Opinion
SON: Resolution Dont do it!
It’s Jan. 1, so I feel obligated to write this one warning: no matter what, don’t join the gym. Not when you are under the enormous pressure to change your life. But one in eight […]
Month: January 2017
Sports
NC State unable to salvage win for Big Four in Miami
New Year’s Eve was a historically bad day for North Carolina college basketball teams. Following losses for Duke, UNC and Wake Forest, NC State was the lone hope for the Big Four.The Wolfpack were unable […]
News
Mariah Carey botched performance on NYE dominates social media on Sunday
NEW YORK – Word of singer Mariah Carey’s performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is dominating social media on January 1. Carey appeared to have botched a lip-synced appearance on the live broadcast […]
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Two million people and 7,000 police officers fill Times Square on New Years Eve
NEW YORK – Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers witnessed the descent of the kaleidoscopic New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square at midnight on Sunday, celebrating a century-old New York tradition under an unprecedented umbrella […]
Opinion
LETTER: N.C. economy in good trim
North Carolina’s economy generated nearly 129,000 net new jobs in 2016. Companies from Avadim to Yokohama Tire launched exciting business plans with our great state as their backdrop.There’s been no let-up in December: North Carolina’s […]
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State and fed to spend hundreds of millions on disaster recovery in N.C.
RALEIGH More than $200 million dollars in state funds was allocated in the days before Christmas to help communities and victims of floods in the eastern part of the state and fires in the […]
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Roy Cooper takes oath of office as N.C.s 75th governor
RALEIGH N.C. Governor Roy Cooper was sworn into office minutes after midnight on January 1, 2017 in the old state capital building in Raleigh. Justice Mark Martin administered the oath of office before family […]
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2017: Top NC economist predicts 100,000 new jobs, weighs risks and rewards of Trump policies
RALEIGH N.C. State University economics professor Dr. Michael Walden released his economic forecast for the first quarter of 2017 Tuesday foreseeing that the Old North State could benefit from the policy changes under the […]
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N.C. welcomes 2017
RALEIGH Revelers across the state rang in the new year with family fun and new resolutions, capping festivities by dropping everything from pickles to possums. In the capital city, families had the chance to […]
Sports
Power play propels Lightning past Hurricanes
TAMPA, Fla. A potent power play forged a victory for the Tampa Bay Lightning.The Lightning scored a pair of a power-play goals against the best penalty kill team in the league en route to […]