Ray Gronberg
Recent Stories
Feds bar imports of new-model drones
Here in the Triangle, we’ve been watching DJI-made drones disappear from the shelves of Best Buy and other consumer-electronics stores...
Causey opposes potential pardon of Lindberg
Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has written President Donald Trumpto oppose the idea of granting convicted billionaire Greg Lindberg a pardon...
US suspends active offshore wind leases; Dominion warns of threat to jobs
The Trump administration has ordered a suspension of work on five offshore wind energy projects, including Dominion Energy’s $11.2 billion...
The U.S. Senate field is set
Continuing our filing wrap-up, it’s time to start looking at the Congressional races involved in the upcoming March primary. The...
Senate battles in Durham and elsewhere
Over in the Senate, the just-concluded filing period set up 11 Republican and six Democratic primaries. Obviously, the most high-profile...
Cohn forgoes re-election bid, sets up battle for Granville-Vance House seat
Filing is complete, and with it, so is the primary picture on both sides of the aisle. For the House,...
Fed panel approves MVP Southgate
Federal regulators gave the green light to the MVP Southgate gas pipeline from southern Virginia into Rockingham County. The Federal...
Solar or nukes? Duke critics question priorities
Duke Energy’s long-range development plans are underselling solar power and overselling the prospects of building more nuclear reactors, critics of...
Gov. James Baxter Hunt Jr., 1937-2025
Jim Hunt, the state’s longest-serving governor, died on Thursday at 88. “It is with deep sadness that I share the...
Feds secure guilty plea in pollution case
Federal prosecutors say they’ve secured a guilty plea from a Navassa chemical company that discharged pollutants into the Cape Fear...
Sheriffs lay down a marker on prisoner mental health
Through their trade group, North Carolina’s sheriffs say they don’t want legislators putting them on the hook for solving the...
House panel opens review of property tax policy
House Speaker Destin Hall’s marching orders to the legislators he’s assigned to review North Carolina’s property tax system raise the...
Cooper backs stock-trading ban for Congress
Former Gov. Roy Cooper says he’d support legislation that would ban members of Congress and “top executive branch officials” from...
