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Community efforts to repair private roads and bridges underway in NC, hopeful for FEMA funding

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By Carl Blankenship
| The Appalachian Voice
By Carl Blankenship Hurricane Helene washed out or damaged thousands of private roads, driveways and bridges in late September across multiple states, but many families are still waiting for help to rebuild access to their homes. In North Carolina, former Gov.
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SWVA Biochar Uses Local Waste to Create Quality Soil > Appalachian Voices

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By Carl Blankenship
| The Appalachian Voice
By Carl Blankenship When Jeff Wade and Jack Wall landed in Colorado in 2021, they were hoping to buy a single piece of equipment, but returned with the foundation of a multi-million dollar project. The pair went to Berthoud, Colorado, to take a look at technology developed by Biochar Now — kilns that turn waste wood into clean charcoal with no notable emissions. Wall and Wade are neighbors back in Floyd, Virginia.
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Public Money, Private Schools

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By Katie Reilly, Carl Blankenship
| The Assembly Verified
Ruby Steele is walking 13 students through a phonics exercise in a sun-drenched classroom in an old bank lobby that is now Essie Academy. Steele prompts the students in her combined third and fourth-grade class to list off words with the same ah sound as “mad.” Their responses are the only noise in the school; most of the other students are taking tests that morning. For seventh-grader Hunter Foutz, the school’s calm is a relief.
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