Articles by North State Journal Staff
$261 million in bonds on Nov municipal ballots
RALEIGH — Seven cities and towns will ask residents to approve bonds in their municipal elections Tuesday. The majority are in Wake County, where Apex, Fuquay-Varina, Garner and Morrisville are asking for a total of […]
THE WORD: Following Christ means counting the cost and paying the price
In Luke 14, Christ teaches several lessons to his followers, which included the famous reference to “counting the cost” of following Christ. Jesus compares following him to building a tower. He rhetorically asks whether one […]
Senators introduce bills with final maps for Senate, Congressional redistricting
RALEIGH – State Sens. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), Warren Daniel (R-Burke), and Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus) introduced a pair of bills on Friday to draw the state Senate and Congressional map. The Congressional map, which adds a […]
Cooper says COVID numbers are down, encourage vaccines
RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper said the state has seen COVID cases “taper off” and that more people had made a decision to receive a vaccination. Cooper and health secretary Mandy Cohen provided an update […]
N.C. State Fair wrap up
The 2021 N.C. State Fair marked a successful return this year with over 821,000 fairgoers in attendance, nearly 314,000 pounds of canned goods donated during Smithfield Foods Hunger Relief Day and more than a million […]
NC State Fair wraps up successful return
The 2021 N.C. State Fair marked a successful return this year with over 821,000 fairgoers in attendance, nearly 314,000 pounds of canned goods donated during Smithfield Foods Hunger Relief Day and more than a million […]
General Assembly still working on state budget, redistricting
RALEIGH – The North Carolina General Assembly is still in session as legislators wait on negotiations between House and Senate leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper over the state’s two-year budget. The three leaders involved: Cooper, […]
THE WORD: Eat, drink and be merry
The final chapters of Ecclesiastes provide some long-known truths and a final conclusion on the meaning of life. Ecclesiastes is full of wise sayings and words of truth. The conclusions in chapters 9-11 say that […]
House redistricting chairman releases proposed state house map
RALEIGH – House redistricting chairman Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) issued his proposed state house district map on Friday, Oct. 22. The map, which appears to be the only one for the General Assembly’s lower chamber, shows […]