Barbara Morris wasnât quite ready to leave her post as Catawba County clerk after 16 years. After training her replacement, Karina Zamora, she knows she left the right person for the task.
Morris hopes like herself and some clerks before her, Zamora will turn the position into a career and stick with the county through years of recording county meetings, preparing information for county leaders and watching county business unfold.
Morris, now 65, first became the county clerk after leaving a 20-year career as a litigation paralegal. The then-county manager asked her personally to consider the role. It turned out to be a perfect fit, Morris said.
44 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed today (January 31) in Catawba County, increasing the overall total to 15,486, with 243 deaths. There are 115 people
One COVID-19-related death was reported today (January 30) in Catawba County, increasing the total to 243. 40 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed today,
Thousands call for appointments to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Burke County every day. Only 1,000 get it each week.
By Friday, the county was out of vaccine for the public, Burke County Health Department Director Rebecca McLeod said.
Supply of the COVID-19 vaccine has been limited across North Carolina. There are only so many appointments available, and itâs frustrating for health care providers and the public, McLeod said.
âWeâve had a mass vaccination plan in place for 15 to 20 years, which we exercise, but if you donât have the vaccine to give people, it doesnât work the way it should,â she said. âHas it made people lose trust in us and has it made people mad at us? Yes, and Iâm sorry.â