Ray Gronberg
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5. Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war
Last November, just weeks into the war in Gaza, Amichai Chikli, a brash, 42-year-old Likud minister in the Israeli government,...
6. Behind the scenes of airport construction: AVL is fifth fastest growing airport in the country
After breaking ground just 10 short months ago, the construction of the new north concourse at Asheville Regional Airport is...
7. Bald Head Island Conservancy questions groin bill logic
Storms largely drive sand movement along the Bald Head Island beachfront and sand is being lapped away at the east...
8. ‘It’s out of control’: OKI to explore limiting house sizes per council directive
The town council put forth a proposal to limit house sizes in Oak Island on Tuesday and the measure now...
9. TDA eliminates its remaining Sports Commission funding
Two months after signing a contract to outsource local sports promotions to a Florida company, the Buncombe County Tourism Development...
10. Challenge to COVID-19 orders thrown out
A High Point woman failed to demonstrate that state and local officials acted unreasonably and violated her civil rights when...
1. Half of nation’s auto dealers ‘affected dramatically’ by cyberattack
Car dealers nationwide are dealing with the fallout from a cyberattack this week that’s said to have forced at least...
2. Ethics commissioners own Duke stock as former president, current lawmaker pushes permit reform legislation
Duke Energy remains a powerful force in the General Assembly as a lawmaker who receives income from the utility pushes...
3. ‘Doesn’t sound like Dale’: Probe of NC treasurer threatens a reputation built fighting for taxpayers
North Carolina’s state treasurer, Dale Folwell, has built a reputation as someone who will go to battle for state employees,...
4. North Carolina legislature likely heading home soon for a ‘little cooling off’ over budget
With each legislative chamber uninterested in hearing the other’s spending proposal, North Carolina lawmakers look ready to go on hiatus...
5. North Carolina lawmakers appeal judge’s decision blocking abortion-pill restrictions
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are appealing portions of a federal judge’s order this month that blocked several state laws...
6. What is xylazine, and is it increasing overdose deaths in N.C.?
Louise Vincent experienced xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, a couple years ago. The drug, commonly called “tranq,” caused wounds on her...
7. DMV hopes backlog in NC drivers licenses is over
The backlog of North Carolina drivers licenses, which at one point reached 350,000 and forced state residents to wait up...