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| NCDHHS to help with winter heating bills |
| Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
| RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will issue an automated payment to thousands of eligible households to help with winter heating expenses via the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program. The automated payment will be issued beginning Dec. 1 and is designed to help eligible seniors and people with disabilities access |
| St. Aug's communications dept. partners with news service |
| Friday, November 27, 2020 |
| SAU is among four HBCUs chosen to launch a partnership with Zenger News, a news service based in Washington, D.C. Under the partnership, Zenger gets news articles it can distribute to the media outlets that it serves, which include Newsweek, Forbes and more than 100 urban and Latino news outlets around the country. For their part, students get paid |
| 2 Duke seniors Rhodes Scholars |
| Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
| Two Duke seniors were among 32 recipients selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships. Kendall Jefferys, from Keller, Texas, and Jamal Burns, above, from Saint Louis, Missouri, were chosen from among 953 applicants at colleges and universities throughout the country. The scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the |
| In Remembrance of James Lewis Cates Jr. |
| Sunday, November 22, 2020 |
| James Lewis Cates Jr. was born in October 1948 and raised from infancy by his grandmother, Ms. Annie Cates, who lived on Graham Street. Friends and family called him “Baby Boy.” He came of age during the 1960s civil rights movement, and he marched to protest Jim Crow in Chapel Hill. He worked on the school newspaper and was part of student |
| N.C. State Fair canceled due to coronavirus |
| Friday, July 31, 2020 |
| RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Fair has been canceled for this year due to safety, financial and attendance challenges from COVID-19, State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced Wednesday. The fair, which was first held in 1853, is one of the state’s largest annual attractions, bringing in roughly 1 million visitors during its |
| Grassroots groups launch VoteNC.org |
| Sunday, July 19, 2020 |
| RALEIGH – Grassroots advocacy groups across the state have launched VoteNC.org, a get-out-the-vote campaign aimed at increasing voter turnout in this fall's presidential election. North Carolina is widely viewed as a swing state, and Brigid Flaherty, co-director of Down Home North Carolina, one of several groups involved in the effort, said that |
