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Checking in with Covid-19: New Hanover joins Brunswick in orange zone, Pender alarmingly red [Free]

North Carolina reached another Covid-19 milestone this weekend, surpassing a half-million documented cases of the coronavirus, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. READ MORE
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UNCW set to acquire freezers for vaccine storage as inoculations ramp up [Free]

Funds from a University of North Carolina initiative will enable the stockpiling of 61 new freezers, designed to store Covid-19 vaccines at temperatures as low as -112 degrees Fahrenheit, at 15 universities around the state. READ MORE

How are you ringing in 2021 in Wilmington? Check out these virtual and socially distanced ideas.

2020 is (finally) coming to an end. While it feels more appropriate than ever to laud a new year of hope and light, Covid-19 has it looking very different from normal new year’s celebrations. Sure, the governor’s stay-at-home order and business closure mandates may prevent us from singing “Auld Lang Syne” together in a packed venue or at a house party at the stroke of midnight, but it’s not without its low-key jeers and cheers. READ MORE

Food Truck Tracker: Dec. 28-Jan. 3 [Free]

The food truck tracker is a place to find Wilmington’s best food trucks. Events are subject to weather conditions and cancellations — so check back throughout the week. READ MORE

No. 4 Most-read story of 2020: Covid-19 model warns of dire consequences

As part of our countdown to 2021, Port City Daily is revisiting some of its biggest stories of 2020.

Coming in fourth is a detailed breakdown of a study widely considered by medical and political authorities early on in the pandemic. READ MORE

PPE supplies wax and wane, but one local company is helping counteract rising costs

 It’s been a year of shortages: toilet paper, hand sanitizer, masks, disinfectant wipes, gloves. 

Foggers — used to sanitize large spaces — were on back order over the summer. Restaurateurs experienced a surge in takeout items. READ MORE

Organizers want to bring a grocery co-op to Wilmington’s food desert. But first, the community has to get behind it.

In 2016 residents of a predominantly Black, low-income neighborhood in northeast Greensboro joined together to find a solution to the food desert they’d endured for two decades.

The result was a community-owned grocery store called the Renaissance Community Cooperative. Locals had chipped in money to open the business. READ MORE

No. 5 Most-read story of 2020: A guide to unemployment amid record jobless claims

As part of our countdown to 2021, Port City Daily is revisiting some of its biggest stories of 2020.

Coming in fifth is a breakdown on how to navigate the state’s unemployment system, published as hundreds of thousands of people were temporarily unemployed, awaiting benefits. READ MORE
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