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OPINION: Free people require free movement
“Vaccine passports” are the latest in a long line of unusual terms we’ve all become familiar with over the past year.
RichmondCC hosts Afterschool STEM program
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.
Judicial branch to request emergency judges, technology to open courts
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.
FirstHealth On the Go makes providers available anytime, anywhere – even on holidays
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.
FirstHealth of the Carolinas earns 2020 CHIME Healthcare’s Most Wired recognition
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.
Food Lion expands To-Go service at Rockingham store
RichmondCC graduate designing cutting-edge technology
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 Foods partners with Granular Insights to give grain farmers in its supply chain the digital edge on sustainability
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.
Virtual meeting touts advances in telehealth COVID-19 has ushered in
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.