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Black farmers markets grow in North Carolina
Editor’s note: This award-winning article originally posted Nov. 23, 2020. It is being reposted on July 27, 2022. When Ellis Monroe started sharing the fresh basil, oregano, thyme, peppermint, tomatoes and eggplant he grew in raised beds in his backyard with friends and neighbors, they raved about the flavors.
Glimpsing the end of the pier? Future hazy for NC coastal icons
Editor’s note: This article originally post on July 29, 2020. It is being reposted on July 26, 2022. The Oceanana Fishing Pier in Atlantic Beach lost 150 feet of boardwalk along with the Barnacle Bar in a record high tide and tidal surge during Hurricane Florence in 2018. The...
Oyster trail designed to protect threatened industry
Editor’s note: This award-winning story originally posted on June 21, 2021. It is being reposted on July 25, 2022. Scott Burrell pilots his barge from Wilmington into the waters at the north tip of Figure Eight Island in North Hanover County. On the approach to the Cape Fear Oyster Co.’s farm, black plastic cages float in the water.
Seeking solutions for NC shoreline and fisheries
Editor’s note: This article is part 5 of the 5-part award-winning series Changing Tides, originally posted Sept. 17, 2021. The series is being reposted in July 2022. The series was made possible in part through support from the Pulitzer Center. Waves, inland runoff and a record tidal surge from...
Toxins and mislabeling threaten NC seafood
Editor’s note: This article is part 4 of the 5-part award-winning series Changing Tides, originally posted Sept. 16, 2021. The series is being reposted in July 2022. The series was made possible in part through support from the Pulitzer Center. Willy Phillips operates Full Circle Crab Co. and Seafood...
Changing climate poses burden as people count on fishing
Editor’s note: This article is part 3 of the 5-part award-winning series Changing Tides, originally posted Sept. 15, 2021. The series is being reposted in July 2022. The series was made possible in part through support from the Pulitzer Center. A warming climate leads to greater weather extremes and...
Commercial fishing in NC adapts to threat of warming seas
Editor’s note: This article is part 2 of the 5-part award-winning series Changing Tides, originally posted Sept. 14, 2021. The series is being reposted in July 2022. The series was made possible in part through support from the Pulitzer Center. The alarm goes off at 3 a.m., and Cole...
Lose the seagrass and lose the fisheries
Editor’s note: This article, part 1 of the 5-part award-winning series Changing Tides, originally posted Sept. 13, 2021. The series is being reposted in July 2022. The series was made possible in part through support from the Pulitzer Center. A small net dipped into a patch of grass submerged...
Fort Liberty: Divided views on changing Fort Bragg’s name
Fort Bragg may soon go by another name: Fort Liberty. In last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress charged the Naming Commission with renaming any military installation whose name commemorates the Confederacy. Fort Bragg is named after North Carolina native Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general and slave owner prior...
Waiting for the feds: Some NC counties sat on ARPA funds for months due to unclear rules
American Rescue Plan Act funds first reached local governments in May 2021, but few Western North Carolina counties immediately appropriated the money — opting, instead, to wait for clear direction on acceptable ways to spend the federal dollars. As of February — nine months after governments began receiving ARPA...
How state ARPA grants are helping rural communities in Southeastern NC
Last month, Gov. Roy Cooper’s office announced the recipients of the Rural Transformation Grant Fund, a program funded through state dollars received from the American Rescue Plan Act. ARPA is federal legislation passed in March 2021 for the purpose of funding recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Four rural...
Would Cape Fear River barrier wall do enough to stop contaminants?
Proposed barrier wall would limited at least 99% of contaminated groundwater from Chemours plant from entering the river. But some oppose permit for wall, saying that the remaining 1% is still unacceptable.
Sustaining local farmers with creative ARPA funds application
Nonprofit farmers market has been helping farmers and consumers by doubling amount of SNAP benefits used to purchase locally grown food. Town now using ARPA funds to help sustain that practice.
Abortion raises stakes for NC legislative, high court elections
If AG won't enforce 1973 law banning abortions after 20th week, GOP lawmakers may push major abortion legislation next year. To succeed, they need to pick up enough legislative seats to block a veto and also take control of NC Supreme Court.
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