Hundreds of thousands of people in the South are behind on their electric payments, just as unemployment benefits expire and states shut down again to stop COVID-19 from spreading.
Category: North Carolina
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, COVID-19, North Carolina, Public Health, Water
The disaster recovery groups helping rural North Carolina weather COVID-19
Robeson County is still picking up the pieces from two hurricanes. Now the local government and nonprofits are preparing for potential storms during the pandemic.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
‘They didn’t tell us anything’: North Carolina poultry plant workers say Butterball isn’t protecting them from COVID-19
As the virus spreads through meatpacking plants across the U.S., immigrant communities struggle to get answers from the company or state about cases at a Mount Olive facility.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Black Belt, Culture, Delta, Economies, Gulf Coast, Land, Mid-South, North Carolina
The longleaf pine was nearly wiped out 100 years ago. Can Southern landowners help it make a comeback?
The future of longleaf pine forests, which are critical to biodiversity, depends on landowners protecting and maintaining them through prescribed burning.
Posted inNorth Carolina
Join us for an event in Robeson County, NC
Join journalists, community leaders, and folks from across the county for a conversation about media coverage, the stories important to you, and the future of rural North Carolina.
Posted inAppalachia, Atlantic Coast, Energy, Infrastructure, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health
North Carolinians battle the $7.5-billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
This eastern North Carolina community wants worthwhile economic development. Instead, it could be getting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Posted inEconomies, Housing, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
As cancer haunts North Carolina communities, residents struggle to find answers
With little research available about historic pollution’s effects on health outcomes, families are left with fragmented data points and unexplained diagnoses.