COUNTYS I AGAINST TSHI PROPOS.AL LOOKING AHEAD, FIRST WARNING IMPACT DAY. WE'VE HAD A LOTF O THOSE RECENTLY. >> LANNY POPE IS TRACKING THE POSSIBILITIES OFER V STORMY WEATHER IN THE TRIAD. SHE JOINS UWIS TH WHAT TO EXPECT >> TEMPERATURES ARE ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE AS CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN RIGHT NOW AND RNAI ISN ITHE FORECAST. ON THE RADAR, WE'RE DRY. IT WILL BE CLOUDYOR F ANOTHER FEW HOURS. OVERNIGHT, AN AREA OF RAIN SOUTH AND WEST HEADED OUR WAY. MOST WILL FALL ITHN E FORM OF RAIN BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL HAVE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. WE HAD SEVERE WEATHER OUT THERE YESTERDAY. WE'RE NOT REALLY ANTICIPATING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SEVE ER THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME NOISE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND SOME OF THAT MAY COME EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AS YOU WAKE UP. YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THE RAIN PUSHING INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE MILD AS W START THE DAY ON TUESDAY. >> WE'RE JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM THE NEW SCHOOL YE.AR >> FORD HATCHET SPENT THEAY D FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BIG MEETING. >> UNANIMOUSLY VOTGIN TO MEAK MASK WEARING OPTIONAL. THE SUPERINNDTEENT SAID IT WASN'T MADE LIGHTLY. >> IT'S NOT BEEN AN EASY DISCUSSION AT ALL. LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITAH LOT OF PEOPLE, EXPERTS, ATTORNEYS, HEALTH DIRECTORS, SOME PEOEPL IN THE COMMUNITY. WE FEEL LIKE WE REACH A REASONABLE COMPROMISE. >> IN A CROEDWD MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SUPERINTENDENT MARK BYRD SAID THE WILKES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL REVIEW COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK ONCE SCHOOL BEGINS. >> I WOULD LIKEO T ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS SERIOUSLY AND LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SLOW THE SPREAD. LET'S GET IN CONTROLND A GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF SCHOOLING AS WE KNOW IT. >> MASK WEARING IS STILL THE BEST WAY FOR CHILDREN TO AVOID CONTRACTING THE VIRUS. >> THAT WILL KEEP THEM SAFEOT N ONLY FROM COVID BUT OTHER RESPIRATORY ILESLNSES AS WELL. WE'VE SEEN IT OVER THE PTAS YEAR. THAT'S WTHA WE'RE DOING WITH OUR DAUGHTER SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER PARENT WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT THAT TO DO THAT THIS WEEK. >> THAT'S THE BEST DEFENSE SYSTEM, WHY ARE WE HAVING EVERYBODY DO KNIT >> BECAUSE IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DECISION. >> SUPERINTENDENT BYRD SAID HE TALKED TO THE HEALTH DIRECTOR FREQUENTLY, SOMETIMES ENVE DAILY, AND EXPECTS THAT OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION TO CONTINUE. >> WE HAVE A GATRE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR. SHE'S VERY NDCAID. WE HAVE A VERY OPEN RELATIONSHIP, OPEN CONVERSATIONS, AND WE KNOW THAT SHE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH US. AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN. >> AND CLASSES ARE SET TO BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND THE BOARD SAID THEY WILL REEVALUATE THE MASK POLICY IF COVID CASES CONTIN TUEO RISE. WXII 12 NEWS. >> SOOCHL LEADERS IN STOKES, DAVEY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES HAVE ALSO VOTED TO MAKE MASKS OPTION TALHIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR THE TWO LARGEST SKRIKTS IN ETH REGION, GUILFORD COUNTY AND WINSTON SALEM ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO MASKP U INCLUDING STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO ARE VACCINATED. >> -- WILL REQUIRE STUDENTS AND STAFF TO WEAR MASKS. THE BOARD VOTED TODAY 4-3 TO ACCEPTHE T SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENTIDAON. OTHER RETURN TO SCHOOL PROTOCOLS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT NEXT WEEK'S BOARD MEETING. >> MASK POLICIES ARE ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW NIGHT FORHE T LEXINGTON CI TYBOARD. >> GREENSBORO WILL BE REINSTATING ITS MASK MANDATE IN ALL CITY FACILITIES STARTING ON THURSDAY. THIS GOES FOR PEOPLE VACCINATED ORUNVACCINATED. THE DECISION IS BASEDN O NEW GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC AND IFHE T POSITIVITY CONTINUES TO RISE THEY WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL MEASURES. THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT RATE OF COVID-19 SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. >> NORTH CAROLINA'S COV ME TRICS CONTINUE THEIR RISEO T CONCERNING LEVELS. THE DAILY PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE CASES IS 10.6%. