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What the world can learn from Uruguay as the global housing crisis deepens
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (1251+ words) More than 1.8 billion people lack access to adequate and affordable housing. Yet too few countries have taken meaningful steps to ensure dignified housing for their most vulnerable citizens. We research how cooperative housing can serve as one solution to the…...
Need to Read: July 25
14+ hour, 27+ min ago (291+ words) ‘Battle Mountain’ by C.J. Box The governor has just called Joe Pickett for help. His son-in-law has gone missing somewhere in the Sierra Madre mountain range. Joe, with the help of game warden Susan Kitty, goes out to search…...
The Library Life: Five years of library life behind, and more ahead
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (919+ words) Enfield Memorial Library welcomed a record number of children to the first week of its Summer Reading Program on July 7. Shauntae Holloway reads to children during the second week of Enfield Memorial Library’s Summer Reading Program on July 14. The outdoor…...
Malone’s Kenpo Karate students earn honors at Virginia tournament
14+ hour, 27+ min ago (151+ words) Special to The Herald Malone’s Kenpo Karate Masters of Tomorrow new brown belts excelled at the American Karate Open Championships on July 18 in Danville, Virginia. The tournament was hosted by Jeff McGregor. “I was immensely proud of my brown belts,…...
Chaloner club hosts inaugural senior prom
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (122+ words) Jim and Eva Brown enjoy the inaugural senior prom hosted by the Chaloner Senior Citizens Club on July 17 at the Bishop W.I. Welch Sr. Community Center in Gaston. Special to The Herald The Chaloner Senior Citizens Club hosted its inaugural senior…...
Beacon Bulletin: Partners in student success
15+ hour, 42+ min ago (312+ words) When we celebrate a student’s success, we usually see the moment; the diploma, the award, the touchdown, the performance or the good report card. But what we don’t always see are the people who helped make that moment possible. Behind…...
Athletes, parents invited to fall sports meeting
16+ hour, 27+ min ago (94+ words) Special to The Herald Roanoke Rapids High School and Chaloner Middle School will hold a meeting for all athletes and parents of anyone who plans to try out for fall sports at each school. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday…...
My Spin: We do need to worry about election integrity
16+ hour, 42+ min ago (314+ words) Don’t you find it laughable that those screaming the loudest about election integrity are the ones seemingly doing their best to interfere with it? Other than that instance, there has been no significant proven evidence of voter fraud in our…...
Harvard and Yale researchers find lost ‘golden age’ of language
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (837+ words) Contemporary languages and endangerment status. (Claire Bowern via SWNS) Thousands more different languages were spoken in the past than today, according to new research. Humanity experienced a "golden age" of linguistic diversity when tens of thousands of languages were spoken…...
Pros and cons of GLP-1 shots over pills? Doc weighs in
23+ hour, 41+ min ago (534+ words) A GP says the U.K. rollout of GLP-1 pills has been "a damp squib," saying just 6% of jab users at his clinics opted to switch to pills. Dr. Adam Staten, 43, works alongside patients losing weight through GLP-1 medications and said many…...