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2 hrs ago | WLOS

Former Butner hospital director aiding Cherry Hospital

The former North Carolina mental hospital director who resigned after using state money to buy a portrait of herself is on the special team studying patient safety at Cherry Hospital.

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Related Topix: Goldsboro Metro, Goldsboro, NC

Tue Aug 19, 2008

NBC17.com

Bio-Lab Opposition Fails At Person County Commission Meeting

PERSON COUNTY, N.C. An attempt to oppose a proposed bio- and agro- defense lab in Butner failed at a County Commission meeting in Person County Monday morning.

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Related Topix: Person County, NC, Agriculture, Science, Granville County, NC

Mon Aug 18, 2008

Roxboro Courier Times

Commission mum on position for NADF

If the Person Board of County Commissioners is going to take a position on whether the federal government should build a proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near Butner in neighboring Granville ...

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Related Topix: Granville County, NC, Roxboro, NC, Person County, NC, Rougemont, NC

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Mountain Xpress

N.C. tops the list for biohazard lab location

State and local political winds were tending to shift to the negative around the Department of Homeland Security's consideration of Granville County as the location for a new biohazard lab, as reported today by ...

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Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Granville County, NC

Thu Aug 14, 2008

NC Mental Hope News

New Broughton director would be best served by systemwide help - Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times

Thursday, August 14, 2008 New Broughton director would be best served by systemwide help - Asheville Citizen-Times Opinion: August 13 The new director at Broughton State Psychiatric Hospital will take over a ...

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Related Topix: Goldsboro, NC

Wed Aug 13, 2008

PilotOnline.com

Question of sanity raised in seaman's near-fatal attack

Seann Matson had a bad feeling about one of his fellow sailors on the guided missile cruiser Cape St.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Violent Crime

Tue Aug 12, 2008

Daily Southerner

Biohazard lab had wide support in N.C.

A federal agency rated a North Carolina site last year as an excellent place for a proposed biohazard lab because of local support, but that was before local governments and a congressman voiced strong ...

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Related Topix: January, Granville County, NC, US Politics, US News, Brad Miller, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Raleigh Metro

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Feds say proposed biohazard lab in NC had wide support

A federal agency's report last year rated a North Carolina site as an excellent place for a proposed biohazard lab because of strong support, but that was before local governments and a congressman voiced their ...

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Related Topix: Granville County, NC

Mon Aug 11, 2008

Local Tech Wire

Butner tops rankings for biolab, AP reports - " Can N.C. still say - no' to project?

Even as shifting political winds have more and more politicians voicing opposition to a proposed bio-defense lab in Butner, The Associated Press is reporting new information that should heighten, not end, the ...

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Related Topix: Lottery, Granville County, NC, Opinion

Sat Aug 09, 2008

Local Tech Wire

Biodefense lab in North Carolina? Forget it.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. That giant sucking sound you may have heard Wednesday was the air leaving the balloon of efforts to land the $450 million National Bio- and Agro-Defense Lab for North Carolina.

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Related Topix: Research Triangle Park, NC, North Carolina, US Politics, US News, Brad Miller, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Thu Aug 07, 2008

WTVD

Another set-back for the plan to build a bio-defense lab in Butner.

Monday Raleigh's City Council voted to oppose the proposed lab to be operated by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Related Topix: Rougemont, NC, US Politics, David Price, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Myrtle Beach Online

Congressman won't back new lab

The congressman whose district includes a location proposed for a biodefense lab in Butner said Tuesday he wouldn't support the lab, although he said such research should continue to protect public health.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Brad Miller, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Granville County, NC

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Biotechnology center rejects grant

The N.C. Biotechnology Center has refused to accept a grant to fund an education campaign about a bio-defense lab proposed for Granville County.

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Related Topix: Granville County, NC

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Independent Weekly

Brad Miller withdraws support for NBAF in Butner

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, whose congressional district includes Wake and Granville counties, announced today that he is withdrawing his support for locating the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Butner.

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, US Politics, US News, Brad Miller, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Granville County, NC

Sun Aug 03, 2008

NBC17.com

Large Group Protests At Bio-Lab Q&A

BUTNER, N.C. Federal officials in town Tuesday were met with community activists bearing sheep and other props.

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Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Stem, NC, Agriculture, Science, Granville County, NC

Fri Aug 01, 2008

NBC 17

Homeland Security Reps. Will Answer Questions About Bio-Lab

Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security will be in Butner today to answer questions about a proposed bio-defense lab.

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Related Topix: Creedmoor, NC, Raleigh, NC

Wed Jul 30, 2008

WTVD

Two hearings held on possible biolab

Those opposed to the construction of a biolab in Butner vocalized their concerns in two public hearings Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Granville County, NC, Creedmoor, NC

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Post and Courier

Parish moved to federal facility in Atlanta

Former economist Al Parish has been moved to a federal holding facility in Atlanta, ending his brief stint in a rural Georgia County detention center.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Federal Correctional Complex, Butner

WLOS

Patients begin move to new psychiatric hospital

Patients have begun moving from John Umstead Hospital in Butner to the state's new psychiatric facility about a mile away.

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Sat Jul 26, 2008

News Observer

First patients go to Butner facility

The first patients were moved into a new state mental hospital in Butner on Monday, ending nearly a year of worries and delays about when the $130 million facility would open.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

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