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August 13, 2025

2023 Year in Review

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2023 NSJ Comeback of the Year: North Wilkesboro’s return helped revive North Carolina’s long, rich NASCAR past

December 29, 2023 Cory Lavalette

In the last three years, North State Journal’s Comeback of the Year has come from a college game. In 2020, it was Duke basketball hitting two buzzer-beaters against rival UNC to rally from 13 down […]

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2023 NSJ Coach of the Year: UNC field hockey’s Erin Matson picked up where she left off

December 29, 2023 Shawn Krest

What were you doing when you were 23 years old? Mike Krzyzewski was in his second year of active duty in the Army. He wouldn’t win his first national title until age 44, 21 years […]

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2023 NSJ Newcomer of the Year: Joey Aguilar emerges as App State’s new star quarterback

December 29, 2023 Jesse Deal

In a rain-soaked Cure Bowl victory in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 16, Appalachian State improved their program’s FBS bowl record to 7-1 by defeating 11-win Miami (Ohio) 13-9. The Mountaineers finished their season with a […]

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North Carolina agriculture had a big year in 2023

December 28, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina agriculture had a big year in 2023, including a big economic impact gain as well as budget investments in farmland preservation and key production and manufacturing areas. North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner […]

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2023 NSJ College Team of the Year: Wake Forest women claim golf national championship

December 28, 2023 Ryan Henkel

For the first time in school history, Wake Forest’s women’s golf team became national champions. After qualifying by nine strokes above the cutline for the NCAA Championship in May, the Demon Deacons finished third in […]

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A look back at the year in K-12 education

December 27, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Student achievement, education funding, universal school choice and parental rights were all major topics for North Carolina K-12 education during 2023. Student Achievement North Carolina reading scores for students in K-3 released in […]

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2023 NSJ Play of the Year: Sam Hartman converts 4th-and-16 to break Duke’s heart

December 27, 2023 Shawn Krest

The saddest words are “What might have been.” They’re also the toughest to forget, as Mike Elko has now learned twice. “People say, ‘Ah, you’ll get over it,’” Elko said. “Sure. Just like the Bowling […]

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Recapping the 2023 General Assembly long session

December 27, 2023 A.P. Dillon and Matt Mercer, North State Journal

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly had a busy year on Jones Street. Over the course of the 2023 session, 704 bills were introduced in the Senate and 895 in the House with 402 […]

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