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Fund awards $45 million-plus to protect natural areas, waterways, historic sites and military buffers
LUMBERTON — The North Carolina Land and Water Fund Board of Trustees met Sept. 19-20 to consider grant applications and make awards for projects that will protect North Carolina’s land and water from the mountains to the coast. With the newly enacted state budget, more than $45 million...
History lesson planned at Moores Creek Bridge
The National Park Service will provide a unique opportunity on Oct. 14 when it hosts “Outlander at Moores Creek National Battlefield.”. Park staff, volunteers and visitors will explore “The Ghost of Culloden” from Diana Gabaldon’s book, “A Breath of Snow and Ashe.”. Moores Creek National...
LOOPER: Information a necessary part of our community
When I was growing up about 20 miles south of Fort Smith, Ark., I had multiple newspapers to choose from: the daily Southwest Times Record out of Fort Smith that covered the River Valley region, plus the weekly Mansfield Citizen and the Greenwood Democrat, as well as the school paper I cut my teeth on, the Mansfield Tiger Tale.
Zebra mussels discovered in North Carolina
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) announced this week that zebra mussels, a harmful invasive aquatic species, have been identified in an Iredell County waterbody. This is the first time this species has been identified in the wild in North Carolina. On Sept. 21, NCWRC, with assistance from scuba divers...
New State budget includes Bladen County projects
After a nearly three-month delay that included squabbles over Medicaid expansion and casinos, North Carolina lawmakers passed a $30 billion budget Friday. The spending package includes hundreds of millions for Bladen County and the surrounding region, including money for community colleges, police stations, local governments and more. The budget also...
SCHRAM: We need a new MAGA movement
This was the week when just about everything that came gushing out of our Great News Funnels seemed to be sounding an all-too-real warning: Our world’s greatest democracy was shaking, shuddering and basically going to hell in a handbasket. (Whatever that means.) But we know the bottom line about...
Ken F. Cross legacy immortalized
BLADENBORO — West Bladen High School named their gym after former basketball coach Ken F. Cross with a ceremony on Sunday evening. Cross put in years of service to the Bladen County area and he coached the West Bladen Knights to their only state title back in 2008. He’s coached across three different states with over 650 wins in a 50 year career but he made his biggest impact here in Bladen County. “I wouldn’t trade Bladen County for New York, I love Bladen,” said Cross during his address to the crowd.
Treasurer Folwell to return missing funds to Drug/Alcohol Recovery
RALEIGH– Hebron Colony Ministries in Boone credits its nearly eight decades of existence to “miraculous” interventions that helped its founders to purchase land and expand facilities. State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, will add a modern-day windfall when he visits the alcohol and chemical abuse recovery center on Monday, Oct. 2, to turn back money that was diverted into the Unclaimed Property Division (UPD) of the Department of State Treasurer (DST).
In the U.S., poll watchers have participated in elections since the 18th century.
In the U.S., poll watchers have participated in elections since the 18th century. Laws and rules for poll watchers vary from state to state. The role of poll watchers came under scrutiny by the Republican National Committee during the 2020 elections, after former President Donald Trump’s allegations of voter fraud.
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