NCDHHS said it's been "an all-hands-on-deck situation" working to understand how vital programs could affect people, children and families.
Roughly 5,300 gallons of wastewater overflowed into Sandy Creek after a tree fell onto a sewer line in Durham.
When Waste Management saw our story, about Jack Jack, a 6-year-old boy with a rare life-threatening genetic disorder who loves garbage trucks, they invited him for a tour.
Emotions ran high Thursday afternoon, as Barbara Edwards and her neighbors stood their ground to keep a trash dumpsite out of their community.
Talk about something that stinks: just imagine living right next door to a wastewater treatment lagoon. That's the case for dozens of families in Angier.
Lauren Singer can fit all of her trash from the past three years in a little jar. She says she finds the zero-waste lifestyle to be both fun and rewarding.
