Ray Gronberg
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5. Pfizer laying off 150 employees in Sanford
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals plans to lay off 150 employees at its Sanford plant. A report on the North Carolina Department of...
6. Will civilians, not Asheville police, be investigating car crashes?
City police are looking at ways to hire civilians to investigate minor car crashes, rather than taking officers away from...
7. UNCW over capacity for second year, campus plan includes 1 dorm over next decade
Almost 200 students are scheduled to have alternative sleeping arrangements this fall as UNCW plans to house more students than...
8. UNC System approves van Noort’s plan to discontinue four academic departments, and cut others, at UNCA
The UNC System Board of Governors on Wednesday approved University of North Carolina Asheville Chancellor Kimberly van Noort’s proposal to...
9. Wilmington furniture store to close amid company-wide shutdown
The companywide closure of a furniture store will result in the closure of its one Wilmington location. Badcock Home Furniture...
10. Suspects in court after 15+ nabbed in Granville County cockfighting raid, sheriff says
After a raid at a southern Granville County cockfighting ring over the weekend, several of the suspects appeared in court...
1. New transit authority plan would give the Mecklenburg towns their own board member
Charlotte is getting closer to asking Republican lawmakers to transfer the city’s bus system, streetcar and light-rail line to a...
2. Villages of Summerfield Farms moving ahead
As Summerfield’s Town Council evaluates taking legal action to undo the legislative de-annexation of developer David Couch’s almost 1,000 acres,...
3. New Poe Hall testing begins. What it could look like and how we got here
On July 19, attorneys working on behalf of those who developed cancer after spending time in a university building made...
4. ‘Waist-deep in whale innards’: Vessel strikes, speed at issue
When it was veterinarian Dr. Craig Harms’ turn to speak during a public meeting Tuesday on the proposed speed rule...
5. UNC System President: In rebuilding trust, universities must focus on four-year graduation rates
UNC System President Peter Hans told members of the UNC Board of Governors last Wednesday that nationally there has been...
6. Struggling with a shifting opioid crisis in Marion
Started the party and can’t end it. Scared to tell the truth. Systemic racism. Taught to keep secrets early. Trauma....
7. Is Haywood County ready to lift taboo on planning?
A study commissioned to guide the future in a post-mill, post-flood economy is showing support for strategic planning from government...