Watch out for Job Post Scams for COVID-19 Contact Tracers
RALEIGH, NC (June 18, 2020) -- Our office has been informed of job posting scams impersonating the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. These postings claim to be hiring contact tracers to help get in touch with people diagnosed…
High Country Partners Launch Pre-Apprenticeship Program
HUDSON, NC (June 18, 2020) -- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute launched a new pre-apprenticeship program this week on the Watauga Campus in Boone. Featuring five Watauga High School students, the 8-week program combines…
CCHD COVID-19 Update #79 (June 17, 2020)…
LENOIR, NC (June 17, 2020) — Here is the Caldwell County Health Department COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
Laboratory-Confirmed Cases
Recovered Patients
Active Patients
277
134
139
Deaths
Hospitalized…
CCC&TI Radiography Class Earns 100 Percent Pass Rate
HUDSON, NC (June 17, 2020) -- Graduates of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute's Radiography Program have earned, on their first attempt, a 100-percent pass rate on the American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT)…
High Country Soccer Association Travel Team Tryouts July 22 & 24, 2020
BOONE, NC (June 9, 2020) -- Are you interested in joining a travel soccer team? High Country Soccer Association will be hosting tryouts on July 22 and 24 for the 2020/2021 year for U10-U18 middle school/high school aged players (birth years…
NASA Selects Astrobotic to Fly Water-Hunting Rover to the Moon
NASA (June 11, 2020) -- NASA has awarded Astrobotic of Pittsburgh $199.5 million to deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon’s South Pole in late 2023.
The water-seeking mobile VIPER robot will…
Tourism to Blue Ridge Parkway creates $1.4 Billion in Economic Benefits
ASHEVILLE, NC (June 12, 2020) -- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 14.9 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2019 spent $1.1 Billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 16,341 jobs in the local…