GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 3 -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news: The City of Greensboro is making it easy for residents to lower their carbon footprint and conserve water by offering backyard compost bins and rain barrels at discounted prices. The City is offering 80-gallon Earth Machine compost bins for $50 and 55-gallon Systern rain barrels for $69.95. The sale is open to all Guilford County residents. To order a compost bin or rain barrel, order online by October 1. B  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: Gov. Roy Cooper and his public safety team convened state leaders in education, public safety, public health and criminal justice today in Greensboro to learn about North Carolina's new five-year strategic plan for creating safer schools. The State Action Plan on School Safety, developed during the last two years, builds off preexisting school safety studies by the Governor's Cri  more