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It’s no longer top crop, but tobacco still stars at the North Carolina State Fair
Although North Carolina remains the nation’s No. 1 tobacco producer, the leaf has fallen to the state’s third most valuable cash crop, behind corn and soybeans.
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Great Smoky Cannabis Company offers blueprint for NC legalization
After two years of selling cannabis legally on tribal land, the Cherokee have something North Carolina lawmakers don’t — a functioning example of what a regulated marijuana market can look like.
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Will AI make workers obsolete? A new NC poll looks at what people think
Of those surveyed, 83% of adults in North Carolina expect AI to eliminate more jobs than it creates.
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Federal hemp restrictions poised to upend North Carolina’ $3.2 billion industry
North Carolina hemp businesses are preparing for new federal rules in December that could force them to overhaul products, find new markets or close.
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A struggling North Carolina town wants to shorten terms for local leaders
After operating under four-year terms for just one year, the Hope Mills Board of Commissioners voted to begin the process of returning elected officials to two-year terms.
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99% oppose Trump plan to log national forests. Here’s why it may happen anyway, including here in NC
Conservationists say it could dismantle a national safeguard for some of the country’s largest remaining blocks of relatively undisturbed forest, threaten wildlife, drinking water, and more.
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Why researchers spent 3 nights chasing bats across eastern North Carolina
North Carolina is home to 17 species of bats, about a dozen of which can be found in the Cape Fear region.
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5 takeaways from western NC’s Helene recovery committee
Most importantly, proposed Helene relief programs in western NC require much more funding than is currently available.
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Jamie Ager, Jennifer Balkcom offer competing NC ‘mountain values’ in unique ads
“These are two ads that only would have been run in NC-11.”
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Gov. Josh Stein visits Marshall’s community art piece 2 years after Helene
A community art project in Marshall celebrates expression and people after Helene. Gov. Josh Stein paid it a visit this week.
