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Second chance: More than 160 local teens kept out of adult prisons with Raise the Age law

Second chance: More than 160 local teens kept out of adult prisons with Raise the Age law
More than 160 teens have been kept out of adult prisons in Henderson, McDowell and Polk counties since the implementation of a law in December 2019 that raised the age at which juveniles can be charged as adults.
Before the law, 16- and 17-year-olds facing nonviolent charges could be charged as adults and sent to adult prisons.
One of the 161 teens who avoided adult prison due to the change, a 17-year-old Henderson County resident, sees it as his second chance.
The teen, whose name and charge are not being used by the Times-News because he was adjudicated as a juvenile, will graduate from high school a year early and has taken college classes. ....

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Two Henderson County women find career success thanks to BRLC, BRCC partnership

The two organizations have partnered providing literacy programs for more than 40 years.
Teresita Gamboa was a registered nurse in her native Costa Rica. When she came to the U.S. to join her fiancé, she spoke little English but was determined to learn quickly. She enrolled in Blue Ridge Community College English Language Acquisition classes.
Gamboa asked Literacy Council staff to find a tutor who could assist her in her goal of becoming a registered nurse in the United States. A Literacy Council tutor and retired registered nurse, Sheila Feaster, agreed to tutor Teresita in medical terminology, health literacy and English. ....

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