Stay updated with breaking news from Alamance. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
We pray for those who have lost loved ones and for those who are still hospitalized. Even during the weekend when the actual reporting slows down a bit, we continue to see record high case counts. And we continue to be concerned with our percentage of positive tests. And there hospitalizations. We are watching closely to monitor hospital bed capacity. As well as icu bed capacity. Right now, our hospitals do have bed capacity and that is good. But as dr. Cohen will tell you, that can change really quickly. As we see North Carolinas upward trends, we must redouble our work. Detecting and isolating the virus. Our department of health and Human Services team is pushing assistance to local Health Departments, especially in counties experiencing the highest growth. Durham, forsyth, guilford, johnston, lee, mecklenburg, and ....
In the line of duty. Officials say the firefighters were involved in whats described as initial attack operations against the fire. During that time their vehicle crashed and its believed they were overtaken by the flames. With more details heres abcs kenneth moton. Reporter washington is in a state of emergency requesting immediate federal help hours after three firefighters were killed and another four injured while battling a raging wildfire in the Eastern Community of twist. The sheriff describing it as a hell storm. The bottom line this was hell in here and its just obvious. It was blowing in every direction and we lost men. Reporter more than 230,000 acres burned. Several homes have been evacuated in Okanogan County posting it has been a rough day. We have lost three firefighters, homes and security. The National G ....