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State Sen. Norman Sanderson arrested for DWI

October 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina state Sen. Norman Sanderson (R-Pamlico) was arrested on DWI charges last Saturday evening after being pulled over on Edwards Mill Road in Raleigh by the State Highway Patrol. Sanderson has been […]

Local Government Commission unanimously approves independent audit for WSFCS

September 20, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Local Government Commission unanimously approved an independent audit to be conducted for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools related to the district’s $46 million budget deficit and financial mismanagement at its September meeting. […]

Spectrum Center upgrades among Charlotte LGC approvals

July 18, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Local Government Commission approved financing requests totaling more than $900 million at its July 1 meeting. The largest approvals went to Charlotte for $475 million in combined financing to upgrade […]

2025’s top principal from Orange High School

May 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Orange High School Principal Jason Johnson was named the Wells Fargo 2025 Principal of the Year at a ceremony at the Umstead Hotel in Cary last Friday. “Jason Johnson’s breadth of leadership not […]

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Crashed plane carried 4 teens who’d been on hunting trip

February 16, 2022 Ben Finley and Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

Four teenagers and four adults returning from a hunting trip were on board a small plane that crashed off the coast of North Carolina over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. Everyone on board was from […]

100 in 100: Carteret County’s Mindy Ballou Fitzpatrick, a surfing and basketball star

April 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

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Ship runs aground near area that could have WWII ordnance

December 13, 2019 The Associated Press

MOREHEAD CITY — A fishing vessel has run aground along the North Carolina coast near an area that potentially has military ordnance from World War II. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement that […]

Eastern NC businesses clean up after Florence

September 26, 2018 admin

RALEIGH — With two more deaths announced by Gov. Cooper on Monday, the North Carolina death toll from Hurricane Florence has reached 35. Roads remain flooded and closed across portions of eastern North Carolina, but […]

Honey Hush holds on for Big Rock win

June 20, 2018 Cory Lavalette

The crew of the Honey Hush landed the first 500-pound fish of the 2018 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, but missed out on the Winner-Take-All bonus worth more than half a million dollars because the […]

Basketball, surfing carry Ballou Fitzpatrick to NC Sports Hall

May 16, 2018 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — It took a free T-shirt to help Mindy Ballou Fitzpatrick become a Hall of Famer. Actually, her accomplishments on the basketball court at West Carteret High School and the University of South Carolina […]

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