"You can't spray Jesus with Roundup," says Kinston resident Kent Hardison. So what to do about a utility pole that's been overtaken by an aggressive kudzu vine some say resembles Jesus on the cross? Divine message or not, power companies spend about $1.5 million a year fixing damaged power lines caused by kudzu growth, according to Irwin Forseth Jr., a biologist at the University of Maryland. Read more.
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