Ray Gronberg
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Feds planning $34M grant for Belews Creek upgrades
Federal officials want to send $34 million Duke Energy’s way to help pay for upgrades to the gas-and-coal-fired Belews Creek...
Hall channels campaign money to caucus members
House Speaker Destin Hall has raised $1.2 million so far in the 2025-26 election cycle, his most recent report to...
The G20 comes to Asheville
Asheville will host some of the preparatory meetings for the annual G20 summit in August and early September, U.S. Treasury...
Scout says it’s on track; German publication dubious
Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors says its all-electric pickup and SUV assembled in South Carolina will be on sale next year, firing...
Court of Appeals: Duke fuel rider wrongly approved
A bipartisan state Court of Appeals panel says the Utilities Commission erred when it allowed Duke Energy to recover $17...
Nonprofit hospitals get $215M in local taxes breaks a year
The House’s property-tax committee is scrutinizing the tax breaks North Carolina gives its nonprofit hospitals, but a couple of its rank-and-file...
AG’s office settles towing-practices lawsuit
Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office has settled a lawsuit against a Charlotte tower it’d accused of price gouging and deceptive...
Labor Department signs safety partnership for tower project
North Carolina’s Labor Department has active safety “partnership” deals in place with the contractors spearheading work on four of the...
NTSB issues final report on 2025 mid-air
Unsustainable arrival rates, increasing traffic volumes and airline scheduling practices were all contributing factors to 2025’s mid-air collision at Reagan...
Energy task force submits its first report
Data centers account for about 80% of the additional demand Duke Energy is expecting to come its way because of...
Sadler outraising Cunningham for upcoming primary
The Rev. Rodney Sadler has raised more than twice as much money for his state House party primary as District...
Judge dismisses climate-change suit against Duke
Saying the issue’s too much a political matter, a Business Court judge has dismissed Carrboro’s climate-change lawsuit against Duke Energy....
Stein picks engineer for Utilities Commission
Former Duke Energy and Strata Clean Energy engineer John Gajda is joining the N.C. Utilities Commission. Gov. Josh Stein announced...
