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Post-Hurricane Irene coverage failed to report the aftermath felt by residents on northern Hatteras Island. On September 10, the area opened up to nonresident homeowners for the first time since the storm hit. Along N.C. 12 debris from ruined homes lined the road with estimates as high as 100 homes lost.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 38, Sept 2011, p5, 7, il Periodical Website
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The merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy will create the nation's largest utility company and scheduled completion is slated for December 31. Merger progress was slowed on September 30th when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requested additional information about concerns of competition for customers.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 41, Oct 2011, p5,9 Periodical Website
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SB 106, the controversial bill addressing same-sex marriage, is receiving the majority of popular and media attention while other political matters are left under-reported. The Voter ID Bill requires voters to present a driver's license or state issued ID at polls. The Energy Jobs Act, if approved, would allow off-shore drilling and controversial fracking inland.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 36, Sept 2011, p9 Periodical Website
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With local elections behind and the 2012 cycle cranking up, North Carolina has quickly become one of the most closely watched battleground states. It has a crucial role to play in the presidential election and control of the U.S. House.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 46, Sept 2011, p5, il Periodical Website
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State and federal officials are now reviewing procedures for handling fire management near environmentally sensitive habitats after fire crews plowed a section of Sandy Run Savannas State Natural area, known to contain a number of rare and endangered plants.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 44, Nov 2011, p9 Periodical Website
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Since the mid-1970s, beach development has been largely confined to North Carolina's shoreline. Hotels, family homes, and campgrounds gradually changed to condos, high-end housing, and gated communities. As the shoreline filled up, development began moving inland from the coasts, and condominium complexes and housing communities are springing up along inland waterways. In Carteret County, the development is threatening a way of life for many families who can trace their ancestry back to the mid-1700s. Fishing families and boat builders find surviving difficult when dealing with rising taxes, poor markets, and loss of fish houses, boat yards, and boat docks.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 23 Issue 23, June 2006, p14, il Periodical Website
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Redistricting and outside money have changed the outlook for Democratic Candidates running for spots in the House of Representatives. These changes greatly affect four specific districts, the seventh, eighth, eleventh, and thirteenth, where redistricting moved Democratic leaning voters into already majority Democratic districts. Organizations like Karl Rove's Crossroads have also funneled millions of dollars into these races, further strengthening the Republican candidates' races.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 38, Sept 2012, p5 Periodical Website
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The cost of electricity is devastating Eastern North Carolina. North Carolina's bizarre municipal electricity system has devastated low-income people, tapped the savings of those on the margins, and strained an already frayed social safety net to the point of breaking.
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Newly elected Governor Pat McCrory and his cabinet members began discussion about state budget reforms. The author predicts what changes will be made based on the Republican controlled government and considering campaign speeches. Increasing revenue and decreasing expenditures, for example state funded mental health programs, are the tact the newly elect Republican governor intends to follow in balancing the state budget.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 30 Issue 3, Jan 2013, p11 Periodical Website
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Ross looks at the fate of several bills being considered in the North Carolina Senate: Senate Bill 781 which reforms the State's regulatory system, and Senate Bill 709 which clears the way for fracking for natural gas inland and drilling for it offshore.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 30, July 2011, p5, 9 Periodical Website
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In the November 2006 election, many voters will elect members to the non-partisan post of Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor, a position many of them have never thought about. Every district has three elected members, two appointed members, and $4,000 in annual funding. The state has ninety-eight districts, including the nation's first--Brown Creek in Anson County. The district was home to Hugh Hammond Bennett, the \"Father of Soil Conservation.\" During the period of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, he was the chief evangelist and architect of the soil and water conservation system. Ross discusses how the system has evolved during its seventy-year history.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 23 Issue 44, Nov 2006, p19, por Periodical Website
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Carrboro's The Arts Center and music venue Cat's Cradle are at risk of being pushed out because they are located on a valuable piece of property in which hotel developers are highly interested.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 5, February 2015, p25, il Periodical Website
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During a recent political standoff over extending federal unemployment, those suffering most from the recession shared their personal stories of financial struggles. Citizens hoped their narratives would enlighten lawmakers and politicians who, by popular opinion, seem disconnected from real-life struggles. The outcome was Governor Bev Perdue signing an executive order in favor of unemployment benefit extension.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p5 Periodical Website
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Ross argues that trouble is looming for coastal North Carolina after the Legislature passed bills that roll back on environmental protections. Human and natural forces are pushing and pulling for and against coastal development, and finding a balance is proving difficult.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 29, July 2011, p5, 7, f Periodical Website
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It is estimated that between 700,000 and one million state citizens live below the poverty line. Economic recession and repeal of policy that aids the impoverished has increased hardship on individuals and those organizations who attempt to help (NC Justice Center, AARP, the Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at N.C. Central, etc.). Examples of those living in dire conditions include Afghanistan and Iraqi veterans living under a bridge in Fayetteville.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 20, May 2012, p5, il Periodical Website
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