Dylan Rhoney is an App State grad from Morganton who is passionate about travel, politics, history, and all things North Carolina. He lives in Raleigh.
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NC farmers can’t repair their own equipment. It affects us all.
Imagine purchasing equipment that is critical to the success of your business that costs you tens, if not over a hundred thousand dollars, but you’re not allowed to make repairs on the equipment yourself. That is the reality that farmers in North Carolina and across the country face. Patrick Brown, a fourth-generation farmer in Warren…
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VIDEO: Alamance County mom Tameka Harvey filed to run for school board
Alamance County mom Tameka Harvey filed to run for school board on Friday. Harvey has children enrolled in schools that were impacted by the mold outbreak that delayed the start of the school year by two weeks this year. She says the mold crisis was a key motivation behind her decision to run for a…
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Mold and classes in trailers: Inadequate funding for schools is hurting NC communities
Schools across the state are dealing with dilapidated classrooms and buildings in need of significant repair or a total rebuild due to a lack of investment in public education.
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Fayetteville advocates want to change how police handle mental health crises
In Fayetteville, three community members—Lisette Rodriguez, Shawn McMillan, and Angela Malloy—have teamed up to reform their city’s public safety system, arguing that the current system of policing and methods of crime prevention are not making the community safer or reducing crime as intended.
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NC Republicans’ new gerrymandered maps could wipe out these Democrats
North Carolina Republicans voted this week to pass their own newly drawn state legislative and congressional maps, which will allow the party to maintain and even expand its extreme stranglehold on power in a state that President Biden narrowly lost by just under a point and a half. Republicans, who already have a supermajority in…
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The Reality of Gun Violence in Rural North Carolina
Urban gun violence tends to get the headlines. But NC has a major gun problem lurking in its rural areas.
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How North Carolina’s Budget Impacts Rural Communities
For rural NC, the budget has a boost in Medicaid expansion, and another round of pain for public education.
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State Workers Get Small Raises in New Budget, but It Doesn’t Solve the Hiring Crisis
North Carolina state employees received a 4% pay increase this year and will get a 3% pay increase in 2024, under the new state budget passed last week. But the increase does not keep up with the cost of inflation and the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) had sought higher pay increases. As…
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Medicaid Expansion Becomes Reality After Months of Delays
A half-million North Carolinians waited more than a decade for Republicans to stop their blockade of federal aid for more affordable healthcare.
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Teaching About the Holocaust Is Now Required in NC Public Schools
A 2021 law in North Carolina aims to make sure we don’t forget one of the most terrible moments in history.
