AND COMMITMENT 2024 NEWS NOW. THE RESULTS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY COMMISSIONER WILL STAND FOLLOWING THIS WEEK’S RECOUNT. AT THAT SECOND COUNT TUESDAY CONFIRMS INCUMBENT KEVIN BERGER DEFEATED CRAIG TRAVIS BY JUST THREE VOTES. TRAVIS AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN THE RACE REQUESTED THIS RECOUNT IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL LIFT VISITOR RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES. CONE HEALTH, ATRIUM HEALTH AND NOVANT HEALTH SAY AS OF 7 A.M., CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 13 WILL BE ALLOWED TO VISIT PATIENTS AGAIN AND MASKS WILL GO BACK TO BEING OPTIONAL. STILL, ANYONE EXPERIENCING RESPIRATORY VIRUS SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT VISIT PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITALS. THE RESTRICTIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE IN DECEMBER DUE TO THE SPREAD OF FLU, COVID 19 AND RSV IN BURLINGTON THIS MORNING. THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A HOME ON FIRE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ARSON SUSPECT, LEONARD JOHNSON, LIVED AT THE HOME ON MAPLE AVENUE AND FOUR PEOPLE WERE INSIDE WHEN JOHNSON SAID THAT THE CURTAINS ON FIRE. WE’RE TOLD EVERYONE MADE IT OUT SAFELY ON TUESDAY, INCLUDING JOHNSON, WHO THEN RAN OFF. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS. CREWS IN STOKES COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A WAREHOUSE FIRE THAT STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ALONG PINE HALL ROAD AROUND 230. DUKE ENERGY CONFIRMS THE FIRE STARTED IN ITS WAREHOUSE THAT HOUSES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND IT’S A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM ITS BELEWS LAKE STEAM STATION, ITS MAIN ENERGY STATION THERE. OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE IN THE WAREHOUSE IS NOW OUT, BUT THE BUILDING SUSTAINED A LOT OF DAMAGE. MAGE THE FIRE DID SPREAD TO NEARBY WOODS.