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The Catawba Riverkeeper organization is one of the 10 largest of its kind in the country, but the person responsible for that growth — Executive Director John Searby — is stepping down. As he prepares to leave, we look at his contributions to the organization, its work in keeping the Catawba healthy, and the future challenges to that health. Also, as solar tax credits near expiration, what can you do before time runs out?

A state review of the Union County Department of Human Services has found numerous failures in the agency's operations over the last three years. Union…

Social workers across the country are trading in their notepads for tablets. A handful of the state's counties have gone digital and now Cabarrus County…