Edgecombe County's Weathers High Unemployment, Manufacturing Decline

Edgecombe County has one of North Carolina's highest unemployment rates at around 16 percent. Now, developers and county leaders are working to change that by offering businesses economic incentives.

This report is a contribution by UNC-TV as part the Patchwork Nation collaboration series.

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Journey with KCET down the 52-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River and meet those who are helping it flow back into our public life and popular imagination. This report offers video, audio and panoramic portraits to bring the landscape to life.

The PLANET GRANITE initiative focuses on raising awareness, presenting possible solutions, and highlighting activities that advance sustainability practices. Watch a series of video shorts on green scenes in New Hampshire and learn how biodiesel is made.

Ben Wheeler, Texas is not much more than a bend in the road 12 miles east of Canton. By the 1930s, Highway 64 had bypassed Ben Wheeler, and soon, the town got even smaller. But now, one man is turing the town into a haven for artists.

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. with nearly 24 million Americans –both children and adults - afflicted by this severe, chronic disease that devastates many of the major organ systems in the body. WVIZ examines the silent killer in Northeast Ohio.

In this Oregon Art Beat Special, Producer KC Cowan explores why Portland has such a great market for original art, why people collect and how to get started yourself.