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Plus: Name this popular camping destination Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have a pioneering program at a North Carolina prison, and a look at the local electric co-ops providing an alternative to Duke Energy, but first:  Little League softball runs through North Carolina. We can say that definitively now, after a…

Plus: NC’s ‘recovery czar’ doesn’t want to be that. Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Somehow, someway, there’s a really important election in November. And one of the most important races on the ballot in North Carolina will be the race for one of NC’s two US Senate seats. One seat is…

Plus: Buddhist monks’ journey nears its end. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. A few years back, I covered the prominent civil rights leader Bishop William Barber II when he came to eastern NC. Barber was speaking on behalf of the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. He talked about the enormous changes that we’d…

Plus: A historic hero comes home Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have a rundown on NC’s controversial early voting plans and a guide to early fall daytripping in NC, but first: The shoes are new. The backpack still smells like the factory where it was made. My daughter’s trying out a…