White Oak, NC Other News

North Carolina Real Estate Commission Petitioned to Disclose Flood History

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center today petitioned the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to require sellers to disclose to potential buyers information about past flood damages on behalf of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), North Carolina Justice Center, MDC, North Carolina Disaster Recovery and Resiliency School, Robeson County Church and Community Center, and NC Field. Providing this information to buyers would allow them to make fully informed decisions about the home they choose to purchase, the risk of f ... Read more

EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination and Retaliat

RALEIGH, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee and then fired her after she made an internal ethics complaint of disability discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment ... Read more

Truckers Are No Longer Welcome at Walmart?

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In January 2015, a sign reading "TRUCK DRIVERS YOU ARE NOT WELCOME" was posted inside a Walmart store in North Carolina. Photos of the sign quickly spread via social media sites as many netizens accused the megastore of ini ... Read more

Asbury Graphite of North Carolina Expands Lumberton, North C

Asbury Graphite of North Carolina, a company that provides engineered solutions based on graphite and carbons, will expand its operation in Lumberton, North Carolina . The $16.9 million project is expected to create 22 jobs.The investment will includ ... Read more

Nominate a Local Fayetteville Program for a Lowe’s Hometowns Grant

Know any great community projects around Fayetteville that could use a boost from Lowe’s? You might be in luck!

Lowe’s Home Improvement has opened up nominations for the second year of its Lowe’s Hometowns program. Nominations are open here.

The program allows people to nominate a project, organization, or cause that could receive a grant from the 2023 program.

Eligible projects include:

Neighborhood housing and shelters

Local facilities that serve community members, includi ... Read more

A Mission to Educate, With Support From the Foundation Board

Helping first-year College of Education students understand the history surrounding access to, and relationships within, K-12 education can better prepare them to be anti-racist educators.

That’s the belief behind the college’s new M ... Read more

Whispering Pines Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Yea

RALEIGH , N.C. – A Whispering Pines man and registered sex offender was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Adam Mitchum Bailey, 44, was previously convicted on separate charges of child pornography possessi ... Read more

Second Walmart Shooting in a Week Reported

No fatalities, one injury reported during a Black Friday sale. The store was evacuated, temporarily closed, and has since reopened.

Walmart Photo by Shutterstock

Author’s Note

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