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The Assembly Announces Plans to Double its Reach to North Carolina News Markets

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The news organization is building a ten-market local news network across the state.

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The Assembly has been selected as one of six newsrooms in the first cohort of the NOTUS Washington Bureau Initiative.

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The addition to The Assembly’s network will expand and elevate coverage from Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, and Scotland counties.

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Some of the most memorable photography we published this year.

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Here are our staff’s favorite stories published throughout the year, which we are putting outside our paywall as a special gift to you.

The Assembly untangles the complex web of results in a state that looks as purple as ever.