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Month: November 2017

Things To Do in NC When You're Bored - greyareanews.com
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Things To Do in NC When You’re Bored — Nov 9-12

November 6, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor This list may include events from North Carolina counties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson, and beyond (Inner Coastal Plains / Five County area of Eastern NC). Piedmont and […]

Map from NC Dept of Health and Human Services factsheet.
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NC to Distribute 40,000 Doses of Life-Saving Naloxone to Fight Opioid Epidemic

November 3, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

North Carolina is making nearly 40,000 more units of life-saving medication available to help fight the opioid epidemic, the Governor announced today. The state has purchased the additional naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdose, to […]

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Puzzles Page:  November 3, 2017

November 3, 2017 Kay Whatley

Click the link below to download this week’s puzzles. 2017 November 3 — online puzzles PDF — from The Grey Area News site, greyareanews.com. Answer to the Cryptogram posted on next week’s puzzle page.  

Some of the labels USDA released with recall.
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Pork, Chicken Burrito/Wrap Items Recalled for Possible Listeria

November 2, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

Chelsea Food Services, doing business as Journey Cuisine, a Denver, Colorado establishment, is recalling approximately 28,064 pounds of pork and chicken burritos and wrap products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the US Department of […]

Children's Home Society of North Carolina logo.
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NC Adoption Program Expands to Find Homes for Older Children

November 1, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

Coinciding with National Adoption Month, Children’s Home Society of North Carolina is announcing a significant expansion of a statewide program to find loving and permanent homes for older children languishing in foster care. In partnership […]

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NIFA to Support Food and Nutrition Education for Low-Income Communities

November 1, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

On November 1, 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced support to develop local and self-reliant food systems, such as farm to table enterprises that bring […]

Left: Greenland topography color coded color-coded from 4,900 feet (1,500 meters) below sea level (dark blue) to 4,900 feet above (brown). Right: Regions below sea level connected to the ocean; darker colors are deeper. The tin white line shows the current extent of the ice sheet. Credit: UCI
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JPL: New Greenland Maps Show More Glaciers at Risk

November 1, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team New maps of Greenland’s coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated […]

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Things To Do in NC When You’re Bored — Nov 2-5

November 1, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor This list may include events from North Carolina counties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson, and beyond (Inner Coastal Plains / Five County area of Eastern NC). Piedmont and […]

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