/tags/person-county Person County en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:14:04 GMT /environment/2024-10-29/person-county-air-permit-moriah-energy-center The Moriah Energy Center is a liquified natural gas storage facility under construction in Person County. Some community members worry the project will cause toxic air and water pollution. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:14:04 GMT /environment/2024-10-29/person-county-air-permit-moriah-energy-center Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-08-05/moriah-energy-center-person-county-community-backlash-dominion-energy The Moriah Energy Center is a planned liquified natural gas storage facility. Dominion Energy says the project is needed to support increasing customer demand. Some community members worry the facility will cause air and water pollution. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 19:40:16 GMT /environment/2024-08-05/moriah-energy-center-person-county-community-backlash-dominion-energy Celeste Gracia /news/2024-06-24/person-county-foster-home-shortage-more-pay-kids The county will soon provide incentive pay to encourage social service workers to stay after hours at Department of Social Services offices with children who don’t have a foster home to go to. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:13:05 GMT /news/2024-06-24/person-county-foster-home-shortage-more-pay-kids Sharryse Piggott /politics/2023-03-22/black-farmers-funding-north-carolina-legislature More than 50 Black farmers came to Raleigh Wednesday to lobby lawmakers for more funding in the state budget. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:26:35 GMT /politics/2023-03-22/black-farmers-funding-north-carolina-legislature Colin Campbell /politics/2023-02-21/anderson-clayton-north-carolina-democratic-party-interview Anderson Clayton, the new Chair of the NC Democratic Party, speaks with ¹ÏÉñapp's Jeff Tiberii about her surprise victory, her focus for 2024, and a personal topic of much discussion: her age. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:17:46 GMT /politics/2023-02-21/anderson-clayton-north-carolina-democratic-party-interview Jeff Tiberii /arts-culture/2019-10-30/incarcerated-poet-experienced-rebirth-in-person-county Jimmy Santiago Baca is a poet whose rough and tumble early life is now the backbone of his work. He was born in the Southwest, where he was abandoned by… Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:25:29 GMT /arts-culture/2019-10-30/incarcerated-poet-experienced-rebirth-in-person-county Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-30/incarcerated-poet-experienced-rebirth-in-person-county Jimmy Santiago Baca is a poet whose rough and tumble early life is now the backbone of his work. He was born in the Southwest, where he was abandoned by… Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:25:29 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-30/incarcerated-poet-experienced-rebirth-in-person-county Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /news/2017-07-14/hemp-plants-take-root-in-north-carolina Cannabis has historically been a taboo subject in North Carolina, but this year, that may be beginning to change thanks to a new law supporting a pilot… Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:43:54 GMT /news/2017-07-14/hemp-plants-take-root-in-north-carolina Xernay Aniwar