By Kevin Roche If we should have learned anything from the epidemic, it is that most of the tactics that supposedly would suppress the virus–school and business closures, plastic barriers, social distancing and masking; made no impact on spread in…
Pittsboro, NC – Weekly cases of COVID-19 are trending up in Chatham County, with the county reaching the High level of community transmission as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the week of January 5, 2023. Preliminary…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) received word that it was awarded re-accreditation with honors from the NC Local Health Department Accreditation program. The recognition signifies that the Department excelled in its recent accreditation assessment along…
by Rachel Crumpler Siler City, NC – Ellen Chetwynd, a long-time Chatham County resident, has already seen labor and delivery shut down once at Chatham Hospital. She gave birth to her daughter at Chatham Hospital in 1988 when it was…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County Public Libraries announces that blood pressure kits are now available for check out at each of its three branches, Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro, Wren Memorial Library in Siler City, and Goldston Public Library. Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has reported Chatham County’s first confirmed case of monkeypox. To protect privacy and in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) will be offering the QuitSmart program this fall to help Chatham County residents quit using tobacco. Tobacco use is “the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United…
By Michael F. Cannon Congressional Republicans have defeated a proposal by congressional Democrats to mandate that private insurance companies cap out‐of‐pocket spending on insulin by their enrollees at $35 per month. Republicans were right to do so. Government is already driving…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – I’m a liberty-minded conservative, not an anarchist. I think government is inevitable and necessary but its legitimate scope and practical competencies are rather limited. The many public-policy failures during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the…
Pittsboro, NC – At a specially called meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Pittsboro on Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Board unanimously passed a resolution that officially requested that the Town’s water and wastewater utility be…