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Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Cardinal & Pine as a preferred news source on Google. Hey, it’s Billy. Happy first day of fall, North Carolina. Below, we have the latest on a massively consequential hospital merger in NC,  and an uplifting story about a big conservation win in western NC, but…

Plus: Storms leave thousands without power. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. We begin this week with an important story.  When Helene cut a path through western NC, folks in North Carolina’s forestry offices warned that the downed timber would be a problem.  In terms of wildfires, fallen trees are fuel. And wildfires are…

And most North Carolinians don’t know who he is. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Cardinal & Pine readers are a pretty plugged-in bunch. So most of you know Phil Berger, the longtime leader of the NC Senate.  Folks like former Gov. Roy Cooper might get more national headlines. But you could make a…

Plus: More positivity in today’s ‘Good News Friday’ Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. I traveled abroad for my vacation, but it was a delight to see the familiar greens and blues of North Carolina as we landed in Raleigh.  As summer winds down, the kids are getting ready for school, the…

Plus: Beating news exhaustion w/ Beth Helfrich. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Politics can be brutal and dismaying. But it can also be a place for connection and peaceful change. Every now and then, it should be fun too.  This week, in a new Billy Ball Explains NC segment called “3 dumb questions…