There are barriers preventing many Latino farm workers in northeastern Tennessee from trying to get help, but the extended Latino community is bringing the help to them.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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A look at the purple nature of the most purple of purple states: North Carolina, with political scientist Dr. Chris Cooper.
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We discuss the latest on the destruction and recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Helene. Plus, the latest poll numbers on Mark Robinson and Charlotte FC is heading to the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Those stories and more on the local news roundup.
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LOCAL NEWS
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As power outages, lack of water, and cell service blackouts continue in the mountains, many people are making their way to families in other parts of the states. Some college students whose families are thousands of miles away found a safe place in Charlotte on a college campus.
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Some colleges in North Carolina had to evacuate their students after flooding from Helene left them without power, running water, and cell phone connectivity.
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Duke’s Ridge, a new affordable housing community in Charlotte’s west side will have 52 new townhomes. Four of those will be reserved for educators in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system.
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When the lights went out in western North Carolina, communication between community members was set back decades. Meanwhile, their loved ones out east and in other states struggle to sift through a worldwide web of information to keep their families and friends informed inside the blackout zones.
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Gavin Smith leads the graduate certificate program in Disaster Resilient Policy, Engineering and Design at NC State University. He says it’s a fine line of balancing local “nimbleness” and knowledge of the backroads with outside expertise and resources.
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North Carolina’s attorney general is a key – and powerful – position in the state. In addition to being the state’s top lawyer, it’s also been a launch pad to the governor’s office. Two congressmen, Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Jeff Jackson, are vying for the seat.
NATION & WORLD
LATEST PODCAST EPISODES
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to David Hale, college football writer for ESPN and co-host of the show “Inside ACCess” on the ACC Network. They talk about the huge changes in college football this season, from conference realignment to an expanded playoff.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to author Alice Driver. She spent years talking to injured and debilitated workers at Tyson chicken plants in Arkansas, and wrote a book about it called “Life and Death of the American Worker.”
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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