Features
Small food, big deal
May 10 is National Shrimp Day, and citizens of the Old North State are fortunate to have easy access to the delicious “fruit of the sea.” North Carolina shrimp are harvested in all of the […]
Month: May 2017
Opinion
WILLIAMS: What do Leftists celebrate?
May Day celebrations were held all across the fruited plain, with leftist radicals and unionists worshipping the ideals of communism. Communism is an ideology calling for government control over our lives. It was created by […]
Opinion
ELLIOT: Copeland in dreamland
North Carolina, as you may have heard, has won the 2017 Prosperity Cup, an award for economic competitiveness based on objective data compiled annually by Site Selection magazine. The Tarheel State is on a three-year […]
Opinion
NOTHSTINE: Coopers meager talk on tax cuts
One of the most misleading phrases used by Gov. Roy Cooper is the term “corporate tax giveaways.” A simple Google search of “Roy Cooper” and “corporate tax giveaways” produces a plethora of examples of the […]
News
County commissioners come to Raleigh for 2017 County Assembly Day
RALEIGH As former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill would say, “All politics is local.” That was especially true last Wednesday at the N.C. General Assembly as the N.C. Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) descended […]
News
Legislature votes to override veto of farm nuisance remedies bill
RALEIGH The N.C. Senate voted Thursday to override Governor Roy Cooper’s latest veto, following an override vote by the N.C. House Wednesday and the bill is now law notwithstanding the governor’s objection. The Agriculture […]
Features
Hurricanes First Goal program offers kids affordable chance to play hockey
RALEIGH Twenty years after bringing the NHL to North Carolina, the Carolina Hurricanes continue to cultivate grassroots hockey fandom in several ways. And there’s no better way to maintain and sustain a growing fanbase […]
News
State treasurer making headway on campaign promises
RALEIGH Upon his election to state treasurer of North Carolina, Dale Folwell pledged to get to work immediately looking for ways to save the state money and apply his realist attitude to the management […]
Sports
Eagle Point, Wilmington draw high praise from PGA players
The drama was thick as the humid summer air down the stretch of the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship, and the PGA Tour event, taking place in Wilmington for the first time in tournament history, appeared […]
Opinion
ORR: North Carolinas duty to protect victims
The North State Journal editorial (“Raise the age now, but pause on Marsy’s law,” May 3) regarding House Bill 551, also known as Marsy’s Law, unfortunately simply got it wrong in a variety of ways. […]