Ray Gronberg
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Jet maker expanding Asheville factory
Recruiters used a $5.8 million incentive package to convince RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney to expand its jet-engine parts factory...
State Health Plan update
The name of the event changed, but new State Treasurer Brad Briner intends to continue his predecessor’s practice of holding...
UNC System works on its 2025 wish lists
Going into this week’s Board of Governors meeting, UNC System officials and campuses are reckoning this will be another year...
Cars, exotic and otherwise
Car dealer and race team owner Rick Hendrick has agreed via an auction to pay $3.7 million for the first...
More dorms at UNC
UNC Chapel Hill trustees have given Chancellor Lee Roberts and his aides permission to spend up to $8 million to...
UNC-CH’s yield rate: Too low?
Reader Travis Fain, late of WRAL, questioned Thursday’s Trib item on enrollment expansion at UNC Chapel Hill that reported that...
Two hurricane hearings due this week
Legislators plan to launch the 2025 long session this week with a pair of committee hearings on hurricane recovery. On...
Growth in Charlotte
The Charlotte region is likely to add about 1.3 million people by 2050, with some of the largest percentage increases...
Chapel Hill, UNC and growth
UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts’ push to expand enrollment at his institution by 5,000 students begs a couple questions,...
Summerfield scraps proposed no-attacks policy
Officials in Summerfield appear to have shelved a policy that would have forbidden public comment at their meetings that lodges...
Cabarrus County fires its manager and attorney
Speaking of turmoil, and Cabarrus County, the Republican majority of the Cabarrus County Commissioners voted 3-1 on Tuesday to fire...
Trump EO calls for Lumbee recognition plan
President Trump has signed an executive order that directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to come up with a...
Roberts: UNC-CH to jumpstart enrollment growth
UNC Chapel Hill will jumpstart the process of enrollment growth by adding 500 students to the fall 2025 class, Chancellor...
