Ray Gronberg
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Buncombe lowers lodging-tax revenue forecast
Buncombe County expects lodging tax revenue of $24.2 million for fiscal 2025, $10.1 million lower than previously forecast, according to...
Woodson touts NC State’s economic contributions
NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson’s final fall address to the campus community on Wednesday was a victory lap for a...
Greensboro chipmaker Qorvo reports loss
Greensboro chipmaker Qorvo says it’s considering selling part of its business and is transferring a production line from its North...
Hands across the sea
Shigeo Yamada, Japan’s ambassador to the United States, says the two nations’ relationship is stronger than ever. Yamada was a...
State channeling aid to Helene-affected UNC students
Legislators and UNC System officials are trying to help students of the system’s three western universities with their bills in...
Health care systems growth
North Carolina’s certificate of need law could be living on borrowed time, in the fervent hopes of some doctors and...
Child-care challenges
North Carolina continues to leave money on the table by failing to get its child-care house in order, a new...
Clawback lawsuit survives Pactiv’s dismissal bid
The state’s attempt to recover the $12 million in incentives it paid Pactiv Evergreen to operate the now-closed Canton paper...
Money for Helene-related road repairs still pending
Aid for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s road-restoration efforts in western North Carolina was conspicuous by its absence from the...
Railroad upgrades
The N.C. Railroad is getting $105.6 million from the federal government to fund seven upgrades in the Triangle and the...
ECU moves out provost, top lawyer
There’s been a big shakeup in East Carolina University’s senior staff, with Chancellor Philip Rogers announcing on Thursday that he’s...
Local incentives for Google data-center expansion
Google may invest $600 million to expand its Caldwell County data center and add as many as 30 jobs after...
Business aid: Loans or grants?
For the western North Carolina business community, probably the most important element of the bill is a $50 million allocation...
