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After decades of work, environmental groups finally achieved a major victory for the Watauga River. On July 2nd, the last dam on the waterway, Shull’s Mill Dam, began to be dismantled. This marks a significant milestone in the restoration of the river’s natural flow, stretching from its headwaters near Boone, North Carolina all the way to Watauga Lake in Tennessee.

North Carolina’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross BlueShield, abruptly canceled a planned screening of “The Smell of Money,” a documentary that explores the health risks associated with industrial hog farming in the state.