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As North Carolina businesses sit idle during the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners sit anxiously and wonder when — or if — they'll get back to work.

North Carolina's governor is extending the state's stay-home order by about a week while also creating a phased plan to gradually reopen businesses.

North Carolina's governor said Thursday that the state has documented its first case of community spread of coronavirus as positive cases climbed to nearly 100 overall.

Advocates for the unemployed applaud Governor Cooper's executive order but say more work needs to be done.