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“Vaccine passports” are the latest in a long line of unusual terms we’ve all become familiar with over the past year.

HAMLET — Middle school and high school students met virtually for two months with Richmond Community College instructors in an Afterschool STEM program. At the first of March, they brought what they had been learning virtually to campus for hands-on projects.

RALEIGH — As courthouses begin to reopen across North Carolina, the state’s judicial branch office is preparing to request millions of dollars in funding to help keep them open.

PINEHURST— FirstHealth On the Go is here for you and your family this holiday season. There’s never a convenient time to be sick, but it’s especially difficult around the holidays when schedules are awry, and you may find yourself in a different location.

ROCKINGHAM — Senior Douglas McDonald has always enjoyed working with computers.

PINEHURST— FirstHealth of the Carolinas was recognized for the third consecutive year by The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives in the 2020 CHIME Healthcare’s Most Wired program, earning a certified acute and ambulatory level 8, and improving its previous certified level 7 achievement.

ROCKINGHAM — Don’t want to go into the store for groceries? Now you don’t have to.

HAMLET—Richmond Community College graduate Thomas Alfredson is in the midst of a new generation of technology that is vastly improving the wireless network. An electrical engineer, Alfredson is a designer of 5G small cell antennas that are able to handle mass amounts of data at fast speeds, meaning your calls won't get dropped, you can stream music on your phone, or you can watch your favorite Netflix show without it buffering.

SMITHFIELD, Va. — Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today it has partnered with Granular, a leading farm management software platform, to help growers in its grain supply chain boost farm sustainability and efficiency while improving crop yields. The offer will be available to grain farmers in North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia who sell their grain to Smithfield.

RALEIGH — The coronavirus forced reforms that could help patients access telemedicine and affordable health care, experts said during the “COVID-19 and Telehealth: A New Era In Virtual Care” Shaftesbury Society meeting Monday, May 18.