The Juvenile Reentry Employment Program serves Pitt, Pamlico, Craven and Carteret Counties and is a statewide model for reentry programs. Through vocational training and a network of nonprofits that provide housing and transportation, the goal is to reduce participants' likelihood of returning to the justice system.
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North Carolina will become the 39th state to offer access to medical marijuana with a dispensary run by the Eastern Band of Cherokee in Western N.C.
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Drier than normal conditions are expected to continue over North Carolina through much of May, according to long-term forecasts.
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The budget law enacted by the Republican-controlled General Assembly had planned for a slight decline in revenue from this fiscal year to the next, in part due to tax cuts, but new forecasts show an anticipated surplus of $413 million.
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Officials with the World Anti-Doping Agency are scrambling to contain an Olympic doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers. Critics say the organization's credibility is in question.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University said today they would not take down their tent encampment.
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Legendary Yankees radio announcer John Sterling is retiring. He was honored at a game over the weekend.
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The U.S. is increasingly concerned about the impact of Chinese overcapacity on manufacturing and the impact that will have on American businesses and workers.
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Tennessee Volkswagen workers voted yes to join the UAW union. It was a historic moment could be the turning point for more unionization in the South.
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A historical marker on Maryland's Eastern Shore contains errors about the story of Harriet Tubman, who grew up nearby. Some locals want to fix it, but others think it's fine how it is.
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Another huge patch of seaweed from the Sargasso Sea is floating towards Caribbean and South Florida beaches. Scientists are trying to predict where and when it will reach the shore.
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More than 180,000 historical markers dot the U.S. in a fractured and confused telling of America — where offensive lies live with impunity, history is distorted and errors are both strange and funny.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dan Horwitz, former prosecutor of white collar crimes in the Manhattan DA's office, about the unprecedented hush money case against Donald Trump.