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11/11/20, 6:18 PM‘Unsanctioned’ NC festival leads to executive order violations | Raleigh News & Observer <br />Page 1 of 7https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article246818712.html <br />Comfo!, Rede"ned <br />Giesswein USA <br />NEW HOT NEW NEW <br />CORONAVIRUS <br />Two charged with breaking COVID-19 rules <br />after sheriff busts music festival in NC field <br />BY HAYLEY FOWLER <br />OCTOBER 29, 2020 08:31 PM !"#$ <br />An event promoter and a property owner face criminal charges after sheriff’s <br />deputies were called to an “unsanctioned music festival” in rural North Carolina <br />over the weekend, according to local law enforcement. <br />Almost 1,000 people were expected to attend, though when deputies arrived, there <br />were more than 125 people, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday in a <br />news release. <br />North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Oct. 21, 2020, extended Phase 3 of the pandemic reopening plan until Nov. <br />13, as COVID-19 coronavirus cases and hospitalizations reach highs not seen since the summer’s worst weeks. <br />BY UNC-TV <br />Listen to this article now <br />02:23 Powered by Trinity Audio <br />SECTIONS SUBSCRIBE