Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

2 killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools on Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including ov...
Curtis Media Sep 29, 2025

Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tro...
Curtis Media Sep 29, 2025

Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina a year ago. Some students never returned to school
By MAKIYA SEMINERA of The Associated Press and LAURA HACKETT and JOSE SANDOVAL of Blue Ridge Public Radio SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hur...
Curtis Media Sep 19, 2025

Red and black chokeberries thrive in North Carolina landscapes
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) and Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) are versatile shrubs native to North Carolina. I have seen many of the red varieties, ...
Curtis Media Sep 14, 2025

Bottlebrush blooms, fall color make Clethra a versatile shrub
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I have many different species of plants in my landscape. However, I do not own a "Clethra alnifolia" or "sweet pepper bush" or "summersweet". I bet if I were to ask...
Curtis Media Sep 07, 2025

Republican North Carolina state Sen. Bobby Hanig announces bid to unseat Democrat Don Davis in 2026
POWELLS POINT, N.C. (AP) - A coastal North Carolina legislator announced his bid on Wednesday for a U.S. House seat next year, looking to unseat Democratic incumbent Don Davis in what is now the state...
Curtis Media Sep 03, 2025

Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday ev...
Curtis Media Aug 27, 2025

Find zen in your garden with zinnias
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener My mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetable...
Curtis Media Aug 24, 2025

Federal officials to take over inspections when troubled Boar's Head plant reopens
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year's deadly listeria outbreak, U.S. Agriculture...
Curtis Media Aug 24, 2025

Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing wav...
Curtis Media Aug 20, 2025
