Federal investigators have demanded extensive information about finances and use of force at the sheriff’s office.
Sarah Nagem
Sarah Nagem is editor of the Border Belt Independent. She previously worked for The News & Observer and currently attends graduate school at Duke University.
Posted inPolitics & Government
How Republicans Gained Ground in Rural North Carolina
Rural counties like the Border Belt shifted further to the right, despite Democrats’ efforts to re-engage working-class voters.
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Why We’re Suing Columbus County
Columbus County’s handling of public records “evinces a pattern of ongoing and willful defiance of our state’s transparency laws.”
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For the Tuscarora, Recognition Has Been A 40-Year Fight
The Tuscarora people want official state recognition as a tribe, but centuries of history and politics stand in their way.
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Clouds Over Columbus County
Dozens of people have been subpoenaed in a wide-ranging federal investigation into abuses of power at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.
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A New Era In the War on Drugs
North Carolina is getting $1.4 billion to fight the opioid epidemic, but there’s much debate over how to spend it.
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A Low Bar
North Carolina courts are working through a backlog of more than 800,000 criminal cases. But some counties are so short on lawyers that they’ve become “legal deserts” – and state officials have few plans to fill the void.
