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Girl Scouts Turn 110 Years Old

News Staff
Monday, March 7, 2022
The week of March 6-12, Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont will officially celebrate 110 years of the Girl Scout organization. On March 12, 1912, founder Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia.
Ed Wood harvest soybeans on the farm that has been in his family since the early 1900s. (Credit: Eric Haggart)

Ed Wood harvest soybeans on the farm that has been in his family since the early 1900s. (Credit: Eric Haggart)

Prominent Cherokee County Farm Conserved

News Staff
Monday, March 7, 2022
Brothers Ed and Keith Wood have conserved more than 250 acres of their Cherokee County family farm, passing the halfway point to conserving 400 acres of working farmland in the Valley River valley.
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Vaping Awareness Month: Can Your Dentist Tell If You Vape?

News Staff
Thursday, March 3, 2022
March is vaping awareness month, a reminder of the negative health risks associated with electronic cigarette use. Despite dozens of public health education campaigns, the vaping epidemic continues and misconceptions about vaping being safe still exist.
U.S. Supreme Court building. ) File photo from supremecourt.gov)

U.S. Supreme Court building. ) File photo from supremecourt.gov)

Legislators get opposition, support for U.S. Supreme Court redistricting plea

News Staff
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Each of the plaintiffs in North Carolina's legal dispute over election maps is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the fight. So is the N.C. Justice Department. But Republican state legislative leaders are also seeing support for their plea to the nation's highest court.
Paratroopers assist in preparing aid for distribution in Poland. Source: 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army

Paratroopers assist in preparing aid for distribution in Poland. Source: 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army

Fort Bragg soldiers establishing safe havens for Americans fleeing Ukraine

News Staff
Thursday, March 3, 2022
As the war in Ukraine escalates, soldiers from the world’s largest military base, Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, are being sent to Europe, both as a deterrent to further Russian aggression and to help Americans fleeing the fighting.  “On Feb.
John Locke Foundation’s N.C. Senate Republican Primary Debate at the Carolina Liberty Conference in Raleigh, February 26, 2022. (Image by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

John Locke Foundation’s N.C. Senate Republican Primary Debate at the Carolina Liberty Conference in Raleigh, February 26, 2022. (Image by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

Senate primary debate offers fireworks despite Ted Budd's absence

News Staff
Monday, February 28, 2022
A debate Saturday among three Republican candidates to replace retiring U.S. Sen Richard Burr, R-N.C., was substantive and respectful yet offered just enough fireworks to spark small fires throughout. The U.S.