Charlie Ban
County News Digital Editor & Senior Writer
About Charlie Ban
Charlie is the County News digital editor and senior writer. He previously covered Hanover, Goochland and Louisa counties in Virginia for the Herald-Progress; Westmoreland, Fairfax, Henrico and Chesterfield counties in Virginia for the Times-Dispatch; and Allegheny, Butler, Westmoreland and Armstrong counties in Pennsylvania for the Valley News Dispatch. He has a B.A. from the University of Richmond, 2004.
Salute to county leaders: James Gore
At home in Sonoma County, Calif. and as NACo president, James Gore pushed for modernized local and federal responses to natural disasters.
Housing shortages limit community building in rural counties
When counties' housing markets price out workers, they lose a population that participates in civic live, volunteerism and community building.
Salute to county leaders: Gary Moore
Boone County, Ky. Judge/Executive Gary Moore jumped on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and launched the Broadband Task Force to gauge counties' needs for digital infrastructure that was proving crucial to success.
Dunlap dives in as the face of America’s counties
As he prepared to assume the NACo presidency, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Commissioner George Dunlap worked to understand the variety of issues important to counties unlike his own.
