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• Challengers Kennedy and Thurm lead opponents in election money race

  18-09-2017 17:56 via triad-city-beat.com
  Recent campaign finance reports in the lead-up to the Oct. 10 primary show challengers in the at-large and District 5 races raising serious cash to put up a fight against incumbents.
  Michelle Kennedy, executive director of the Interactive Resource Center and a member of the city’s human relations commission, leads fundraising in the at-large race with $21,660, according to the 35-day reports, which were due on Sept. 5. She leads incumbent Mike Barber — who has raised $20,950 —
  
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• Murals in Greensboro feature images of Lumbee Tribe members

  18-09-2017 17:25
  While walking through the streets of Wilmington, you may be surprised to see the faces of local Lumbees but that's what residents got as they unveiled the murals of Miss Lumbee Madison Davenport and Tecumseh Jones. Marty Kotis III, a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, attended The University of North Carolina at Pembroke's 2016 spring commencement ceremony.
  
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• VIDEO: Worker falls trying to free kids stuck on Ferris wheel

  18-09-2017 14:58
  A Ferris wheel malfunction at a state fair left two children stuck on the ride and a worker injured when he tried to rescue them. GREENSBORO, NC A Ferris wheel at a North Carolina fair malfunctioned Friday night, leaving two children stuck inside and a worker injured.
  
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• 2 new charter schools approved to open next year in NC city

  18-09-2017 12:36
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• Rescued Greensboro dog getting foster home

  18-09-2017 08:03
  Bella greeted strangers in the lobby of Benessere Animal Hospital eagerly on Wednesday, sniffing their outstretched hands as her tail wagged. The 5-year-old chocolate Labrador's demeanor had improved significantly since the week before, when she was transferred to the animal hospital to recoup after two teenagers used an aerosol can and a lighter to spray flames toward her body.
  
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• Carnival worker plunges from Ferris wheel after freeing stuck childThe Sacramento Bee

  18-09-2017 08:03
  A carnival worker fell from a Ferris wheel Friday night in North Carolina after climbing it to try to free at least one child trapped in a stuck gondola. Cellphone video from a visitor at the Central Carolina Fair in Greensboro, N.C., shows the Michael's Amusements worker climbing up the attraction after one of the gondola cars began to tilt out of its normal position Friday night.
  
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