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Letters to the Editor

Backtalk: North Carolina is Still Being Hogwashed

by adminnewspack 08/05/202001/10/2023

The COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants reminded one reader of the hog waste lagoons that plague Eastern North Carolina’s rural communities.

As Smithfield Appeals a Multimillion-Dollar Verdict, a Hog-Farm Neighbor Awaits His Chance at Justice After 20 Years of Hell

by Barry Yeoman 01/21/202001/10/2023

Environmental Groups Ask N.C. Court to Block Laws Protecting Hog Farms From Nuisance Lawsuits

by Jeffrey C. Billman 06/21/201901/11/2023

Smithfield Foods Says It Will Cover Its Lagoons. Critics Say That’s Just Lipstick on a Pig.

by Leigh Tauss 10/31/201801/11/2023

The General Assembly Knows Better Than Silly Jurors: Big Pork Must Be Protected

by Jeffrey C. Billman 07/04/201802/08/2023

Big Pork Rallies as the General Assembly Protects Chinese-Owned Smithfield Foods From Nuisance Lawsuits

by Cole Villena 06/27/201802/08/2023

The NCGA Wants to Give Hog Farms Carte Blanche to Spray Pig Crap Wherever They Want, Neighbors Be Damned

by Cole Villena 06/07/201802/08/2023

Letters to the Editor

Blessed Are the Gentrifiers: Readers Sound Off on the Old West Durham NPO and Big Pork

by adminnewspack 05/09/201801/11/2023

BREAKING: Plaintiffs Awarded $50 Million in Landmark Smithfield Hog Nuisance Case

by Erica Hellerstein 04/26/201802/08/2023

The First Murphy-Brown Trial Wrapped Yesterday. Here’s What We Learned.

by Erica Hellerstein 04/25/201802/08/2023