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The Resolution Copper mine, not far from Superior, Ariz., would use billions of gallons of water from the Phoenix region over the next 40 years. Water supplies in this region are under increasing stress from drought and climate change.

The U.S. needs minerals for green tech. Will Western mines have enough water?

As the U.S. plans new mines for copper, lithium and other metals to use in green technologies, mining projects in the West could threaten scarce water supplies.

A voter entering a polling place in Mountain Brooks, Ala., on Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024. Alabama is one of several states where GOP officials are launching fresh efforts to purge their voter rolls of noncitizens, even though there's little evidence noncitizens vote in significant numbers.

The GOP is making false claims about noncitizens voting. It’s affecting real voters

As the election nears, false rhetoric about noncitizen voting is having a real impact as some GOP officials are scrutinizing voter rolls and questioning some voters’ registrations.

People brave rain and heavy winds to visit the waterfront along the Jensen Beach Causeway, as conditions deteriorate with the approach of Hurricane Nicole, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Jensen Beach, Fla.

Nicole weakens to a tropical storm after reaching Florida's east coast

Nicole was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday morning, shortly after making landfall in Florida, officials at the National Hurricane Center said.

CoastLine: Fracaswell Hyman, Author of Mango Delight, On Losing The Plan To Find Destiny

Fracaswell Hyman says he didn’t set out to be a writer. Despite that, he spent years writing for Nickelodeon – on the shows Little Bill, Taina, Gullah…

CoastLine Candidate Interviews: Wilmington City Council - McKay, White, Briggs

Despite the fact that presidential election years turn out the highest numbers of voters, municipal elections have the most direct impact on quality of…

Coastline: Alligators in North Carolina

Alligators call North Carolina home – but it’s a cold home for them – and until recently the state was considered the northernmost part of their habitat…

The deadly wildfires in Maui, Hawaii fanned by winds from Hurricane Dora have destroyed the city of Lahaina and caused significant damage to the island.

See how one volunteer group organized aid deliveries after fire decimates Lahaina

In Maui, NPR joined a tour boat operator to see the grassroots initiative the local surfing community and neighbors started to fill in gaps not currently being filled by official channels.

Communique: Wilmington Wine & Chocolate Fest At Coastline Event Center | Feburary 3-5

It's time for the 14th Annual Wine & Chocolate Festival. Lead Festival Coordinator Marianna Stacy joined us to talk about this 3-day indoor festival…

Storm surge from hurricanes is deadly. New computer models can better forecast it

The National Hurricane Center is upgrading the computer models it uses to predict storm surge. People will be able to see maps about how much storm surge is predicted when a storm is headed their way.

Brazil's president is in the hospital with a intestinal obstruction

President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a Sao Paolo hospital after suffering from complications related to an assassination attempt in 2018.

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