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County reports 27th COVID-19-related death

The Richmond County Health Department Monday morning reported the 27th COVID-19-related death among county residents as the county also broke its record for new cases.

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BOEs focus on ballot deficiencies

RALEIGH — As of 1:30 p.m. Monday, about 1.7 million registered voters in North Carolina had cast ballots in the 2020 general election, according to the state Board of Elections.

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County reports 27th COVID-19-related death

The Richmond County Health Department Monday morning reported the 27th COVID-19-related death among county residents as the county also broke its record for new cases.

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Rezoning was chance to ‘engage’ community, Hamlet city manager says

HAMLET — The county’s vote last week to rezone a parcel on Marks Creek Church Road to Heavy Industrial left the Hamlet City Council feeling like their county had again left them in the dark on an important development that would have a direct impact on their community, reopening the wounds from April when the commissioners voted to change the sales tax distribution method without notice to municipalities.

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COVID-19 outbreak at nursing home

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County had its second-highest single-day count of new COVID-19 cases with 32 reported Friday, in part due to an outbreak at a local nursing home and increasing cases at Morrison Correctional, all coming in a week in which two more residents died of the virus.

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Voters take to the polls, social distanced and sanitized

ROCKINGHAM — Thursday was the first day of early voting, and the polls saw a steady stream of residents taking advantage of the opportunity to make their voices heard.

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