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE STATE'S TARGET. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE SOARING AS WELL. 1,359 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED TONIGHT WITH COVID. OF THOSE, 27% ARE IN THE ICU. 12% ARE ON A VENTILATOR. >> IN UNION COUNTY MORE THAN 150 STUDENTS AND STAFF AT UNION ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE TOWN OF MONROE, NOR THCAROLINA, ARE IN QUARANTINE AFTER THE STUDENTS' FIRST WEEK BACK TO CLASS AFTER SUMMER BREAK. THE CHARTER SCHOOL SAW MORE THAN A DONZE COVID CASES JUST LAST WEEK. MASKS WERE OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS BEFORE THISOU TBREAK BUT IN A LETTER SCHOOL LEADER SAY THEY WILL REELUVAATE THE MASK MANTEDA AT THE NEXT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. AS ETH DEBATE ESCALATES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OVER THE WEEKEND THE U.S. TOPPED 35 MILLION COVID CASES SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS COVID ADVISERS A WREEIGHING TO ISSUE NEW RESTRICTIONS AS A FOURTH WAVE OF CIDOV SPREADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF MORE THAN 40 STATES. TH E VAST MAJORITY OF THEM SEEING CASES SKY ROCKET WITH THE DTAEL VARIANT TEARING THROUGH PARTICULARLY UNVACCATIN POPULATIONS. >> TONIGHT SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN LINDSEY GRAHAM IS THE FIRST SENATORO T ANNOUNCE A BREAKTHROUGH COVID EXPERIENCE AFTER BEING VACCINATED. IN A SERIES OF TWEETS THE 66-YEAR-OLD SENATOR SAID HE WA S HAVING MILD SYMPTOMS AND IS CERTAIN HE WOULD NOT FEEL AS WELL HAD HE NOT GOT AN SHOT. SENATOR GRAHAM WAS SEEN IN ETH OFFICE BUILDING MINUTES BOREFE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT. IT'S LED TO SEREVAL OTHER LAWMAKERS TO GET TESTED. HE WAS AMONG A HANDFUL OF SENATORS WHO SPENT PART OF THE WEEKEND WORKINGND SOCIALIZING ON WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JOE MANSION'S HOUSE VOTE. >> WAKE FOREST UNIVEITYRS SAYS STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SHOW PROOF OF A COVID VACCINE RKIS BEING REMOVED FROM CAMPUS OR BEING KICKED OUT OF SCHO.OL RIGHT WNO 97% OF ALL STUDENTS AND 90% OF STUDENTS AND SFFTA VACCINATED. EMPLOYEES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GET A VACCINE BUT THEY ARE RE QUIRED TO REPORT THEIR VACCINE STATUS. >> THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHANCES TOET G YOUR VACCINE THIS WEE IKN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING THE PFIZER SHOTM FRO 8:30 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 4:30 IN THE AFTERNOON TUEAYSD THROUGH FRIDAY. THISAN C BE YOUR FIRST OR SECOND DOSE AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAK AN APPOINTMENT TO GET A SHOT. >> THE RANDOLPH HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GIVING OUT $25 HEALTH CARDS, FOR ANYONE 18 AND OLDER GETTING THEIR FIRST DOSE. THE CAS RDARE NOT AVAILABLE IF YOU'RE GETTING YOUR SECOND DOSE THERE. IF SOMEONE ELSE DRIVES YOU TO GET THE SHOT THEY WILL ALSO GET $25. ALTHOUGH THAT DOES NOTLY APP TO UBER, LIFT OR A TAXI, WILKES COUNTY WILL ALSO BE GIVING OUT CASH CAR FDSROM AUGUST 5 THROUGH AUGUST 30. AGAIN, ANYONE 18 AND OVER WHO GETS THEIR FIRST DOSE WILL GET A $25 GIFT CARD. RIGHT NOW IN NORTH CAROLINA, 61% OF ADULTS HAVE RECEIVED AT LETAS ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE. 58% OF ADULTS ARELYUL VACC VACCINATED. >> THE WHITEOU HSE SAYS 70% OF ADULT IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF ONOF THEE COVID-19 VACCINES. THEY ALSO SAY THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF NEWLY VACCINADTE POEM ISHE T HIGHEST SINCE JULY 4 WHICH