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FDA Takes Multiple Actions to Expand Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to: Expand the use of a single booster dose to include use in individuals 12 through 15 years of age.

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Gov. Cooper Encourages High School Students to Explore Cybersecurity Careers

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Governor Roy Cooper is again encouraging high school students in North Carolina to explore careers in cybersecurity by participating in CyberStart America, a free online cybersecurity competition sponsored by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation and SANS Institute.

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Sheriffs, DAs, court clerks want N.C. Supreme Court to reopen candidate filing

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Groups representing N.C. sheriffs, district attorneys, and Superior Court clerks want the N.C. Supreme Court to reopen candidate filing for their upcoming elections. The groups are not challenging the Supreme Court's decision to delay all primary elections until May.

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The dangers of black ice

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Black ice is a thin clear ice on roadways, parking lots and or sidewalks. Because of its transparent appearance, it can be very dangerous and hard to avoid. It typically forms during early morning hours or late evenings.

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Fresh Christmas tree sales up this year, but supply is low

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

A Christmas tradition continues with a live Christmas tree being the centerpiece in many N.C. homes and across the country this holiday season. Despite another year dealing with COVID-19 and the rising cost of inflation, live tree sales were up about 20% this year.

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Hope at Christmas

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Meeting Santa at Christmas is exciting for most children, but for five-year-old Levi Robertson, meeting Santa is extra special. A few years ago, Seth and Jill Robertson did not know if their son would have another Christmas. At only nine months old, Levi was diagnosed with leukemia.

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Erlanger welcomes nurse practitioner Grace Metzger to Andrews practice

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Erlanger welcomes board-certified family medicine nurse practitioner Grace Metzger, MSN, NP-C, to Erlanger Primary Care – Andrews. Metzger is a board-certified family medicine nurse practitioner who grew up in the Hayesville area.

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Gov. Kemp Proposes Program to Support Georgia Farmers and Food Banks

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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Joy Anderson who was enslaved for seven years before Lanie George, the founder of a Charlotte-area home for trafficking victims, rescued her during an FBI bust. (Photo from Carolina Journal)

Senator touts N.C. budget's measures to attack human trafficking

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

A state senator is drawing attention to the new N.C. state budget's measures to fight human trafficking. The budget "provides a lifeline to victims" of trafficking, according to a news release from Sen. Ted Alexander, R-Cleveland.

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Samaritan’s Purse brings Christmas joy, relief to tornado-ravaged communities

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Monday, December 20, 2021

Yuri Lopez was orphaned at the age of two and spent her childhood shifting between 14 orphanages in Honduras. But her life was transformed one Christmas when she received a shoebox filled with gifts from the North Carolina-based international Christian ministry Samaritan’s Purse.