Ray Gronberg
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7. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can remain on the North Carolina presidential ballot, judge says
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can remain on North Carolina’s presidential ballots after a state judge on Monday refused to block...
8. After long delay, Waynesville committee gets down to brass tacks on hot-button density issue
Should high-density development and multi-story apartment complexes be restricted in certain neighborhoods of Waynesville? That’s the hot-button question Waynesville’s town...
9. Board member speaks against PCS ‘double charging’ for parking
The Pender County Board of Education took up several items of note last week, including approval of high school parking...
10. Charter school proposed in High Point
Organizers of a proposed charter school have purchased a site in High Point for their start-up location. Lingua Vista Education...
1. Twist ending in battle for $17 million NC textile fortune. There’s a new beneficiary
The contentious court battle over a North Carolina textile fortune between descendants of a storied N.C. textile family and Charlotte’s...
2. Rural NC county pursues experimental plan to revive shuttered hospital
It has been little over a year since Martin County, a rural community of 22,000 in eastern North Carolina, lost...
3. North Carolina has more low-wage workers than national average
More than 1.5 million workers, or roughly 28% of the workforce in North Carolina, make less than $17 per hour,...
4. Too big to succeed? So many public-private partnerships languish
Developer Donahue Peebles III had a tough job last week. Peebles, an executive with the Florida-based Peebles Corp., had to...
5. After legislative changes, here’s a look at North Carolina’s charter school application process
Last year’s legislative session included multiple new laws that changed the process for how charter schools are approved, renewed, and...
6. Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton...
7. Bald Head Island proposes curfew to curtail juvenile antics
Last summer, stop signs were targeted. This summer, people. The culprits who spurred an increase in complaints and 911 calls...
8. NC Central University participates in a Duke-led telescope project with NASA
North Carolina Central University is one of 14 higher education institutions and government agencies in the U.S. contributing to NASA’s...
9. 184 workforce housing units set for S. Kerr in Wilmington, pending funding
A residential complex, wholly dedicated to workforce housing, is on track for approval in Wilmington. Wilmington Planning Commissioner Ace Cofer...