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William Lee “Pop” Strain, age 80, a resident of Washington, NC died Tuesday September 16, 2025 at his home.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2025 @ 7:04 am
By: Announcements
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Several alternative ways of hog waste management have been studied, but few have been implemented in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, and against the Department of Environmental Quality, in a dispute over animal-waste permits.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 @ 5:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mr. Jack Elmer Smith, Jr., age 72, a resident of Washington, NC died Tuesday March 19, 2024, at the home of his grandson, Stephen B. Cutler, in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 7:05 am
By: Announcements
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Hog farming is an integral part of the agricultural industry in North Carolina, contributing $10 billion in economic output a year
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The city lied to you about your utility bill and you ought to be angry.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 4:50 am
By: Gary Ceres
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RALEIGH: Vecoplan, LLC, a manufacturer of industrial shredding equipment, will create 33 jobs in Guilford County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $6.75 million to locate a new manufacturing facility in High Point.
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 @ 1:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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Former business executive and N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla passed away Tuesday, July 19. Skvarla also served the state of North Carolina as head of the Department of Environmental Quality under then-Gov. Pat McCrory.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new state law streamlines permitting for hog farms that capture biogas, and it moves some control over farming regulations to the local level.
Published: Sunday, July 18th, 2021 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Numerous documentaries examine waste management systems to turn waste into charcoal, reclaim burnt out farmland, compost 100 dead pigs, on and on.
Published: Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 9:40 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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NCACC Weekly Update — April 16
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 7:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCACC Weekly Update — April 9
Published: Monday, April 12th, 2021 @ 10:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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James Roger “Jimmy” Edwards of Bath, age 80, died at home March 10th, 2021.
Published: Monday, March 15th, 2021 @ 9:47 am
By: Announcements
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The N.C. attorney general can’t keep and distribute money from a settlement over hog waste that leaked and overflowed from lagoons.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Recycling conserves natural resources, creates new jobs, and protects our environment for future generations.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 12:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At a regular meeting on Monday, October 5, 2020, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 to adjust the operating schedule of the County solid waste collection sites.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 7:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is reaffirming and strengthening the long-standing partnership between the United States and Australia.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 8:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This summer, a Canadian grocery store took the war on plastic bags to the next level.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 6:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations to five boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 5:36 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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As Approved by the Legislative Goals Conference
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 7:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says waste-handling operations at North Carolina hog farms functioned as intended in the flooding of Hurricane Florence
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite vigorous arguments from opponents, the N.C. Farm Act of 2018 became law over Gov. Roy Cooper's objections
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 4:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says an ethics complaint filed against him by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization is tainted by election-season politics
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly will take up legislation to resolve the GenX water pollution case and judicial redistricting and reform when it returns to special session Wednesday.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 @ 9:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Division of Environmental Quality has fined Apple Computer's data center in Maiden more than $40,000 for violating the state's Solid Waste Management Act
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper ended the most recent session of the N.C. General Assembly much like he started it
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Following is part of an article series sent by incumbent Governor McCrory following Gubernatorial Debate on October 18 with Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 5:06 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The McCrory campaign released the following statement in response to Larry Hall's press conference politicizing coal ash
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 3:23 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory is holding Duke Energy accountable and cleaning up coal ash ponds once and for all, Roy Cooper let this problem fester for more than 28 years during his career as a top lawmaker and as attorney general. Instead of ever addressing coal ash
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 5:03 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The military supports 578,000 jobs in North Carolina and more than two thirds of those jobs are in the private sector, demonstrating the impact of the military ripples across the state's economy and not just concentrated near military installations. Those are the key findings of a new report release
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:15 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Some Durham residents have raised alarms over what they view as a hidden, illegal tax imposed by city government in the yard waste removal program.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Secretary of Commerce, John E. Skvarla, III, will deliver the commencement address at the 2015 graduation exercises for Beaufort County Community College to be held Thursday, May 14.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 11:20 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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N.C. Secretary of Commerce, John E. Skvarla, III, will deliver the commencement address at the 2015 graduation exercises for Beaufort County Community College to be held Thursday, May 14.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
By: Chris Downey
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How much does North Carolina's government spend? A simple question, but unfortunately there's not a simple answer.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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