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Employees have been picketing the Market Street franchise location in hopes of bringing Starbucks corporate officials to the bargaining table.
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There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of unhoused families who go uncounted in New Hanover County each year. Many of them work, often full-time jobs, while living in motels, cars, or bouncing from couch to couch. Today's episode digs into those problems, and what could be done for them.
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Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
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- Morning news brief
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State News
- Funeral service for Gov. Jim Hunt held in Wilson
- Reynolda House to temporarily close in January
- Elon University launching mental health counseling program to address statewide need
- NCDMV kicking off 5-year strategic plan to improve customer service
- State regulators approve water, air permits for Transco natural gas pipeline in central NC
- All work and no play: Should kids have longer school recess?
- North Carolina Christmas tree crop thrives despite Helene impacts
- Triad could see healthy real estate market in 2026
- High Point's Little Sally troll sculpture is drawing big crowds
- 20 NC legislators are running unopposed, and they're all Democrats
