Ray Gronberg
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9. Judge affirms AdventHealth’s plans to build Weaverville hospital
AdventHealth cleared a legal hurdle Friday in its quest to build a new hospital in Weaverville, paving the way for...
10. In some parts of the U.S., the grid of the future might be closer than you think
A little more than two years ago, a clean energy record was broken. For the first time, a regional transmission...
1. Development pressures, higher taxes threaten to displace Black homeowners in SE Raleigh
On a near-perfect spring afternoon, a crowd of mostly Black retirees and senior citizens poured into Martin Street Baptist Church...
2. Norfolk Southern shareholders back CEO Alan Shaw but give activist investors three board seats
Norfolk Southern shareholders delivered a split verdict today, sparing CEO Alan Shaw while electing three of activist investor Ancora Holdings’...
3. In Republican runoff, state auditor candidates offer contrasting visions for watchdog agency
Republican primary voters are headed back to the polls next Tuesday for a rare statewide runoff election for lieutenant governor...
4. On I-95, speed, drugs and a special effort to stop them
Interstate 95 is the busiest highway on the east coast, running from Miami to Maine straight through North Carolina. For...
5. Court rules North Carolina Catholic school could fire gay teacher who announced his wedding online
A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social...
6. Seeing school districts as big business and superintendents as CEOs
In North Carolina, annual state funding for public schools totaled $11.6 billion in 2023-24. Federal funding, not including COVID-19 relief...
7. Parents of overdose victims press lawmakers for better Good Samaritan laws
Randy Abbott lost his daughter to a drug overdose in 2015. No one called for help in time. Diannee Carden’s...
9. Bringing in the feds: EPA agreement mandates elements of Canton mill cleanup
Pactiv Evergreen, owner of the shuttered papermill in Canton, has been working to clean up two separate seeps leaking toxic...
1. Republicans now enforcing NC water rules are delaying efforts to limit PFAS, 1,4-dioxane
A key environmental board controlled by Republican appointees is stalling efforts to regulate chemicals that have contaminated North Carolina drinking...
2. Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan announces she will not seek reelection
Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan, who was first elected to that job in 2013, announced at the very end of the...
3. NC clerks dropped from wrongful detention lawsuit, court software company still blamed
After facing a lawsuit related to alleged wrongful detentions and arrests, several defendants have been dropped from the case against...