Ray Gronberg
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7. Dare County wants Coast Guard to restore polluted beach
Citing threats to the environment and public safety, the Dare County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Monday that...
8. ShotSpotter won’t return to Durham after City Council vote
Durham’s ShotSpotter experiment ended Monday night. The city council rejected a three-year contract for the gunshot detection system by a...
9. Chapel Hill is spending $51 million to build a parking deck. This council needs to act to make it a success.
This spring will see the completion of the first major new building project in downtown Chapel Hill in almost a...
10. Lee Co. one of fastest growing markets for FirstHealth
Lee County is one of the two fastest-growing markets for services provided by FirstHealth of the Carolinas. Mickey Foster, a...
1. NCDOT wants to use couple’s land for I-26 Connector, but it won’t take their home
Perhaps no road project in the Asheville region has been talked about longer than the I-26 Connector, a billion-dollar-plus behemoth...
2. Unmasking secret money: an Election Day Eve look at the latest NC campaign contributions
Campaign disclosure reports related to Tuesday’s primary election are still flowing in. Unfortunately, some candidates and groups are hiding their...
3. Chitlik, Woodard each have complex campaign finance tales
“Follow the money”—and you expect to find some answers. But in the cases of the campaign finance stories from NC...
4. What to expect after the polls close in NC primary election
North Carolinians are heading to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the primary election and usually start seeing results...
5. In 1959, NC banned public workers from bargaining contracts — what it means for teachers today
Social worker Symone Kiddoo stands on a picnic table, grasping a bullhorn as she calls out to a crowd of...
6. The Army announced it’s cutting these jobs. What does that mean for Fort Liberty?
The Army plans to cut 32,000 jobs while making room for another 7,500, it announced this week. In a report...
7. Conference highlights importance of dual enrollment
Hundreds of higher education leaders across the country gathered virtually on Feb. 28-29 for a dual enrollment conference hosted by...
8. Some kids stay home after student threatened teacher at Carrboro middle school
Almost two dozen staff members didn’t show up for work Monday at a Carrboro middle school after a student threatened...
9. Powering the future: How the Brunswick Nuclear Plant impacts the economy, future growth
For most people, electricity is as simple as flipping a switch. They don’t give much thought to the process that...