ASHEVILLE - As of 11:20 a.m. May 30, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services tallied 27,673 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide.
NCDHHS counts a total of 877 deaths associated with lab-tested COVID-19 statewide, with 638 hospitalized across the state.
As of noon May 29, Buncombe County reported 308 total cases and 25 deaths.
Most of Buncombe's deaths continue to be in nursing homes, which accounted for at least 20 deaths in the county so far.
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Cooper puts moratoriums on evictions, utility cut-offs
North Carolina residents facing evictions and utility cut-offs come the first of the month will have at least six additional months to pay their bills and outstanding rent under an order signed Saturday by the governor.
Governor Roy Cooper announced in a statement Saturday that he has signed an Executive Order to extend the prohibition of utility shut-offs and implement a moratorium on evictions. The order goes into effect Saturday with the Governor’s signature.
Read more on what all the executive order entails and how long North Carolinian's will have to catch up on late payments below.
More: Coronavirus: Gov. Cooper puts moratorium on evictions, extends cease on utility cut-offs
Graduates celebrate from a distance
Asheville High School held its graduation from a distance on the steps of the high school May 30.
See the day in photos through Angela Wilhelm's moving gallery below.
With restaurants reopening, workers face risks
With restaurants now permitted to reopen, some of those who work in the food industry remain divided about how to proceed.
Gov. Roy Cooper's Executive Order 141 eased restrictions on some businesses for Phase 2 of reopening the state, with restaurants now permitted to operate dine-in service, but only at 50% capacity.
But not all have reopened, and not all workers are eager to go back to a very public-facing job while COVID-19 is still a health threat.
Read more from reporter Mackensy Lunsford on how workers and owners are weighing the costs and benefits.
More: With restaurants reopening, workers, owners weigh the benefits and risks
Asheville faces $185M coronavirus austerity budget
With a budget deadline a month away the City Council is zeroing in on a $185 million spending plan.
The proposed operating budget represents a year-over-year decrease forced by declining taxes and other public revenues.
City Manager Debra Campbell proposed the austerity budget at a May 26 council meeting amid the economic fallout of the coronavirus. It includes no tax or fee increases.
See what's in the budget and what will see cuts here:
More: Asheville zeroes in on $185M coronavirus austerity budget; Here's what's in it
Outdoor recreation areas reopening
As the ultra-popular Pisgah and Nantahala national forests start to emerge from their coronavirus quarantines, the U.S. Forest Service and its concessionaires are slowly testing the waters to see how safely they can adjust to the reopenings.
The Forest Service began closing some of its most popular recreation areas in late March and early April as the pandemic swept across the country. The state’s two westernmost forests cover a massive land area of more than 1 million acres, and receive some 5 million visitors a year from across the country and the world.
Karen Chávez gives you the latest on what's opening up in the outdoors:
More: Davidson River Campground, Sliding Rock part of more outdoor recreation area reopenings
Media coalition sues for COVID-19 records
A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets, including the Citizen Times and Gannett's 11 other newspapers in North Carolina, filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 that the state had, so far, refused to provide.
Read more about the coalition's fight for transparency here:
More: Media coalition sues Cooper, cabinet agencies for COVID-19 records
Buncombe's COVID-19 death toll almost doubles
A state report on cases in congregant living settings updated on May 26 listed 13 resident deaths at Aston Park Health Care Center in southwest Asheville, and one at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community.
These losses bring the county's total COVID casualties to 15, according to the NCDHHS count.
More: Coronavirus: Buncombe's COVID-19 death count nearly doubles over holiday weekend
NC High School Athletic Association extends COVID 'dead period'
The coronavirus dead period has been extended until June 15 after a vote from the N.C High School Athletic Association Board of Directors on Monday night, sports writer David Thompson reports. Read more here.
More: N.C. High School Athletic Association extends coronavirus dead period
Elizabeth Anne Brown is the trending news reporter for the Citizen Times. Reach her at eabrown@citizentimes.com, or follow her on Twitter @eabrown18.
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