Ray Gronberg
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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,...
Getting the roads open again
The biggest problems, for the moment, are all related: Road, power- and water-supply outages. The storm closed about 280 roads,...
The NC Chamber’s legislative scorecard
The N.C. Chamber on Thursday released its annual legislative scorecard, which rates General Assembly members on their votes in support...
New train service to Chicago
f you want to take the train, instead of dealing with all the hassles associated with air travel, it’s fairly...
Last call for Thistle & Shamrock
A bit of sad news from NPR, WUNC and Scotland: A Charlotte-original institution, The Thistle & Shamrock, is airing for...
U.S. Senate committee holds hearing with Novo Nordisk’s CEO
After a while, Tuesday’s U.S. Senate committee hearing with Novo Nordisk’s CEO became less a roasting of Novo’s pricing of...
Budd and Moore take on Folwell
North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, a Republican, joined in the HELP committee’s musings about what he called “an industry...