IS ALSO WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION HADRE PVIOUSLY WANTEDO T MEET THAT 70% THRESHOLD. >> THE F.D.A. SAYING THAT IST' MOVING AS QUICKLY AS IT CAN TO GET FULL APPROVAL TO THE PFIZER-COVID VACCINE. AN F.D.A.IR F COULD NOT GAVE SPECIFIC TIMELINE BUT THEGEY A SAID THEY WOULD NOT LOWER THEIR STANDARDS. APPROV CALOULD COME WITHINHE T NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> RENT IS DUE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. FEDERAL EVICTION PROTECTIONS HAVE EXPIRED AND NOW MILLIONS OF AMERICANS POTENTIALLY FEAC HOMELESSNESS. BLACK AND LATINO TENANTS ARE DISPROPORTIONALYTE IMPACTED. THERE IS A PUSH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF. DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLED TO PASS AN EXTENSION BEFORE THE AUGUST RECESS BUT IT FAILED AERFT G.O.P. HOUSE MEMBERS REJECTED IT. PATRICMK cHENRY OF NORTH CAROLINA SAYS THE ACTION HERE IS TOOIT LTLE TOO LATE. >> DEMOCRATS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT. THEY DIDN'T. >> THIS LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE, THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE ACTION IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, EVEN JULY. >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED THE MORATORIUM TO EXPIRE ON SATURDAY SAYING DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER TO STOP IT. THE PRESIDENT IS NOW URGING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND MONEY FROM HIS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO HELP PREVENT AS MANY EVICTIONS AS POSSIBLE. >> LET'S STAY ON THAT TOPIC. LOOK SPECIFICALLY NOW AT NORTH CAROLINA. ABOUT ONE IN 13 NORTH CAROLINA TENANTS SAY THEY ARE NOT CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE NEXT MONTH'S RENT. THE NONPROFIT LEGAL OF NORTH CAROLINA SAYS IT'S INUNDATED WITH CALLS FROM LOW INCOME RENTERS AND TSEHO STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. >> ROY COOPER ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM IS INCREASING ITS MONTHLY AREN'T AWARD LIMIT TO FAMILIES IN LEAD. LANDLORDS CAN NOW REREF TENANTS TO GET HPEL THROUGH THE HOPE PROGRAM. WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT RHTIG NOW AT WXII12.COM. >> HH IGPOINT POLICE SAY THEY ARE OKLOING FOR TWO MEN WHO SHOT A STORE CLERK MULTIEPL TIMES DURING AN ATTEMPT TO BUY ALCOHOL. OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR THESE TWO MEN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE AT THE APPLE TREE GROCERY STORE JUST BEFORE 10:00 SATURDA Y NIGHT. THEY SAY THE PAIR DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TO PAY FOR THEIR BEER AND EYTH TRIED TO GIVE MONEYO T A DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE. WHEN THAT DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE REFUSED INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE SHOT THE CLERK AND THEN TOOK OFF IN A WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE THAT CLERK, WE'RE TOLD, IS RECOVERING TONIGHT. >> A TAX PEEPER FOR WINSTON SALEM PLED GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX CHARGES. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SSAY THAT FROM 2014 TO 2019, NICOLAS HAS PREPARED FRAUDULENT RETURNS FOR CLIENTS THAT REPORTED FALSE WASGE AND BUSINSES INCOMES TO INCREASE CLIENTS' REFUNDS. HE'LL BE SENTENCED ON OCTOBER 20. HE COULD FACE UP TO THREE YEARS INPRISON. >> TOMORROW, TOWN LEADERS IN MOCKSVILLE WILL CONSIDER A REZONING APPLICATION TTHA A GROUP OF PEOEPL IN DAVEY COUNTY IS OPPOSED TO. WAYNE FARMS LLC WANTS TO REZONE PROPERTY ALONG THE 4 BLOCK OF DEPOT STREET. NAACP SHARED ITS CONCERNS, CONCERNED OVER AIRND A NOISE POLLUTION AND STALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. THEY ARE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT NEARBY BUSINESSES WHICH TYPICALLY SERVE THE BCKLA COMMUNITY. I>>T'S A HISTORIC AREA FOR US AS S WE.LL AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS. IF THATS I EXPANDED I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT ANY OTHER INDUSTRY WOULD DEVELOP IN THE AREA. >> MEMBE ORSF THE NAACP PLAN TO BE AT TOMORROW'S MEETING WITH A PETITION THAT PEOPLE CAN SIGNED IF THEY ARE INTERESTED. A TOWN BOARD MEE