18:39:25WRAL TVTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — A Durham man said he is out $300 after falling for a Black Friday scheme. Cye Frasier says he was desperate for a PlayStation 5 for himself and his 12-year-old son. The Durham barber was ready to wait all night in line to get one of the gaming consoles, knowing they are in short supply.He says when he got to GameStop on Westgate Drive on Thanksgiving night, a security guard told him he was not allowed to get in line that early.“He was like, but for $300 I’ll hold your spot and you...…Published: 2020-12-01 17:51:00Updated: 2020-12-01 18:39:25WRAL TVTags:By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter — A Durham man said he is out $300 after falling for a Black Friday scheme. Cye Frasier says he was desperate for a PlayStation 5 for himself and his 12-year-old son. The Durham barber was ready to wait all night in line to get one of the gaming consoles, knowing they are in short supply.He says when he got to GameStop on Westgate Drive on Thanksgiving night, a security guard told him he was not allowed to get in line that early.“He was like, but for $300 I’ll hold your spot and you...WW…