<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-786" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png" alt="Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped" width="149" height="101" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launched today.

"We're here to serve our community, to give, not take, to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, all walks of life and all persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper together in peace and harmony, a place where the existing demographic, graduating seniors, retirees and those who would like to return can feel at home, safe and welcome, and if desired, can discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our diverse social and cultural history.

Q: What made you decide to start a new media service?

A: Despite decades of generous taxpayer funded assistance, programs and economic development efforts, Scotland County remains the most economically depressed county in North Carolina.

Things aren't heading in the right direction. Folks are continuing to leave, and many who stay say they do so only because they can't sell out at prices that allow them to move elsewhere. Many feel trapped.

Crime, including violent crime is already high and appears to be gaining the upper hand.

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A new approach may be needed.