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Before there was Helene, there was Katrina. The destructive Category 5 hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005 convinced Alex Webber to move from Louisiana to the mountains of western North Carolina. Webber thought she’d found a climate-safe area in the picturesque town of Marshall until 2024, when Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic flooding and landslides […]
Three North Carolina nonprofit organizations and two voters are suing over new absentee ballot requirements that put votes in jeopardy of being discarded. The North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Down Home North Carolina, and two voters filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the state Board of Elections and […]
The event comes less than a week after Trump’s rally in Gastonia last Wednesday, where the president addressed a crowd of less than 1,000 people.
GREENSBORO — For years, Gerald Carr knew where to turn when his Charlotte construction company needed help navigating North Carolina’s state contracting system. Now, Carr said, the rules have changed and businesses like his are scrambling to figure out what comes next. Carr, CEO of All-Pro Builders and Restorations, was among the dozens of Black […]
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At least 30 local governments across North Carolina have passed moratoria on data center development in recent months.
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