Name: Raleigh orders mask mandate as Wake County communities reject them
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Description: A new mask mandate went into effect in Raleigh on Friday night. However, residents of Holly Springs, Apex, Wake Forest and Fuquay-Varina will not be required to wear masks indoors.

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A new mask mandate went into effect in Raleigh on Friday night. However, residents of Holly Springs, Apex, Wake Forest and Fuquay-Varina will not be required to wear masks indoors.  

FOR YOU, AND THE APP PUTS IT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS 24/7. >>> MASKING REQUIRED INDOORS IN RALEIGH. IT HAPPENED QUICKLY. THE NEW MANDATE ANNOUNCED JUST HOURS BEFORE IT TOOK EFFECT AT 5:00 P.M. WAKE COUNTY LEADERS ARE HOPING TO HAVE A MANDATE NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE WORKING TO BUILD CONSENSUS AT THE SAME TIME AT LEAST THREE MAYORS ARE ALREADY SAY NOTHING. WRAL'S JOE FISHER HAS BEEN TRACKING TO THE STORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND JOINING US NOW LIVE WITH WHAT HE IS DISCOVERING. JOE? >> DAVID, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHERE YOU GO. TONIGHT THE MAYORS IN THREE COMMUNITIES SAY THEY WILL NOT BE PUTTING A MASK MANDATE INTO PLACE. MEANWHILE, HERE IN RALEIGH, BUSINESSES ARE STOCKING UP ON BIG BOXES OF MASKS LIKE THIS ONE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THIS NEW ORDER. RALEIGH'S EMERGENCY ORDER IS NOW IN PLACE, REQUIRING MASKS INSIDE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES, TO BARS, BREWERIES, BARBERS, AND GYMS. >> I CARE FOR OTHERS, SO I'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES. HAVEN'T SINCE JUNE, COVID CASES IN WAKE COUNTY HAVE SHOT UP 972%, AND JUST IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP 123%. >> THIS IS THE BEST STEP WE CAN TAKE SHORT-TERM UNTIL WE GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED. >> Reporter:  BY NEXT WEEK, A MASK MANDATE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR ALL UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF WAKE COUNTY. EACH TOWN WILL MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION. >> I DON'T AGREE WITH IT. I JUST SIMPLY DON'T AGREE WITH IT. >> Reporter:  SARAH McALISTER OWNS THE EXCHANGE BARBERSHOP IN APEX WHERE THE MAYOR SAID MASKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPTIONAL. >> I THINK MASKS CAN HELP STOP THE SPREAD, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DATA, AND LOOK AT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO GET THE VACCINE. >> Reporter:  AT SOUTHERN BISCUITS, ONE BUSINESS OWNER SAID HE WILL REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO WEAR MASKS, BUT WILL NOT POLICE CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR. >> NOT ENOUGH TO GET INTO AN ENGAGEMENT THAT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO APPRECIATIVE. >> WE'VE GOT TO HIT IT HARD NOW, BECAUSE WENT SORRY COMING. IT'S GOING TO GET COLD. THERE MAY BE OTHER VARIANTS THAT POP UP. >> Reporter:  AN UNRELENTING VIRUS LEADING TO A SETBACK IN THE RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE. AND IF YOU ARE EATING OUT IF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH STARTING RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR YOUR MASK TO WALK INSIDE AND TO SIT AT YOUR TABLE. YOU DO NOT NEED TO WEAR A MASK IF YOU ARE ACTIVELY EATING OR DRINKING. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE IN WAKE COUNTY, DAVID, SAY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATION, SAYING THAT THE UNVACCINATED ARE THE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SURGE IN NEW CASES, AND THE MOST AT RISK IF THEY CONTRACT THE VIRUS. >> JOE FISHER LIVE IN RALEIGH. JOE, THANK YOU. >>> REPORTERS ARE GETTING QUESTIONS FROM RESTAURANT, BARS, GYMS, STORES. JOIN US TONIGHT ON OUR LATE NEWS FOR TEAM COVERAGE OF WHAT

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A meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner, I'm tracking a front that is going to bring us some scattered light rain today. This is not going to be a big beefy line of thunderstorms by any means, no thunder and the rain will be pretty light as it moves on through. Starting to see some of that in our northern counties this morning, we'll follow futurecast and push it ahead to lunchtime and you can see it's a slow mover, but there's not going to be a whole lot of rain with it from Roanoke Rapids down through Durham at around lunchtime as we head into say, two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Rocky Mount May a little bit in Raleigh and down towards Southern Pines and then closer to the evening commute, Fayetteville, Clinton, Goldsboro, parts of Harnett and Johnston counties. But it looks like for the most part, um, our most heavily traveled roads in, uh, in the triangle should be dry by the evening commute. That front continues to move on through and it clears this out with sunshine for the rest of the work week. Lake Gaston looking cloudy right now with the clouds there and, uh, the rain starting to push in. Temperatures have been in the mid fifties this morning, we'll climb on up into the upper six is closer to lunchtime and then, uh, we'll continue to see those nice mild temperatures this afternoon. 74 in Raleigh and Durham, 81 potentially for the high in Fayetteville. Later today, the Durham Bulls continue their home stand. It looks like the rains out of there. Well, before their 630 start time, 71 degrees at six o'clock, 630 Thursday and Friday. Lots of sunshine and pleasant temperatures continue near 70. I mean, it just doesn't really get much better than that. And weekend events look great, especially Saturday. This is bral, a big event in downtown Raleigh. Temperatures will be in the mid seventies during the afternoon, under mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. So looking good. Definitely a mild week up until Saturday. Our normal high is 75 and we're close to that, but 81 on Sunday, that's going to be the beginning of a different weather pattern. 81 on Sunday does not get us to a record. The record is 90. But by Tuesday when we hit 89 we'll only be a degree from the record. So we are aiming toward record highs by the end of the seven day forecast, which is right now on Tuesday and it looks dry too today, really our best chance of rain and it will be light less than 1/10 of an inch.

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