Ray Gronberg
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4. The smell test
Codie Bruce Schiene was sitting in his SUV in a hotel parking lot, scrolling through his phone, when two Charlotte-Mecklenburg...
5. Waves of change: ILM focuses on expanded parking, terminal to meet growing demand
At Wednesday’s annual joint meeting between the New Hanover Airport Authority and county commissioners, parking bogarted a great deal of...
6. Guilford County leads the state on fetal, infant death reviews
Guilford County has been tracking infant deaths for decades, yet officials there continue to struggle with high death rates and...
7. Timbermill Wind turbine parts en route to Chowan County
Those white blades the length of a city block that have been at the North Carolina Port at Morehead City...
8. Waynesville planning board continues wading through vacation rental rules
Waynesville’s planning board is still weighing whether short-term vacation rentals should be regulated and limited in town — with plans...
9. ‘Nobody’s listening:’ NC Department of Environmental Quality fails to regulate water and air pollution
Jefferson Currie steps outside his home in Moore County, and the stench of chicken waste lingers in the air. He...
10. Sheetz convenience store chain with 113 NC locations hit with discrimination lawsuit
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against...
1. North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff
The future of diversity, equity and inclusion staff jobs in North Carolina’s public university system could be at stake after...
2. Due to financial issues, Mark Robinson family’s nonprofit faces North Carolina DHHS probe
While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign...
3. Living along the NC coast is increasingly risky. So why are property values still rising?
Anyone who has dreamed of owning a property at the beach knows that it’s a goal shared by many. Couple...
4. Council member launches probe into downtown ‘bad actors’ after Pravda shooting
The Wilmington City Council meeting did not passTuesday evening without one member bringing up the weekend shooting at a downtown...
5. Wilson County deploys overdose reversal kits to combat epidemic of opioid deaths
Small purple boxes have become a promising tool in Wilson County’s fight to lessen the deadly toll of the opioid...
6. Moms for Liberty brings message of frustration to NC town hall
National conservative parents rights group Moms for Liberty brought a town hall — and frustration toward public schools — to...