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Six student artists named 2021 JMArts Scholars

Siler City, NC – Six students have been named JMArts Scholars by the Jordan-Matthews Arts Foundation, all receiving scholarships to pursue intensive fine arts study this summer. JMArts Scholars preparing for study this summer are (standing from left) Carrie Shelton, Emma Weiber, Laci Burt, Maggie…

More evidence of masks working, or not

By Kevin Roche Thanks to Youyang Gu on Twitter.  As I have said, better to use mask wearing behavior than mask mandates, although there likely is a correlation between the two.  Pretty clear the COVID-19 virus doesn’t care about masks…

Chatham County monitors fuel supply and conserves usage

Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County government is carefully monitoring its fuel supply and conserving usage among non-essential vehicles amid the Colonial Pipeline system disruption. Chatham County Emergency Management, the Chatham County Manager’s Office, Chatham County Schools, and the Chatham County…

Age-adjusted COVID-19 deaths, updated

By Kevin Roche This chart, courtesy Phil Kerpen on Twitter, is useful for a number of purposes. It age-adjusts deaths in the states. One very interesting thing is notice the states clustered in the far north on each coast. Some…