Highlands Greenway celebrates productive 2023

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Wednesday, 03/01/2024

During 2023, volunteers with the Highlands Plateau Greenway contributed 640 hours to create new trails and maintain the existing ones that connect the Highlands community, participating in more than 23 workdays over the past year. 

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Gov. Cooper: Pactiv Evergreen must pay back $12 million state grant if mill closes

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Thursday, 16/03/2023

In a letter sent by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to Mike King, CEO of Pactiv Evergreen, Cooper says that closing the Canton paper mill would violate the terms of a 2015 economic development deal and require the company to repay the state $12 million.

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