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The rural journalism group, The Daily Yonder recently presented a series called "Home-Cooked: A 50-Year History of Meth in America." Host and Producer of the series, Olivia Weeks was our guest. She talks about certain parts of the series, including "Old Meth - New Meth", and "Made in the USA". We also hear about the biggest difficulties for law enforcement as they try to prevent access to meth.
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Asheville Watchdog Report - John Reinan talked about his story on the River Arts District and how there's been a significant change due to development. Some artists have already departed the district because renting space and/or selling their artwork has become too expensive. Reinan tries to answer if the district has become too upscale and what the future might hold.
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Jacob Biba of Carolina Public Press sat down with WNCW to recap his series called Stacked Against. Stories focused on North Carolina's role in plea bargaining and disparities in sentencing. From attorneys to advocates to those behind bars. The conversation from May 31st is interesting.
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WUNC's Jason DeBruyn, Health Reporter, shared details from his latest story on legislative bills in North Carolina that could prevent transgender youth from taking steps to become who they feel they are as a male or female. Jason talks about how measures could even penalize healthcare providers who offer treatments to those who identify as transgender.
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Based on 2020 census data, reclassification will take place later this year in many rural counties. What is presently known as a rural section of a county would be turned into a metropolitan, which is based on an increase in population. Sarah Melotte of The Daily Yonder wrote an article about this and included North Carolina information in her research.
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In a very revealing report, Kyle Perrotti of Smoky Mountain News recapped his story that was over six months in the making. "The endless war: How drugs come into WNC and what, if anything, can be done about it" deals with addiction, suppliers, Operation JAWBreaker, and local authorities' ongoing battle to combat a growing problem.
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Politics Reporter from WUNC Public Radio, Rusty Jacobs, was featured in this interview on April 12, 2023. Rusty talked about North Carolina GOP Bills about deadlines for voting ballots and the pro and cons of The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and state leaders thought about using it. Keeping voter information safe is the key.
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Could the Macon County, N.C., Library pull itself out of membership to The Fontana Regional Library System because of concerns over certain books with LGBTQ content or themes? Macon County Commissioners are weighing in, as are members of the community.Read the original story here: https://smokymountainnews.com/news/item/35367-macon-residents-commissioner-float-withdrawing-from-fontana-regional-library
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WFAE's, Charlotte Public Radio, Steve Harrison returned to the program to talk about news in the Queen City. This included lower tax assessments for Mecklenburg County golf courses - than for residences. As well as ongoing safety issues for CATS (Charlotte Area Transit System).
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Asheville Watchdog veteran reporter, John Boyle discussed his contributions to a series of reports about Downtown Asheville. From drugs to the homeless population and in particular a decrease on the streets by police officers. This is causing concerns for some business owners. At the same time, Asheville Police need more employees
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Reporter Kyle Perrotti of Smoky Mountain News joined WNCW after two weeks of court in Macon County, N.C., led to a mistrial in what's known as the Knibbs case. The 2018 case involved a Macon County Deputy who shot Michael Scott Knibbs, who later passed away. Knibbs' family and their attorneys said the shooting was unnecessary. Kyle describes the trial as complicated.
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Scott Morgan with South Carolina Public Radio went over his podcast series called "Indebted". South Carolina has the highest share of counties and residents of any state in the nation, in which citizens have debt to be collected. Scott discussed the types of debt that leads to the problem, including medical and student loan