Ray Gronberg
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3. ACC at a crossroads: Jim Phillips facing internal and external threats to league’s survival
Jim Phillips has come to a halt. For 30 minutes, his hectic professional life has been paused for piety. Hands...
4. New freestanding ERs: faster care, but it can cost you
From SouthPark to Steele Creek, Mountain Island Lake to Waxhaw, sleek and efficient freestanding emergency rooms are springing up across...
5. Will 2045 plan promote housing?
A trade group that lobbies governments on behalf of developers, builders and real estate brokers questions whether High Point’s new...
6. Study finds North Carolina public schools are growing more segregated
A new study by N.C. State University researchers has found that North Carolina public schools are becoming more segregated by...
7. Judge denies request to undo readdition of DA to crime-lab lawsuit
The wrongful termination and civil conspiracy case filed against local law enforcement and the district attorney by the former crime...
9. Buncombe extends moratorium: California Bitcoin mine company upends Western NC Cherokee County
Following uproar in the state’s far west over noise and other disruptions brought by cryptocurrency mining, Buncombe County has extended...
10. Southern Shores Council passes balloon release ban
At its May 7 meeting, the Southern Shores Town Council, by a 3-0 vote of the three members attending the...
1. Despite revenue downgrade, North Carolina anticipates nearly $1B more in cash
North Carolina officials downgraded a projected state revenue surplus through mid-2025 by $430 million on Friday, citing lower than anticipated...
2. Totals on PFAS-contaminated utilities ‘coming down daily’
The number of North Carolinians whose tap water comes from systems that contain at least one chemical compound exceeding new...
3. The impact of legalized sports betting on college athletes, gamblers and North Carolina
The student-athletes on UNC-Chapel Hill’s baseball team have received negative messages from fans expecting certain performances before. But now that...
4. North Carolina has lost almost 5% of its licensed child care programs since the pandemic began
More licensed child care programs in North Carolina are closing their doors as the state approaches the expiration of pandemic-era...
5. Whooping cough crosses county lines in WNC; Transylvania confirms outbreak
A second county in Western North Carolina is now grappling with a whooping cough outbreak, with Transylvania Public Health confirming...
6. Canton leaders make ‘big stink’ over big stink
Festering frustration with nearly every aspect of Pactiv Evergreen’s actions taken in closing its Canton paper mill a year ago...