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In February of 2014, a pipe at Duke Energy's retired Eden coal plant ruptured into the Dan River, polluting the water with toxic coal ash, arsenic, and cadmium. The company originally faced a fine of $25 million, but recently the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) privately negotiated with Duke Energy and cut the fine to $7 million.
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Following the Charleston shootings in June of 2015, many Southern cities and towns elected to remove symbols of the Confederacy from public buildings. Hillsborough, North Carolina removed the words “Confederate memorial” from a town museum in July 2015, and sparked a debate among citizens. As a result, the town’s Board of Commissioners elections became a single-issue debate about whether to protect Hillsborough’s Confederate legacy or not.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 43, October 2015,
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In mid-November 2015, a group of Orange County activists launched a grassroots effort to stand up for the county’s low-paid state workers. The protest, called The Orange County Living Wage Project, hopes to raise Orange County’s minimum wage to $12.7-an-hour—the amount that most labor experts believe is a living wage in the county. The project plans to offer certifications for business owners who promise to meet this new wage for all of their workers.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 44, November 2015,
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In April 2015, the Durham Co-Op Market—a community owned and locally sourced grocery store—opened in Durham. Originally, the board of directors planned to allow employees to purchase shares in the company, but the board is considering revoking this benefit. By offering employees the opportunity to buy shares, employees are guaranteed representation on the board, which board members fear may cause clashes in business operation.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 46, November 2015,
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North Carolina and the United States at large face the problem of unaccompanied minors who have immigrated from Central America to the United States over the past two decades. Many of these children do not receive proper education or medical care due to legislation and pushback. This article brings to light the struggles of these individuals and their present situation.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 48, December 2015,
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Former inmates of the Durham County jail and activists are vigorously protesting what they call horrid conditions in the jail. Lack of medical service, little time out of cells, and poor nutrition are a few of the concerns these protesters have, and they are now calling for investigations and monthly revenue reports from the jail.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 50, December 2015,
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Various Indy Week writers share a number of good and bad New Year’s resolutions to make for 2016. The resolutions are for personal health as well as for improving the Triangle Area community.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 52, December 2015,
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The Triangle’s biggest stories of 2015 include the debate over Raleigh’s sidewalk-drinking restrictions, Governor McCrory’s prison scandal, bills against the environment and same-sex marriage, the Chapel Hill shootings, and affordable housing. On a positive note, Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez was forced out, Duke Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski secured his 1,000th win and a national championship, and Raleigh acquired property for Dix Park.
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The allegedly unsanitary conditions are just one of many complaints at the Durham County Detention Center. After two guards were fired over allegations of abuse, former inmates of the jail are protesting what they call horrid conditions.
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CHALT is a Chapel Hill political action committee committed to unseating local government officials who are unresponsive to the community’s desires. CHALT and the group’s co-founder David Schwartz believe that town’s development is out of control. Chapel Hill is too willing to accommodate developers which are undermining the town’s unique character. The views of the group and their actions to influence the political process in Chapel Hill are detailed.
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The Republican majority in the NC General Assembly passed a new gun law, effective October 1, 2013, which limits \"a municipality's ability to prohibit people with valid conceal-carry permits from bringing handguns to public places, including parks and greenways.\" In Chapel Hill a draft ordinance, which would open up seventeen public spaces, including playgrounds, to permit holders, was introduced. The NC Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense has asked the Chapel Hill Town Council to opt out of changes that would align the town code with the new state law. The Raleigh-based activist group, Grass Roots NC, has threatened to sue the town of it opts out.
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Liberty Warehouse is Durham's last standing tobacco auction warehouse where tobacco vendors sold their wares between 1940 and 1984. Beginning in the spring of 2014 the building will be demolished and replaced by condos and retail shops.
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Technically speaking, there are no regulated landfills operating in Orange County. However, there is an unmarked dump off Bethel Hickory Grove Church Road where people are carrying their garbage--dozens of abandoned cars, broken toilets, rusting metal drums, broken wood and sharp, rusty metal pieces, among other things. A big problem is that it is located in the \"critical\" watershed for University Lake, a 450-million-gallon reservoir west of Carrboro, and several other reservoirs that provide drinking water for over 80,000 people. Ball explores what can be done about it.
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On February 2, a retired coal plant, operated by Duke Energy in Eden, began leaking approximately 30,000 tons of toxic coal ash into the Dan River. It was the third largest of its kind in the country's history. The river, a vital drinking source for Virginia and North Carolina towns, may have been polluted with heavy metals such as arsenic. Ball reports on a February meeting of the NC Genial Assembly's Environmental Review Commission. Among the points raised was the question--\"Who is going to pay for the cleanup?\" A complicating factor in the fallout following the spill is that Governor Pat McCrory worked thirty years for the company that caused the spill.
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A 55-year-old sewer line near a waste-water treatment plant on the Haw River upstream from Burlington failed on January 27, 2014. By the time it was discovered and plugged two days later, 3.5 million gallons of liquid sewage had poured into the river which empties into the water supply for about 300,000 people. It is a state mandate that the public must be notified within forty-eight hours of a spill reaching state waters. Notification this time was seventy hours. Ball examines the slow notification time, why the pipe broke, and what the outcome to the break was.
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