Ray Gronberg
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Toyota North Carolina update
Japan’s Nikkei Asia reported Thursday that Toyota is slowing some of its plans to build new EVs, but it’s not...
WCU joins App, UNC Asheville in delaying resumption of classes
Western Carolina University may have escaped damage from Hurricane Helene, but so many employees are coping with the storm’s fallout...
Flying into the storm zone
On Monday evening, some random Reddit scrolling amid the second game of the Braves-Mets doubleheader called to my attention that a...
LGC sides with Cabarrus
Speaker Moore isn’t the only one taking shots at Folwell. The treasurer is having a tough go of things at...
Dale Folwell responds to House Speaker Tim Moore
With just three months remaining in his term, State Treasurer Dale Folwell has let his feelings about House Speaker Tim...
Roads, food and water
The water-system failures are combining with road blockages of various sorts to throw the relief effort probably its biggest curveball,...
Power and communications
Meanwhile, Duke Energy says it expects to have the power back on for “the majority of customers” in western North...
Water supplies and power
Water supplies and power remained the key deficits in western North Carolina on Monday as the region continues to pick...
Johnson & Johnson to build in Wilson
Finally, a bit of good non-Helene news. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson plans a $2 billion investment at a plant...
Duke reports progress on power restoration
Duke Energy appears to have made considerable inroads on the power-outage situation in the Carolinas. There are still almost 677,00...
An abandoned flood-control fix
Reader Matthew Eisley points out that flooding has been an issue in the mountains for a long time, and that...
Hurricane Helene’s flooding effects on Asheville’s water system
We’ve begun to get a little clarity on why Asheville’s water system is in such dire straits after Hurricane Helene’s...
Helene devastates N.C.; 30 dead in Buncombe, officials say
It’s going to be a while before the full extent of Hurricane Helene’s toll on western North Carolina is known,...
