SALISBURY — Rowan County’s comprehensive future land use plan is close to approval, and local residents have one more opportunity to provide their input now that a draft plan has been put together.

The update of an almost four-decade-old land use plan might sound more like a bureaucratic eye roll than the rewriting of history, but those who underestimate the influence of such a document over one ...

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. In addition to regulating land tenure, ...

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Board of Commissioners tabled approval of the county’s draft land use plan on Monday, holding off on approving the plan that will help guide zoning and planning policy for ...

It’s been nearly two decades since work began on the Nunavut land use plan, but there’s still no word on when it’ll be signed. As that process drags on, some Nunavummiut are nervous about the damage ...