The county is set to receive an influx of payments amid residents’ concerns over environmental protections.
Charles Paullin
Charles Paullin is a Richmond-based writer focusing on energy and environment issues. He's written for Inside Climate News, and won several awards for his previous works with the Virginia Mercury and Northern Virginia Daily. His first reporting gig was with the New Britain Herald in Connecticut.
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Residents look to historical tourism to preserve Cumberland County’s past and create economic opportunities for its future
There are over 80 churches, homes and other resources with African American historical significance within a state-recognized Pine Grove Rural Historic District designation in Cumberland County.
Posted inEconomy
Cumberland residents continue to raise concerns over landfill proposal
Of particular concern are several provisions in the developer’s host agreement with the county that opponents say are designed to quash dissent.
Posted inLocal
Cumberland County community cheers recommendation to reject Green Ridge landfill project
The proposal for a landfill that would accept up to 1,500 tons of trash a day now goes to the board of supervisors. It has stirred controversy because the project is near a historic Black school.
Posted inCulture
Texas grand jury declines to indict Lexington photographer, museum over images of children
Free expression groups said the grand jury’s decision prevented “baseless and malicious prosecutions” against Sally Mann and the Modern Museum of Fort Worth.
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Photos by lauded Lexington photographer Sally Mann seized by police in Texas
The images, which had been part of an exhibit at a Fort Worth museum, were nude depictions of Mann’s then-elementary school-aged children. Several national art groups are fighting the seizure.
Posted inEconomy
Justice family mines facing legal trouble after repeated allegations of noncompliance
A&G Coal is seeking money to complete cleanup, but environmental groups say the company has been in violation for years.
