Ray Gronberg
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4. Cooper nominee to head DOT paves the road toward confirmation
Governor Roy Cooper tapped Joey Hopkins to serve as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) last September,...
5. Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election
Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats’ election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what...
6. Anduril, General Atomics chosen in Air Force contracts
The 7-year-old company that last year bought North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies was chosen Wednesday for contract by the Air...
7. Chancellor marks progress, but faces crisis as he enters his fourth year
As Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell T. Allison finished his third year at the helm of the storied campus on...
8. American Indian education advisory council calls for state-level director, academic supports
The State Advisory Council on Indian Education (SACIE) shared its annual report with the State Board of Education earlier this...
9. Local environmentalist joins factory-farm pollution lawsuit against EPA
Cape Fear River Watch’s designated Riverkeeper is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce protections for an industry he believes...
10. Henderson County identifies more than two dozen cases in whooping cough outbreak
Henderson County health officials are tracking a local outbreak of whooping cough. The Health Department has confirmed 27 cases, with...
1. Will NC pass medical marijuana this year? This Democrat may not lend his support again
Despite repeated efforts to pass a medical marijuana legalization bill by a powerful Republican lawmaker, North Carolina remains one of...
2. Farley, Winston offer contrast in labor commissioner race
North Carolina still elects a labor commissioner, whose main job is to ensure safe workplaces. That includes maintaining safe elevators...
3. If you’ve been placing sports bets in North Carolina, you might get a higher tax bill
If you’ve been placing online sports bets since FanDuel, DraftKings and the like went live in North Carolina last month,...
4. Three thousand people were released from NC prisons to homelessness last year
About one in six people released from North Carolina prisons in 2023 were homeless, according to figures provided to NC...
5. Feds letting timber harvest targets interfere with protecting national forest ecology in NC, lawsuit says
Harvesting enough trees to meet federal timber targets nationally is inappropriately taking precedent over ecological considerations when the U.S. Forest...
6. Dog bites man: In Wilkes County, a commissioner’s past charges for dogfighting have helped bridge a partisan divide.
In the fall of 2001, police in New Jersey raided an Ocean County warehouse to break up an illegal dogfighting...