It’s been a long two weeks since Gov. Roy Cooper closed all schools in the state and banned gatherings of more than 100 people due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Flat Rock Playhouse Production Manager Adam Goodrum was recently alerted to a thread on an industry forum from an Oklahoma hospital seeking seamstresses to sew cloth face masks to combat the coronavirus shortage.
To help families access food during the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is temporarily increasing benefits for March 2020 and April 2020 to current Food and Nutrition Services recipients.
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have announced that distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the next three weeks and will be distributed automatically, with no action required for most people.
Dogwood Health Trust recently approved the allocation of $10 million to address COVID-19 needs throughout the 18 county and Qualla boundary region of Western North Carolina.
Governor Roy Cooper announced another step to help families by prohibiting utilities from disconnecting people who are unable to pay during this pandemic.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never been more important to be able to wash your hands. That’s why the City of Asheville has installed portable hand washing stations in several strategic places around town.
The North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association has launched a relief fund to provide fast access to cash for restaurant and hotel workers immediately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to county and state health guidance in North Carolina and Virginia, the Blue Ridge Parkway has taken additional modifications of planned seasonal facility openings to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Mission Health is moving forward with standing up tents at its hospitals in the coming days to create additional capacity for triaging patients outside of emergency departments, should it become necessary as the COVID-19 outbreak evolves.
A group of manufacturers and nonprofits, led by the Carolina Textile District, are transitioning their production to prototype and produce medical supplies in response to a request from healthcare providers during the COVID-19 crisis.
