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August 22, 2020

‘We are still here’: Siler City’s Hispanic businesses stay afloat despite little aid

By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — To Siler City beauty salon owner Yazmín Hernández, Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to reopen businesses came as a great relief. “I had been thinking about looking for a temporary job to be able to support myself and my business,” she said. “Economically, wow. (Being able to reopen) was one […]

July 31, 2020

Paycheck Protection Program loans preserve more than 4,200 Chatham jobs

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By VICTORIA JOHNSON and OLIVIA ROJAS Without a Paycheck Protection Program loan, Chatham Habitat for Humanity wouldn’t have been able to afford building families affordable homes. “The money allowed us to continue to pay people to build those houses,” said Executive Director Jerry Whortan. “If we hadn’t had the PPP money, we would have shut […]