On Saturday, September 28th, ROC members and others from the community came together for the ROC Broad River Fall Sweep river clean-up. Thanks to their efforts,1,180 pounds of trash and 46 tires were removed from the river. Sections 2, 3, 4, and…Read More »
Application deadline is Dec. 13 RALEIGH – Starting Monday, Oct. 14, county governments and nonprofit groups may apply for funding assistance from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects. This year’s request for proposals includes statewide…Read More »
By Dr. Walter Robinson, NC Policy Watch On September 23rd, leaders from around the world met in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit. Four years ago, in Paris, it was agreed to limit global warming to less than two degrees…Read More »
The Town of Lake Lure, NC proactively lowers the lake on a three-year cycle to allow lakefront property owners to maintain their lake structures. The Marine Commission held a special public forum on 8/13/19 to discuss and gather input on the cycle…Read More »
OCTOBER 1, 2019, BY NEILL CALDWELL Dr. Mandy Cohen, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, discusses coming changes to the way Medicaid is provided to recipients in North Carolina. Photo courtesy of DHHS. North Carolina is in the process of a…Read More »
Input from 160 individuals and groups shaped NC Clean Energy Plan to modernize NC electricity system Raleigh Governor Roy Cooper’s Climate Change Interagency Council presented four key plans related to clean energy and climate change to the Governor today. The plans were a…Read More »
By Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH Duke Energy calls its new net-zero carbon emissions plan a “directional beacon,” but for critics of the utility, the proposal is blind to the drivers of climate change. Tuesday’s announcement from the energy titan offered no hard-and-fast…Read More »
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina celebrates the 10th year of its annual fundraiser, Flavors of the Foothills, on Saturday, October 12 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Following a silent auction of local and regional items and experiences that begins at 5…Read More »
Yesterday at approximately 6:45 a.m. Broad River Fire & Rescue personnel were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving a gasoline tanker in the area of 35 Cedar Creek Rd. Upon arrival Broad River Fire & Rescue found a gasoline tanker on…Read More »
By Lisa Sorg, Progressive Pulse Farm Act: Four months, seven editions, at least a dozen hours of committee hearings and legislative staff time, reams of paper, hundreds of miles of travel by the public, some from as far away as the mountains —…Read More »
