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Under the State of Emergency, the ultimate goal of all the executive orders, requests and other rules has been to reduce exposure of all people to this virus. In our line of work it is hard to limit exposure, but there are some things that we can do to limit our exposure during this time. Therefore, the Sheriff's Office has implementing the following changes in accordance with County of Lenoir decisions:
Effective 5 p.m. Friday, March 20
Due to the spread of COVID-19 in eastern North Carolina, Vidant is prohibiting visitors across all hospitals and emergency departments.
Public Service Announcement: Casey Stevens with the American Red Cross issues a plea for blood drive locations as they're experiencing a shortage due to COVID-19. If you'd like to help, please contact her at Casey.Stevens@redcross.org.
Although Lenoir County does not have a confirmed case of COVID-19 at this time, the Public Health Department considers the novel coronavirus to be a serious public health threat. Therefore, the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners has declared a state of emergency effective today.
Jones County is officially under a State of Emergency as of 7:00 am today, Friday, March 20, 2020.
Yesterday, Dr. Pradeep and Rep. Humphrey took part in a special live Coronavirus segment with Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy. They answered questions on the statistics regarding Coronavirus, took medical questions from our viewers, discussed small business and unemployment economic assistance and more.
Governor Roy Cooper has announced that 2-1-1 is the number to call for assistance and resources related to the COVID-19 coronavirus. NC 2-1-1 is an information and referral service, operated by United Way of North Carolina, where families and individuals can obtain free and confidential information on health and human service resources within their community 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Resources are available in most languages.
A father’s love for his daughter has turned into a delightful book with engaging prose and images sure to capture the attention of small children.
Effective Thursday, March 19, State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) branches statewide will temporarily transition to drive-thru only for the majority of its services to reduce the possibilities of transmission of the coronavirus to members, their families and SECU employees.
Due to the spread of coronavirus / COVID-19 in North Carolina, UNC Lenoir Health Care announced today that several policies have been put into place to ensure the safe and efficient care of our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kinston office to be by appointment only.
Due to concern for the health and safety of its customers and staff during the coronavirus outbreak, the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles will consolidate in-person services to offices large enough to maintain social distancing as defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), effective Wednesday, until further notice.
At this afternoon’s press conference Governor Roy Cooper discussed five key points to Executive Order No. 118. Now you can read the order in its entirety, which limits restaurant and bar operations across our state. And you can watch the press conference.
According to their Facebook page, Belk Kinston will be closing tonight, March 17 at 6pm and will be closed through March 30.
Governor Roy Cooper confirmed on Tuesday that North Carolina has 40 confirmed cases of COVID-19. He also issued a new executive order, which does five important things:
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has announced that effective 5pm today, restaurants and bars will close for dine-in customers. Takeout and delivery orders can continue.
Administrative orders addressing court matters in Greene and Lenoir Counties have been released, in light of the recent directive from the Chief Justice suspending hearing of most court cases throughout the state.
Lenoir County will follow state guidelines to protect EMS technicians and patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Watch Lenoir County Emergency Services Director Jerri King update the Lenoir County Commissioners on Monday afternoon.
The North Carolina Emergency Management, along with NC Department of Public Safety and NC Department of Health and Human Services, released the following slide deck today with the latest COVID-19 information. As of 11:00 a.m. there were 33 confirmed cases in NC with some of them in Wayne, Craven, Onslow, Wilson and other counties. None were reported in Lenoir, Greene or Jones Counties.
Note: The State of NC has held a call with “superintendents to provide guidance on the school closure period and to encourage districts to use these two weeks to develop plans for remote and distance learning in the event that we will need to close schools for a longer period.”
Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy was joined by Lenoir County Public Schools Superintendent Brent Williams and Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Chair Linda Rouse Sutton this afternoon at 1:00. They discussed the latest on COVID-19 and its impact on our county and public school system.
Tands,Inc./Bojangles’ recently published the following notice on their Facebook page:
Dear Bojangles’-BeCajun Fans,
Customer and employee health and safety are extremely important at Bojangles’. Due to caution over rapidly changing COVID-19 spreading concerns throughout our service area, Tands, Inc. has made the difficult decision to temporarily close our dining room operations at 2:00 pm on Monday, March 16, 2020. This will help increase social distancing by limiting direct person-to-person contact in our dining rooms. (read more)
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