Ray Gronberg
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4. Lawsuit cites safety, discrimination problems at megasite
A contractor at the Greensboro-Randolph megasite has tolerated drug use and serious safety violations by its workers and racist language...
5. Judge denies Clemson’s request to dismiss ACC countersuit
Clemson’s request to dismiss an Atlantic Coast Conference lawsuit that was filed in response to the school challenging the conference...
6. EBCI reverses stance on ‘hemp shops’
EBCI Tribal Council has reversed its decision to ban “hemp shops” not “wholly owned by the tribe … or one...
7. To stop guns in schools, NC superintendent candidate Morrow called for security cameras in bathrooms
North Carolina state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow has made protecting students central to her campaign. The Republican home-school mother running...
8. Emergency channel depth alarms Waterways Commission
If there is a hurricane on the Outer Banks that renders Hatteras Island’s only highway impassable, the emergency channel between...
9. Swim program aims to keep kids safe in the water, and becomes a national model
Growing up in land-locked Oklahoma, learning to swim wasn’t a high priority in Rebecca Pearson-Yates’ household. Nonetheless, the Greensboro mother...
10. School officer scramble: So, what happened with the sheriff, Fayetteville and other towns?
The sky was blue and the temperature in the low 80s, balmy for the Cape Fear region, the day Sheriff...
1. Republican lawmakers, governor would make appointments to new Charlotte transit authority, bill says
Republican lawmakers and the governor would appoint board members to help make decisions on managing Charlotte’s buses, light rail and...
2. Utility ‘crisis’ looms for NC towns that didn’t get budget funding
Last year, state lawmakers spent about $2 billion to fix aging water and sewer infrastructure in small towns across North...
3. The state ‘child care crisis,’ the Transylvania ‘child care desert,’ and the impending ‘fiscal cliff’
Khloe Bickford has decided once and for all that a career in child care is not for her. She worked...
4. Area leaders, officials, business owners urge for EMC action to regulate PFAS
Elected officials, local business owners and directors of environmental nonprofits and organizations convened in a Tuesday meeting with a common...
5. Another political party in North Carolina OK’d for fall; 2 others remain in limbo
North Carolina’s elections board certified unanimously on Tuesday a right-leaning political party to field candidates this fall in the state,...
6. N.C. House wants to spend opioid money on multiple abstinence-based recovery centers, while experts stress access to medication
Near the end of the recently recessed legislative session, the N.C. House of Representatives made an extensive budget proposal on...