Stories tagged: "rural NC"
Let me tell you about a house that represents the standard in Ashe County, North Carolina. Upon entering the front door, you notice the floor is not level in the least; there is mold growing on the walls and ceiling, and there are exposed plumbing pipes running along the top of the wall. The kitchen...
Mark Robinson has accused North Carolina public school teachers of indoctrinating children, called for increased funding for private schools, supported efforts to ban books for LGBTQ students, and denied the undisputed science on climate change.
For nearly three decades, families in underserved communities in eastern NC have been asking the state to fix their chronically underfunded schools. They talked to us about keeping the faith.
Urban gun violence tends to get the headlines. But NC has a major gun problem lurking in its rural areas.
These grants will go towards creating jobs in six counties across the state of North Carolina: Chatham County, Pitt County, Wayne County, Halifax County, Stanly County, and Nash County.
While certain federal benefits won’t be impacted, a government shutdown would affect a number of other benefits that rural communities rely on, such as food and housing assistance.
For rural NC, the budget has a boost in Medicaid expansion, and another round of pain for public education.