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Reporter Lilly Knoepp talks with Courtnee Lingerfelt, director of Western Carolina University s COVID-19 vaccine clinic on campus. Lingerfelt explains that the clinic is meant to be a regional hub for the community across Western North Carolina. People in groups 1, 2 and 3 can make an appointment at the clinic s website.
As more people get vaccinated in North Carolina, more places are opening to administer the shots. BPR looks at Western Carolina University’s on-campus clinic.
The clinic, located at the school’s Health & Human Services building, opened to the public this week. This is after administering over 600 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in February to help clear Jackson County Department of Public Health’s waiting list.
BPR is answering listener queries about the Coronavirus in a new segment "Talk To Us: COVID Questions" BPR’s Lilly Knoepp brings us this week’s answer.
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The WNC Historical Association is located in Asheville’s oldest brick house. Now the association is hosting an exhibit about the history of Black communities west of Asheville. Reporter Lilly Knoepp talks with author and historian Ann Miller Woodford about why its important to learn about the region’s history – and how to apply it to the present.
The Western North Carolina Historical Association is located in Asheville s oldest brick house - where at least 70 people were enslaved. Now the association is hosting an exhibit about the history of Black communities west of Asheville. Author and historian Ann Miller Woodford talks with BPR about why its important to learn about the region’s history – and how to apply it to the present.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The closing date for new registrations or updates for the Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) has been extended from Feb 15 to Feb 25, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
He said this was to ensure that only those eligible would receive the BPR as well as taking into account the current movement control order (MCO) implemented in most parts of the country.
Those who need to make new applications are those who have never received the Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH) 2020 or the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) B40 and whose household incomes are RM5,000 and below per month.
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Reporter Lilly Knoepp talks about the expansion of a Western North Carolina LGBTQ+ oral history archive to Western Carolina University with Assistant Professor of English Travis Rountree and Head of Research and Instruction Services at Hunter Library Sarah Steiner.
A project to document the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Western North Carolina is expanding.
“I think it s really important to show, to demonstrate that there is indeed a history here and has been, for a long time,” said Rountree, a WCU assistant professor of English.
For Rountree, this project is about making the queer community in rural Western North Carolina more visible.