Ray Gronberg
Recent Stories
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...
4. NC Democrats say religious groups with millions in state funding lack accountability. Now there’s a standoff over records
Private groups, including many aligned with conservative Christian churches and activists, have received hundreds of millions of dollars in state...
5. Henderson Republican chair charged with assault on female; Buncombe chair has same charge
The chair of Henderson County’s Republican Party has been charged with assault on a female after a fellow GOP county...
6. NC charter board approves big expansion for two low-performing Charlotte schools
North Carolina’s charter school board voted Monday to let two low-performing schools in Charlotte expand dramatically next year. The votes...
7. New report links rate increases for Duke Energy customers mostly to natural gas volatility
Many Duke Energy customers saw higher energy bills last year due to a sharp increase in natural gas prices, according...
8. Rooted in rural: Schools as anchor institutions
North Canton Elementary in Haywood County only runs one morning bus route, and at the wheel is Carol Harkins. She...
9. Fisheries Division seeks to delay mandatory catch reporting
State fisheries officials are asking lawmakers for another year to roll out a new harvest reporting requirement for coastal recreational...
10. Jurors should have considered stand-your-ground defense in sawed-off shotgun killing, judges rule
A man convicted of killing his landlord’s adult son with a sawed-off shotgun is entitled to a new trial because...
8. Dean’s List: What’s next for UNC’s Campus Y? A new committee is tasked with deciding
When UNC-Chapel Hill administrators closed the Campus Y building this spring, outcry from students and alumni was immediate. And while...
9. North Carolina’s new anonymous anti-poaching program leads to multiple arrests, convictions
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said its anonymous reporting program has been helpful in apprehending poachers since launching last...
1. ‘They need to back off’: Farm states push back on Biden’s bird flu response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is at odds with state officials and the dairy industry over its on-the-ground...