Snakes in the ivy

#Durham folks, take note: @ncdeq contractors will test streams, more soil, groundwater for lead, and will be asking permission to test nearby private property for contamination ncnewsline.com/2024/05/24/we-… @ncnewsline Durham Parks & Recreation INDY Week

Yesterday I interviewed a supercool Wildlife Refuge mgr who told me he used to live next to the Chemours/ DuPont Washington Works plant in W.V. and had to uproot his family b/c his drinking water was contaminated #pfas #areeverywhere

A tale as old as time.
Alabama: Utilities should get to leave toxic coal ash in unlined pits in groundwater
EPA: We won't allow it
Alabama: See you in court
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Separate bedrooms. A deadbolt. A shrine to their marriage that included monogrammed coasters.

Read this one, gang.

The Moore County DA is Under Fire—From His Wife theassemblync.com/politics/court…

Hard to believe one must file a public records request to learn exactly what the $5m in Governor Roy Cooper 's budget will pay for in hurricane recovery projects in Princeville.
But here we are ... NC OpenGov NC Newsline #ncpol

I don't like the looks of the ocean temps in the Atlantic right now. Trouble's a-brewin', as we say in my native Hoosierland yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/what-y… #climatechange

#BREAKING NC Attorney General @joshstein_ is suing #Canton mill owner Pactiv Evergreen over the terms of a 2014 economic development grant. I just spoke to Stein and Canton Mayor Zeb L. Smathers and will have more in a moment. #NCpol smokymountainnews.com/news/item/3781…

I recently chatted with WFAE's Zack Turner about several topics covered in ON THE SWAMP, including land acknowledgements, Indigenous knowledges, climate adaptation, cultural burning & more. Read or listen to the interview below.
#Lumbee #Coharie #ClimateChange #GoodFire #scicomm

Your tax dollars at work, defending #NC 's unconstitutional laws ... ncnewsline.com/2024/05/22/nc-… @ncnewsline @aspca Government Accountability Project #ncpol #ncga

The entire town staff of Summerfield just resigned— 9 people in total. They say it’s because of the treatment of the town manager whose contract the council majority just let expire. The same majority is opposing developer David Couch’s housing plan

Current view

BREAKING: Raleigh police informant sentenced after lying about heroin sales to make more cash

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EXCLUSIVE: Canton Mayor Zeb L. Smathers confirms that management consulting firm Spirtas Worldwide, based in St. Louis, has submitted a letter of intent to purchase Pactiv Evergreen's paper mill site in Canton. No other details. This is a develping story. Stay tuned for updates.

Tough reporting by Lena Geller, reminiscent of INDY Week's 1990s Landlord Hall of Shame. A pastor and civil-rights icon dies; his kids (one of whom was Obama's attorney general) inherit his derelict rental homes. One of them moves to evict the tenants.
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I dunno, if you're sitting around on this rainy eve looking for something to do, tune in to Utilities Commish public hearing about the sale of Public Service of #NC to Enbridge of Canada. This would affect the proposed LNG plant near Roxboro. youtube.com/@NCUtilitiesCo… NC Newsline