Good morning, North Carolina! Here's what you need to know today.
The Big Story
'It's my livelihood': N.C. farmers express growing concern over tariffs with China
Global trade wars have left some farmers in limbo on what high taxes on their products will mean for business.Many cash crops from North Carolina, including soybeans and tobacco, bring billions of dollarsannually to the state through export to China.
“It's a long time from now to the harvest time, and I really hope and pray by then we got some answers,” said Brooks Barnes, who grows soybeans, tobacco and sweet potatoes in Wilson County.
Your Weather Planner
Our warming trend will keep us unseasonably warm the rest of the workweek.
Rain chances return today with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon and evening. A cold front will move in late Friday and Saturday, keeping the chance of showers and thunderstorms across the state for the first half of the weekend. Storms will have a chance to briefly become strong to severe each day, with damaging wind gusts and small hail.
In the wake of the cold front, a dry and cooler air mass settles in and sticks around for the start of the coming workweek.
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Around North Carolina
1. Elizabeth City State officials mum on campus shooting, SBI names victim
Theman fatally shot Sundayat Elizabeth City State University was identified as Isaiah Caldwell of Albany, New York, authorities said Tuesday. The university released a statement on the violence that unfolded and addressed student life concerns, but administration officials, university police and city police have said little about the investigation itself. No arrests have been made.
2. N.C. environmental group suing Trump administration over canceled grant
CleanAIRE NC was alerted in March that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency terminated its $500,000 grant as part of an effort to curb federal spending.
3. New round of AmeriCorps cuts hits N.C. as state attorney general filed suit over halted funding
More than 200 members, including22 in the Duke University N.C. Literary Corps, 55 in the East Carolina University CARE Corps and 45 in Project MARS at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina, were terminated.
Around The Nation
1. Trump's first 100 days characterized by speed and scope of agenda, pundits say
2. UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close facilities as it reduces Amazon shipments
3. Executive order directs DOJ to probe California, other states tackling climate change through energy production
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Editor's Pick - N.C. sheriff fights to hire and keep deputies during statewide shortages of officers
As law enforcement agencies across the state face mounting recruitment and retention challenges,one sheriff’s officeis making moves to keep its ranks strong and its communities protected. Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone led a public push for higher deputy pay, raising starting salaries from just under $46,000 to nearly $55,000 to stay competitive with neighboring counties.
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