Piedmont Lithium plans to develop a 1500-acre mine containing four 500-foot deep pits for lithium extraction with a processing plant on-site in Gaston County, according to Erin Sanders, senior vice president of corporate communications and investor relations at Piedmont Lithium.
Read More »Demolition began on part of University Place, Chapel Hill’s first enclosed mall, as a part of a groundbreaking ceremony held on Monday. The construction is estimated to be completed by 2025, according to Jeff Kurtz, the vice president of development for Ram Realty Advisors.
Read More »Rev. Troy Harrison of St. Joseph CME Church and UNC Professor Della Pollock founded the Marian Cheek Jackson Center in 2007 to preserve the oral history of the Northside neighborhood. The center's goals have since evolved to include fostering housing justice for the Northside community, preserving civil rights and local history through education and cultivating a sense of community between neighbors. “Something that any of us can do to support retention is just to get to know our neighbors,” Christine Abernathy, director of housing justice at MCJC, said.
Read More »Between 2015 and 2018, North Carolina gun stores received 178 violations from federal investigators. Violations range from clerical errors to the illegal sales of firearms to a prohibited purchaser, according to gun store inspection reports released by Brady: United Against Gun Violence.
Read More »Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is accepting applications until Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 5 p.m. for its new mixed-income housing development, Weavers Grove. Located off Sunrise Road, the community will include 237 residential units, with 101 built by Habitat.
Read More »Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit that builds houses for low-income communities to make homeownership an accessible option. An increase in the need for affordable housing has made the criteria to approve a family for a Habitat home selective. The nonprofit focuses on Black homeownership retention and families that earn below the area median income.
Read More »The Orange County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a revised financial plan for Orange County’s Transit Plan on Tuesday night to increase public transport accessibility in the county.
Read More »A class-action lawsuit filed by California resident Phillip White alleges the hot sauce bottle’s branding is deceptive and leads consumers to believe the product is from Texas, when the product is actually made in Winston-Salem, N.C. White said the branding led him to purchase a $3 Texas Pete hot sauce bottle in 2021, a purchase he wouldn't have made otherwise according to the suit. “If they have a name of the state on the bottle, you kind of assume that’s from that state,” Daniels said. “That’s a very fair assumption, so I would have no clue that it’s from North Carolina.”
Read More »Crisis Pregnancy Centers provide emotional support programs to individuals struggling with the decision to either continue or terminate a pregnancy. They also provide free distribution of supplies like diapers, baby formula, strollers, clothes and breast pumps. They do not, however, provide abortions.
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