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New SNAP costs take effect in North Carolina on Oct. 1 (opens the original)
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According to North Carolina Governor Josh Stein, more than 1.7 million North Carolinians experience hunger each year, and roughly 1.2 million rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to afford food. On October 1, North Carolina taxpayers will begin paying an estimated additional $85 million a year toward the costs of running SNAP. The change does not affect the food benefits SNAP recipients receive, which remain fully federally funded, according to the North Carolina Departme
Remains found in Wilson County in 1977 identified as missing 15-year-old girl (opens the original)
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New forensic technology helped identify remains found in Wilson County in 1977 as those of a 15-year-old girl who went missing from Maryland. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday the remains have been identified as Cindy Marcell Blizzard, who ran away from Monkton, Maryland, in the spring of 1977. She had been missing for more than 49 years. According to the SBI, skeletal remains and clothing were found in a wooded area near the Firestone plant in Wilson on Dec. 29,
UNC, Duke combine 1.7 million plant specimens to create third-largest US herbarium (opens the original)
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UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University are coming together to create one of the largest plant collections in the United States. The universities are combining their herbaria, collections of preserved plant specimens that serve as irreplaceable scientific archives. According to a UNC-Chapel Hill release, researchers use herbaria to study biodiversity, long-term climate shifts, invasive species and other changes in plant life across generations. The combined collection will include about 1.7 million
After 32 homes collapse, Buxton beach nourishment project moves forward (opens the original)
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Thirty-two homes have collapsed into the ocean in Buxton since 2020, and 20 of those homes fell between September 2025 and June 2026. Now, a beach nourishment project aimed at protecting the shoreline is moving forward. According to Dare County, the project will add sand along 2.9 miles of beach and build up dunes to help protect Highway 12, oceanfront homes and other structures from erosion. Crews are building dunes around homes and other structures and extending the dunes south. Dune construct
Adventure Landing closing in Raleigh on Sunday after 38 years (opens the original)
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Adventure Landing, a Raleigh staple, will close to the public on Sunday. The family entertainment center has been a fixture along Capital Boulevard for 38 years, where families have celebrated birthdays and enjoyed miniature golf, go-kart racing and arcade games. "It has truly been a privilege to bring fun, laughter, and lifelong memories to so many families throughout the years," owner Hank Woodburn said. Woodburn thanked the guests, employees, schools, churches, businesses and community organi
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