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"The key thing for everybody to note is the Republican party across the board was deeply disappointed with Senator Burr's vote, particularly after he declared the trial to be unconstitutional," North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whatley said Tuesday on WBT's Bo Thompson Morning Show. 

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Paula Louise Stinson, 30, was arrested at Thales Academy in Rolesville, N.C. on Friday. She is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student and has been fired by the academy, according to WNCN in Raleigh.  

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State lawmakers from both sides have criticized S.C.'s Department of Health and Environmental Control response to the virus and are now calling on dismantling the agency. A slow rollout of testing, along with the agency’s refusal to release detailed data on early cases and now a lack of COVID-19 vaccine distribution is the reasoning behind a restructure. 

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"North Carolina Republicans sent Senator Burr to the United States Senate to uphold the Constitution and his vote today to convict in a trial that he declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing," NC GOP Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement.

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Data shows that roughly 3 percent of people living out-of-state were inoculated over the past six weeks, receiving the initial doses of the vaccine manufactured by Pfizer or Moderna. Over 1.38 million Coronavirus vaccines have been administered in North Carolina to healthcare workers and those at least 65 years old. 

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North Carolina is the fifth state to report a case of the South African variant. Data suggest the mutant strain of COVID-19 may be more contagious than those previously discovered. As of Feb. 11, eleven cases of infection with the variant had been identified in the Carolinas, along with California Maryland and Virginia.

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David Reeves, 27, of Gastonia, N.C. was arrested Feb. 5 and charged with threatening the President of the United States and others. According to a news release from the U.S Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Reeves was arraigned on Thursday morning in Mecklenburg County.

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The article opens by saying, "Four years ago, Pat McCrory couldn’t find a job." From there, it takes a dive through Pat's gubernatorial loss in 2016, and how he ended up at WBT as one of the most successful on-air personalities in the station's recent history.

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Starting Monday, Feb. 15, Pre-K, elementary students, and some older with special needs will be put on a rotation between days in classrooms and virtual learning for CMS. This will be the same model for middle and high school students starting Feb. 22.

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A campaign started by school teacher Rebecca Ivanov and the "CMS advocacy group for the in-person option" got over 2,000 parents and teachers to push for a traditional class option. Yard signs and billboards have gone up with the message that “Schools are safe and essential #InPersonOption #OpenCMS”