Adam Wagner
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Assault and kidnapping retrial for Word of Faith religious group leader set in North Carolina (opens the original)
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An assault and kidnapping case against a leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group appears to be finally returning to the courtroom more than nine years after her first trial ended without a verdict. Word of Faith Fellowship leader Brooke Covington was first tried in 2017 on second-degree kidnapping and simple assault charges. Prosecutors said she held down and beat a one-time member of the group more than 13 years ago. That case ended in a mistrial after the jury foreman brought his
Helene was two years ago. In western NC, survivors are still coping with emotional, financial impacts. (opens the original)
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Helene's winds and floodwaters were only the beginning of the disaster for many in western North Carolina, results from a new survey released shortly before the storm's two-year anniversary show. More than two-thirds of the 300 people surveyed by the group Extreme Weather Survivors reported they know someone who is still struggling emotionally due to the storm. The result was nearly the same for whether those who answered know someone who is still struggling financially. "The story of a disaster
Helene was two years ago. In western NC, survivors are still coping with emotional, financial impacts (opens the original)
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Helene's winds and floodwaters were only the beginning of the disaster for many in western North Carolina, results from a new survey released shortly before the storm's two-year anniversary show. More than two-thirds of the 300 people surveyed by the group Extreme Weather Survivors reported they know someone who is still struggling emotionally due to the storm. The result was nearly the same for whether those who answered know someone who is still struggling financially. "The story of a disaster
Environmental groups allege Chemours hasn't met PFAS limits agreement (opens the original)
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Environmental watchdog Cape Fear River Watch is claiming that chemical manufacturer Chemours has failed to clean up forever chemical pollution in groundwater around its Bladen County plant and to control the substances in air emissions coming from the facility. There are key pollution limits written into a consent order between Cape Fear River Watch, Chemours and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality that was originally agreed to in 2019 and then amended in early 2020. The order addresses
In rare step, NC Utilities Commission denies Duke Energy permission to build new gas plant (opens the original)
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A majority of the North Carolina Utilities Commission pointed to concerns about timing and whether data centers would bear enough of the cost in taking the rare step of denying Duke Energy a key regulatory approval for a new gas plant. Duke was asking the commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build a new combustion turbine at its Sherwood H. Smith Jr. Energy Complex near Hamlet, a Richmond County town near the South Carolina border. The proposed plant would also be
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