RALEIGH — Person County Schools Superintendent Rodney Peterson was named the Burroughs Wellcome Fund A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year for 2026 at an awards ceremony at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro last Thursday. The award ceremony was [...] The post Person County administrator named NC Superintendent of the Year first appeared on The North State Journal.| The North State Journal
On the anniversary of Hurricane Helene, two Western North Carolina leaders say too much of the recovery from the storm remains unfinished to see the storm as a memory. By Down Home Member Dalton George and Preston Blakely Syndicated by Beacon Media One year ago, Western North Carolina was forever changed by Hurricane Helene. Roads and... Read more » The post One year later: It’s not yet time to look back at Hurricane Helene appeared first on Welcome to Down Home!.| Welcome to Down Home!
Down Home NC members are running issue campaigns in their counties to make sure local budgets meet the needs of rural working class people of all races. The post Change In Action: Meet the 2025 Issue Campaigns appeared first on Welcome to Down Home!.| Welcome to Down Home!
Even as we come to grips with the election of Trump, those of us at Down Home have grasped one undeniable truth. Our organizing works. The post Down Home Outliers in a Red Wave — Organizing Works appeared first on Welcome to Down Home!.| Welcome to Down Home!