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WIC, a food program for moms and children, could run out of money amid federal shutdown

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260,000 North Carolinians rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC. Without help, the program could soon be depleted.
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NC Rep. Cecil Brockman charged with raping a 15-year-old; fellow Democrats demand he resign

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Brockman, a Guilford County Democrat, was also accused in court documents of trying to contact the juvenile victim after the alleged rape. Democrats called the accusations “unconscionable and incompatible with public service.”
How NC's Howe family built some of Wilmington's most distinctive buildings

How NC’s Howe family, descended from an enslaved man, helped give Wilmington its distinctive look

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North Carolina's Howe family goes back to an enslaved man who was forced to work construction projects. His descendants have helped build some of Wilmington's most distinctive buildings. 
In new carbon plan, Duke Energy bets on coal

In new carbon plan, Duke Energy gambles on coal

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Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest utility, cites the Trump administration’s rollback of air pollution regulations and increases in power demand as factors for betting on coal.
Government shutdown impacting western North Carolina

‘Pawns in a political game’: Federal workers in western North Carolina frustrated by government shutdown

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Many federal workers in western North Carolina are being furloughed or asked to work without pay, amid a government shutdown that has no end in sight.