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The town of Star’s leaders want to build on the success of an arts facility by finding new uses for the other shuttered textile buildings and historic structures that line Main Street. But while most of Star’s historic buildings are standing strong, the town’s water and sewer infrastructure is showing its age.
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LA Johnson/NPRThis year's federal aid form is new and improved. But it came three months later than normal, and in its first week, online access has been unpredictable. -
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesU.S. employers added 216,000 jobs in December, as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%. The labor market proved resilient in 2023, despite rising interest rates.
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First Friday of 2024, and we're kicking off the new year with a review of recent happenings and a long view of what's ahead in politics, healthcare, and even sports.
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Sen. Lisa Grafstein, D-Wake, moved to a different district in November. She made the move after new redistricting maps put her old home in the same district as fellow Sen. Jay Chaudhuri.
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Expanding internet access and the content creator lifestyle has opened the door to life on the road. But queer travelers in the South face still unique challenges.
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Forget Gatorade and a bag of chips – the American South is home to a more advanced style of gas station cuisine. Photographer Kate Medley knew this growing up in Mississippi, but what she didn’t know until she left was how unique and integral the restaurants and eateries at places you can also buy gas were to life in the South.
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A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain. But forecasters say it's too soon to say which areas will get snow and which will get rain and how much.
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Police say there has been a shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa. A woman who answered the Perry Police Department phone confirmed there was a shooting Thursday morning at Perry High School but didn't provide further information.
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The State Board of Education received a positive update this week from North Carolina education officials who are tracking students' recovery from pandemic disruptions to their education. Students have nearly rebounded in third grade reading and fully rebounded in high school English.
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This year marks the 120th anniversary of Orville and Wilbur Wright's powered airplane flight at Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But the Wright Brothers aren’t the only icons of aviation with ties to the South. This week, we tell the unlikely story of a woman named Tiny Broadwick. Born into extreme poverty, Broadwick went on to become a trailblazer in the male-dominated world of parachute jumping, saving thousands of lives along the way.Featuring: Lt. Col. Jessica Brown, History Instructor at US Air Force Academy You can find a transcript of the episode here.
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This episode is the fifth installment in our Main Street NC series from the WUNC Politics Podcast.Dozens of small towns across North Carolina are struggling to replace aging, often failing water and sewer infrastructure. The upgrades are needed to attract industry and residents back to places where textile and manufacturing plants have closed down. The tiny town of Star in Montgomery County, near Asheboro, is leading the way in addressing the problem -- securing more than $35 million in state and federal funds to replace water lines that break often as well as its water tower and sewer treatment plant. To hear more about Star's plans for what its leaders hope will be a bright future, powered in part by an arts complex, WUNC spoke with Star Mayor Bill Hudson and Town Commissioner Ray Mims.
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Anita is committed to self-improvement but skeptical of self-help. She brings her qualms and questions to the experts: Kristen Meinzer, a podcaster who has lived by the rules of more than 50 self-help books, and Beth Blum, a scholar who's traced the genre back to its roots. Plus Sondra Rose Marie, a former self-help fan, shares how the industry has failed her as a woman of color.Meet the guests:- Kristen Meinzer, pop culture commentator and podcast host, shares what she learned from following the rules of over 50 self-help books- Beth Blum, Harvard humanities professor and author, talks about the long history of the self-help industry, and how it's changed over the decades- Sondra Rose Marie, writer, talks about why she started following a self-help guru...and what events made her leaveDig Deeper:Kristen's podcasts How To Be Fine and Daily FailBeth's book "The Self-Help Compulsion"Sondra's Medium article on self-helpRead the transcript | Review the podcastLeave a message for Embodied
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