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Black Bears emerge from their dens in spring and become more active; snakes become more active as the weather warms; coyote sightings spike in the spring and peak in May; and foxes give birth between late February and April.
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Proposed changes include spending on the Homeowner Recovery Program, Affordable Housing Development Fund, Homeownership Assistance Program, Infrastructure Recovery Program and Strategic Buyout Program, among other updates.
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation says the state’s intercity passenger rail service carried more than 101,000 people in the first months of this year, 18,000 more than in the same two months last year.
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Many winter storms have left significant erosion along the Bogue Banks beaches, and in some spots on Emerald Isle the escarpments – or sort of sand cliffs – have a drop-off of as much as six feet.
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Charlotte Democratic Congressman Jeff Jackson apologized on a video over the weekend for how he handled his vote to potentially ban the popular app TikTok, where Jackson has built a large following.
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New trash trap will collect litter, sediment, and other pollutants out of tributary of the Tar RiverThe Greenville trap will be the fifth installed as part of Sound Rivers’ Litter-Free Rivers program.
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In just one day last week, the Kill Devil Hills ocean rescue supervisor responded to three large holes on the beach.
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In the Neuse, New, and Tar-Pamlico River basins, the issues listed in various areas include turbidity – or cloudy water – high levels of copper and zinc, excessive chlorophyll, high levels of PCBs in fish tissues, and other impairments.
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Although they’ve made a huge reemergence on fashion runways this spring, the undergarment that has been required of women in the Marine Corps for the past 81 years will now be optional.
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Asked by The Charlotte News & Observer about why he was stepping down, Pat McCrory said, “it was time to leave and pursue other opportunities.”