Over the past decade, North Carolina has solidified its reputation as one of the most business-friendly states in the nation. Consequently, Americans are fleeing more progressive states with their burdensome regulations and higher cost of […]
SPRUCE PINE — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely damaged by Hurricane Helene has resumed […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week. Oct. 17 Singer Gary Puckett is 82. Actor-musician Michael McKean is 77. Actor George Wendt is 76. Country singer Alan Jackson is 66. Animator-filmmaker Mike Judge is 62. Musician […]
The United States is not yet a banana republic, despite liberal efforts to the contrary. The successors to the long-haired, tie-dyed lefty protestors of the ’60s have finally done it: They’ve taken over. Yesterday’s counterculture […]
When people think of state fair food, they’re likely to ask, “What are they going to try to deep fry this year?” However, the 2024 North Carolina State Fair, which opens this week at the […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina Congressional Republicans’ request to the Biden administration to allow a migrant facility in Greensboro to be used to help aid Hurricane Helene efforts was granted. The Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF) […]
Travis Kelce adds game show host to his growing resume with “Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?” and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Warriors,” a musical concept album inspired by the 1979 cult classic film, are some of […]
RALEIGH — In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on western North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper has issued an executive order increasing unemployment benefits for citizens struggling in the aftermath of the storm. “As […]
This is the final story in a five-week series on the life and career of outgoing North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. RALEIGH — As the […]
Tim Heidecker’s “acquired taste” comedy style splashed onto the scene in the early 2000s with the Abbott to his Costello, Eric Wareheim, when “Tom Goes to the Mayor” followed by 2007’s “Tim and Eric: Awesome […]
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