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Building eastern North Carolina’s community health workforce one haircut at a time
In an ongoing effort to get essential health information to people in nontraditional settings, one organization in eastern North Carolina is using an approach that empowers their community’s trusted voices. Shackle Free Community Outreach Agency helps train barbers and beauticians to share important information on vaccines and chronic disease...
NCDOT awards $14,000+ in scholarships to students at HBCUs and minority-serving institutions
The recipients are North Carolina residents with 24 college credit hours who are attending a North Carolina HBCU or Minority-Serving Institution and pursuing degrees related to the transportation field.
Sharp Increase In Contaminated Fuel Complaints In NC Leads To Expensive Repairs For Drivers
RALEIGH, NC — When Rashaun Brown goes to fill up his truck, he’s always hoping he gets the total value of the fuel he paid for. “When you think about getting your gas, you think about getting it and riding to its fullest potential,” Brown said. Brown,...
Veterans, celebrities team up in Hope For The Warriors par 3 tournament
WALLACE, N.C. (WECT) - Rob Driver wasn’t going to miss the 15th annual Hope for the Warriors Invitational, even if that meant driving nine hours from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Driver, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been part of Hope For The Warriors since 2017. The nonprofit, founded by military members aboard Camp Lejeune in 2006, strives to support military members and their families, and its annual celebrity invitational event at River Landing helps it continue to leave an impact. The invitational has raised nearly $2 million for the military community since 2010.
Harris campaign unveils digital billboards in NC
The Harris-Walz campaign is putting up digital billboards around North Carolina starting Friday and running through the weekend. The billboards, covering 35 percent of all available digital billboards within a 12-mile radius of Greensboro, Charlotte, Durham, and Raleigh, follow Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago […]
North Carolina joins US Department of Justice in suing software company accused of illegally raising rent prices
North Carolina, the DOJ, and seven other states filed a bipartisan lawsuit against RealPage, alleging it violated antirust law and pushed apartment prices artificially high.
Black Death Row Inmate Argues For Resentencing Based On North Carolina’s History Of Racial Bias
Attorneys for a Black man who is currently on death row are arguing for their client to be resentenced to life in person due to the history of the state’s documented history of racial discrimination. According to NBC News, Hasson Bacote was convicted on a first-degree charge of murder for the 2007 shooting death of an 18-year-old man during a home robbery attempt. The jury that convicted him was made up of 10 white and two Black jurors. One of his attorneys, Henderson Hill, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union argued that white jurors “get shown the box. Black...
State opens purse for area arts groups
The Surry Arts Council was on the receiving end of some good news this week when the North Carolina Arts Council announced recipients of $11.5 million in grant funding. The Surry Arts Council were among 366 recipients of grant funding, receiving two grants from the state organization totaling more than $59,000. For the Grassroots Arts Program, the local council was granted $51,123, while the Traditional Arts Programs for Students (TAPS) received $8,000. ...
Ocean engulfs house as serious threat looms over southern US: 'We don't have any easy solutions'
It's a shocking sight: a two-story house floating away from shore on the ocean's current. But for residents of Rodanthe, in North Carolina's Outer Banks, it's not the first time they've seen it. What happened?. This was the seventh home in Rodanthe to simply collapse and float away in just...
Vikings Fall to Falcons 34-7 to Open 2024 Season
The Kinston High Vikings hosted and lost to the South Central Falcons 34-7 on Friday night in Kinston, NC, to open their 2024 season. This was a rematch of last year’s opener, and for the second consecutive year, the Vikings found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreboard.
Matthews man scored huge lottery jackpot: 'I didn't think it was real'
MATTHEWS, N.C. — A Matthews man woke up early for an appointment and it led to him winning a huge lottery prize. Andrzej Kielbon said he was waiting for an appointment to get his car fixed when he decided to play a digital lottery game. He scored a $379,747 jackpot on the Bison Bonanza game, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
Voter registration forms found scattered in Raleigh, spark security concerns
Trenice Wright pulled into the driveway of her job Friday afternoon in Raleigh and saw dozens of white forms on the ground.She took a closer look; they were all voter registration forms."I felt bad because...one, people's information is on there. Their addresses are on there," Wright said. "Then, they're assuming that they're registered to vote."Most of the ones Eyewitness News saw were blank. However, there were three completed.According to the Board of Elections website, one was invalid and the other two were registered voters. ABC11 was able to contact one of the voters, who did not want to reveal her...
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