October 22, 2025
COVID-19
11 Johnston Health Employees Resign Over Vaccine Mandate
Eleven employees at Johnston Health in Clayton and Smithfield have resigned over the vaccine mandate requirements. An additional 10 full-time employees who did not meet the deadline to receive a…
Doctors Gave Him A 5% Chance To Live. God Gave Him A ‘Miracle’
Frankie Ballard spent 232 days in a hospital fighting a pandemic virus that tried to take his life many times. On Tuesday, he returned to his Erwin home with a…
Governor Encourages Faith Leaders To Help Strengthen Community Vaccination Efforts
Ninety percent of North Carolinians 65+ have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine RALEIGH – Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary…
School Board Votes 4-To-3 On Mask Mandate
SMITHFIELD – The Johnston County Public School Board voted Monday afternoon to continue to require students and staff wear face masks at school. The board was divided on the issue.…
Congressman Cawthorn Headlines JCPS Board Protest
SMITHFIELD – Dozens of people gathered Tuesday for a march and protest at Johnston County Public Schools Central Office on Highway 70 East. The event corresponded with today’s meeting of…
Mobile Outreach Unit’s First Assignment: Treating Patients Newly Diagnosed With COVID-19
SMITHFIELD – Within hours of being delivered Wednesday, Johnston Health’s brand new mobile outreach unit was called to action. Starting Monday, it will be part of the hospital’s stand-up clinic…
Johnson Health Partners With Benson Health To Open Monoclonal Antibodies Clinic
BENSON – Patients who test positive for COVID-19 now have a new treatment option in the Benson area. On Wednesday, a stand-up clinic next door to Benson Health, a primary-care…
Students In Campbell’s First Prison Teaching Program Earn Associate Degrees
CLINTON — Kevin Cook battled nerves and the graduation tassel that swung in front of his eyes as he spoke on behalf of his 10 classmates in front of the…
You Decide: Is Round Two Of The COVID Recession On The Way?
By Dr. Mike Walden Just when we thought things were getting better, could they go the other way and get worse? For most of the year we were optimistic about…
Johnston Health Pauses Elective Surgeries Requiring Overnight Stay
Change will free up 10 medical beds, but it won’t be enough to meet demand, CMO says Due to the surge of COVID-19 patients needing hospitalization, Johnston Health will pause…
Parents Revolt Over Buncombe County School Board’s Mask Mandate
By David Bass Carolina Journal Mask wars have once again erupted in Buncombe County after the school board voted during a specially called meeting last week, without public comment, to…
School Board Reversal: 4-3 Vote To Mandate Masks This School Year
Less than two weeks after voting to allow parental choice this school year on masks in Johnston County Public Schools, the Board of Education reversed that decision tonight (Tuesday) in…
