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FirstHealth again restricts visitor access to facilities as COVID-19 cases rise

PINEHURST — In response to the rise in COVID-19 cases over recent weeks, FirstHealth of the Carolinas has restricted visitor access to the company’s hospitals in the region — effective Tuesday, Aug. 3 — just as it did in spring of 2020 at the start of the pandemic.

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FirstHealth again restricts visitor access to facilities as COVID-19 cases rise

PINEHURST — In response to the rise in COVID-19 cases over recent weeks, FirstHealth of the Carolinas has restricted visitor access to the company’s hospitals in the region — effective Tuesday, Aug. 3 — just as it did in spring of 2020 at the start of the pandemic.

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Woman found dead on off-ramp, investigators believe homicide

ELLERBE — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, July 25 discovered the body of a deceased woman beside the off-ramp to Haywood Cemetery Road from U.S. 220 North following a 9-1-1 call, and are looking for information about what led to her death.

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Three injured in Hamlet shooting, suspect not yet identified

HAMLET — Three people were left in critical condition after a shooting on Monroe Avenue in Hamlet Tuesday evening, and another man was arrested after an unrelated shooting Wednesday afternoon that didn’t result in any injuries.

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Richmond County seeing worst community spread in NC

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County is the only county in the state that has been classified in the red (“critical community spread”) tier for COVID-19 spread as of July 17, the most recent data available. Despite this, the impact on the county’s treatment facilities for virus patients has been “slight.”

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Woman found guilty of abuse of special needs child

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County Superior Court this month sentenced Whitney Kaenna Steen to prison for the charge of child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.

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