Woes of major retailers after Helene create challenges in East Asheville
by Jane Winik Sartwell, Carolina Public PressOctober 26, 2024 Retail outlets in East Asheville, from big box stores like Walmart to specialty tourist destinations like...
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Lower interest rates should offer relief to renewables
Clean energy projects are getting some relief from one of the biggest challenges they’ve faced over the last four years — rising interest rates. The...
Applying for FEMA aid in NC after Tropical Storm Helene
Helene pummeled the southeastern United States on Sept. 26 and 27, coming ashore in Florida as a powerful hurricane, before moving into North Carolina as...
A law was meant to target teen violence. Instead, 17-year-olds are being charged as adults for lesser offenses.
In February, a prosecutor from a rural area outside Baton Rouge asked members of Louisiana’s Senate judiciary committee to imagine a frightening scene: You are...
Who benefits from Senegal’s offshore oil drilling?
Senegal hopes a move into offshore oil will transform its struggling economy but questions remain about who will actually see the economic benefits. Oil drilling...