Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 3/29/18


By many accounts, North Carolina is a prospering state. It's been in the running for an Amazon second headquarters and its urban areas are among the fastest growing in the country. But in rural North Carolina, which is most of the state — 80 of its 100 counties — there is a different narrative. Many counties are losing population; job growth is flat or on the decline and they are struggling with such basic needs ...

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