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Fall is quickly approaching, and we all know what that means in southeastern North Carolina: festival season. Read more Continue reading It’s fall festival season. Check out these events in North Carolina’s Border Belt
Barefoot Brew and Barefoot Sandwich Shoppe in Elizabethtown employs about 75 Bladen County students who learn job skills. Read more Continue reading How a Bladen County coffee shop is brewing the next generation of workers
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Two companies will receive millions of dollars in grants to bring high-speed internet access to more people in North Carolina’s Border Belt region. Read more Continue reading Is your neighborhood getting high-speed internet access in NC’s Border Belt?
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Bladen County voters will decide whether to increase the local sales tax to pay for school resource officers. If they say no, the property tax rate will change. Read more Continue reading Will Bladen County voters increase sales tax to fund school resource officers?
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More students in NC’s Border Belt region passed state exams last school year, but the numbers continued to lag behind pre-pandemic scores. Read more Continue reading Test scores start to bounce back in North Carolina’s Border Belt schools
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The Environmental Protection Agency said the label for harmful “forever chemicals” could force polluters to report toxic releases and clean up contamination. Read more Continue reading PFAS could be labeled ‘hazardous.’ What does that mean for southeastern NC?
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Internet providers in southeastern NC are counting on state and federal grants to expand access in the region. Read more Continue reading New round of grants could help expand broadband access in southeastern North Carolina
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In Bladen County, where tourism intersects with conservative values, voters will decide whether to allow alcohol sales. Read more Continue reading Alcohol is on the ballot in this rural NC county, where tourism meets conservative values
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Six students have completed the new psychiatric technician program at Southeastern Community College in Columbus County, a program that health leaders say will help fill a need. Read more Continue reading Rural NC community college graduates first class of psychiatric technicians
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Columbus County residents can still weigh in on a comprehensive plan that could guide transportation improvements for decades. Read more Continue reading Bikes, buses and bypasses: Columbus County has a new vision for its transportation needs
