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Wildfires up over 100% as Troxler asks for state funding for Forest Service vacancies, equipment

At April’s Council of State meeting, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler called on the General Assembly for funding to help rebuild the state’s Forest Service as wildfires continue to burn across the state.

Theresa Opeka
Opinion

McCrory deserves credit for disaster-relief bill

Hyperbole is alive and well in Raleigh. The superlatives, at one point this week, were flying. Tuesday, lawmakers unanimously approved a $200.9 million disaster relief package for North Carolinians whose lives were uprooted this fall by Hurricane Matthew and western wildfires. The package, as we reported, includes $20 million to the Housing Trust Fund for...

John Trump

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