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Carrboro Seeking Citizen Input on Climate Change

Posted by Alyssa Potter | Jun 13, 2016 | Local Government

A new climate survey could lead to less greenhouse gas emissions and a big, green thumb for Carrboro. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen passed an initiative in 2009 to take steps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Seven years...

Help Clean Jordan Lake

Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 12, 2016 | Nonprofit

The organization Clean Jordan Lake is holding its annual spring cleanup on Saturday, March 19.

October 11, Help “Clean Jordan Lake”

Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 19, 2014 | News Around Town

In five years, the Clean Jordan Lake event has picked up 9,000 bags of trash and 3,400 tires.

Fracking Concerns Blue Ridge Environmental Defense, NC Citizens

Posted by Staff | Jul 27, 2014 | Health

With the rising concern of the dangers associated with fracking, many North Carolinians are deeply uncertain about what lies ahead for the state relying on the questionable method of obtaining fuel and energy.

Parking, Water, Beer, Business, And Education!

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 3, 2014 | News Around Town

A new parking lot downtown, a new manufacturer in Mebane, and new honors for UNC and CHCCS. And more.

Hard Facts and Hard Heads on the Outer Banks

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 8, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Every week we read another news story about access to our coastal islands. Last year Hurricane Sandy and two other storms pushed water across Highway 12, cutting the road to shreds one more time. The channel across Hatteras...

Rocky Run Farm

Posted by Staff | Mar 21, 2013 | Uncategorized

There is a lot of talk these days about farm-to-fork eating. In our area many people take it seriously and generally do a good job of eating thoughtfully; using fresh, local ingredients. Isaiah Allen personifies this way of...

North Carolina Must Rise To Its Unique Climate Challenge

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 8, 2013 | The Commentators

NASA’s James Hansen recently declared that climate change has become a planetary emergency. If humanity doesn’t begin cutting global emissions by 2015, the climate crisis will pass a point of no return – and a hellish condition...

News Around Town: Foushee, Old Tree

Posted by WCHL News | Jan 7, 2013 | News, Sports

ORANGE COUNTY – Newly elected State Representative Valerie Foushee will take her oath of office on Tuesday, January 8, at 4:00 p.m. in the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough. The ceremony is open to the public;...

Is Resiliency an Economic Priority?

Posted by Staff | Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized

A few weeks ago, I was in Iowa and South Dakota and saw first-hand the fields of stunted, parched corn that are the result of the worst U.S. drought in 56 years. Sioux Falls had .01 inches of rain in July. It was on everyone’s...

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