Displaying items by tag: executive order
Bar owners schedule second rally, urging Cooper to let them reopen
RALEIGH— N.C. bar owners are planning another rally Thursday, Sept. 10, as part of a months-long effort to persuade Gov. Roy Cooper to reopen bars.
Music venues, closed in North Carolina since March, struggle to survive
RALEIGH — The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop is eerily quiet.
Dusty. Empty.
Planet Fitness opens in Rockingham ahead of governor's announcment
ROCKINGHAM — Despite an ongoing executive order keeping gyms closed, one national chain opened up its new Richmond County location Tuesday.
Cooper reopens gyms and bowling alleys while bars stay shuttered
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper will move North Carolina into Phase 2.5 on Friday, Sept. 4, when gyms and bowling alleys will be able to operate at 30% capacity.
Bars may be left high and dry from Cooper’s next reopening plans
RALEIGH — Though Gov. Roy Cooper will ease some coronavirus restrictions in September, bars and private clubs may remain shuttered, Carolina Journal has learned.
Cooper extends North Carolina booze curfew
ROCKINGHAM — On the day a month-long curfew on alcohol sales was set to expire, Gov. Roy Cooper extended it for another month.
Richmond County bars, bands ready to rock again
ROCKINGHAM ― A five-month streak with no live music performances in Richmond County will come to an end this week.
Cooper signs executive order to improve fair hiring practices at state agencies
RALIEGH — Gov. Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 158 to implement fair chance policies at state agencies to increase employment opportunities for people with criminal records. The Order is effective immediately and will be implemented by Nov. 1, 2020.
Some data show opening fitness centers may not be so risky
RALEIGH — A group of North Carolina gym owners say Gov. Roy Cooper’s continued shutdown is wrongfully painting gyms as dangerous carriers of the coronavirus.
Executive order extends school immunization, health assessment deadlines in response to COVID-19 access disruptions
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued Executive Order 156 extending, but not waiving, proof-of-immunization and health assessment documentation deadlines for school and child-care facilities. With health care visits limited in some cases due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the order will give students and families more time to get their required vaccines and health assessments completed.
