Special Coverage: Coronavirus

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The BA.2 subvariant of omicron has risen to make up nearly 25-percent of the country’s COVID infections and the CDC is using household wastewater to track the disease.Using … [Read more...] about BA.2 omicron variant cases on the rise, state monitors sewershed

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) – Gov. Roy Cooper said it’s time for North Carolina to “chart a new course” in the fight against COVID-19.During a Thursday news conference, Cooper lamented on what the state and … [Read more...] about Cooper: COVID-19 will still be in NC, ‘but won’t disrupt us’

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Gov. Roy Cooper is scheduled to talk Thursday about the state of COVID-19 in North Carolina.The news conference is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and comes as the state continues to … [Read more...] about LIVE: Gov. Cooper to discuss next phase of COVID-19 response

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) – The North Carolina state auditor found that hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic unemployment benefits were not paid in a timely manner.According to the audit, the … [Read more...] about Over $400M in pandemic unemployment benefits weren’t paid in a timely manner, NC state audit finds

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WECT) - Citing the decrease in COVID-19 transmission rates, Dosher Memorial Hospital has revised its visitor restrictions for its patient care unit and emergency department as well as … [Read more...] about Dosher updates visitor, waiting room restrictions

CAPE FEAR REGION, N.C. (WECT) - Brunswick County voted Tuesday and Columbus County School Board voted at a special meeting Friday to drop the mask requirement on school buses.The decision comes after … [Read more...] about Masks no longer required on Brunswick, Columbus County Schools buses

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina health officials reported that 2,243 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.To date, there have been 2,592,991 confirmed cases since the first case … [Read more...] about NC’s COVID-19 percent-positivity rate below 6%, continuing decline

CAPE FEAR REGION, N.C. (WECT) - In alignment with a recent change in guidelines by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pender, Bladen, and New Hanover County school districts have … [Read more...] about Per CDC guidelines, school districts drop mask mandates on school buses

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) ― The COVID-19 vaccine push in North Carolina and across the country appears to have hit rock bottom.And as rules for masks and other mitigation measures have been lifted, the … [Read more...] about Has the COVID vaccine drive hit rock bottom?

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The UNCW health and leadership team decided Friday, it would ease on-campus pandemic protocols effective March 7.From that date (the first day of spring break) onward, face … [Read more...] about UNCW to ease pandemic protocols