Catlin Hettel, the owner of Moshi Moshi Salon, said after she spread the word about wanting to open a shop inside the salon, she found out Gaussen Hamner, a client of hers, was interested. Within a month, they had a lease signed, she said.
The Orange County Local Reentry Council held a screening of "Welcome Home?" — a documentary focused on the struggle to find housing for incarcerated individuals.
Households are considered cost-burdened if they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing. But in North Carolina, 71 percent of extremely low-income renters — those earning up to 30 percent of the area's median income — spend more than half of their income on housing.
Derek Kelly, vice president of market development for Lumos, said Lumos’ main focus has been on the northern part of the county, where the majority of unserved communities are. The company is now expanding its work — which will continue through 2025 — to the southern part of the county.
Mayor Jessica Anderson said the request will be referred to the Town's naming committee, which will meet later this month.
Three commercial service North Carolina airports — Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and Wilmington International Airport (ILM) — received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Airport Terminals Program. Avery County Airport, a general aviation airport, also received funding.
“Hearing stories from history is tough,” Leisa Greathouse, a content and development historian with the North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction, said. “But as you keep reading you find someone like Hiram Revels, and you feel a glimmer of light shining that gives hope, when those little bits of progress come to fruition.”
The N.C. General Assembly allotted $35 million to CFSS for school safety grants in its latest budget, and CHCCS was one of the 230 school districts and charter schools in the state that will receive funding.
The project, which began construction in August 2022 and will house several Town departments and community organizations, is in its final scheduled eight months until completion.
The National Association of School Psychologists recommends a ratio of one psychologist to every 500 students, but national data shows that the current ratio is one psychologist to 1,127 students.
