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Toxic Chemicals Found At Greensboro Water Plant
Greensboro has stopped pumping water from a water treatment plant after finding high levels of toxic chemicals, perhaps from firefighting foam.
The News & Record reports additional water samples were taken for testing Monday from the Mitchell Water Treatment Plant.
A July test at the plant found PFOS and PFAS levels 10 parts per trillion higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's advised exposure levels.
Department of Water Resources Assistant Director Mike Borchers says a temporary fix that uses carbon to filter out the chemicals will be implemented by mid-September.
Parkland Students Join Rally In Greensboro
Student activists from around the country gathered in Greensboro Wednesday calling for increased gun control measures and an end to gun violence.
The News and Record reports that students from Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, the site of a fatal shooting earlier this year, joined hundreds of other students and local residents for the gathering in LeBauer Park.
The rally followed a smaller panel discussion at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, where student leaders met with elder activists who worked in the 1960's to force the integration of the downtown Woolworth's lunch counter.
A small group of counter-protesters gathered near the rally to show their support for gun rights.
200 Unmarked Graves, Likely For Slaves, Found Near Cemetery
Researchers have found more than 200 unmarked graves near a cemetery in Winston-Salem, and it's believed they belong to slaves.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the graves were found in the St. Philips Moravian Graveyard, and researchers think the slaves were buried after 1859. The graves were located Tuesday by using ground-penetrating radar that indicates disturbances in the soil.
Keith Seramur, head of the Boone-based graveyard mapping team, said many of the people buried there were probably slaves who had little money, yet there were vaults found among the graves, which meant more significance in the community.
Paper Blames Newsprint Tariffs For Dropping Sunday Comics
Residents in a North Carolina town hoping to read "Rex Morgan M.D." with Sunday coffee are in for a rude awakening. And a newspaper says it's President Donald Trump's fault.
The Robesonian in Lumberton announced it's dropping an eight-page color comics section from Sunday editions.
A newspaper editorial said it cut the comics because of rising costs spurred by Trump administration tariffs on Canadian newsprint. The newspaper says it's "a decision that we really believe was made at the White House."
Instead, the newspaper with a Sunday circulation of 6,200 will run a single page of black-and-white comics and puzzles. Rex Morgan didn't make the cut.
Newspapers are reeling after tariffs put in place in March increased newsprint prices by 25 to 30 percent. Newsprint is generally the second-largest expense for local papers.
Bed Bath & Beyond Pulls Cups From Stores Over Design Claim
Bed Bath & Beyond has stopped offering insulated plastic tumblers bearing a barbecue map of North Carolina after a man claimed the design was stolen.
The News & Observer reports John Pugh of House of Swank says the manufacturer of the cups "ripped off" his design of North Carolina barbecue preferences. His design shows the state split in two with one side labeled "vinegar" and the other "tomato."
The company announced Tuesday that it was pulling the product pending further investigation.
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