RALEIGH—Bills seeking to allow local school boards to alter the opening and closing dates of their K-12 public school districts have flooded the General Assembly during its short session. So far, 27 such bills have […]
RALEIGH — Former state Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) has been focusing on family since he departed the legislature on July 2. Perry, who announced last December 2023 he wouldn’t run for reelection this year before […]
KINSTON — Stanley Sullivan isn’t just an usher for the Down East Wood Ducks. He’s also the Carolina League team’s unofficial goodwill ambassador. A fixture at historic Grainger Stadium since 2000, the 79-year-old Air Force […]
RALEIGH — Two months ago, the Lenoir County Public Schools System entered into a $2 million dollar agreement to purchase air filter systems from SinglePoint Inc.’s subsidiary, BOX Pure Air. Ryan Cowell, CEO for BOX […]
RALEIGH — A Senate bill containing money to support the North Carolina Trooper Association Caisson Unit is making its way through the General Assembly. Senate Bill 424 seeks to appropriate $250,000 in nonrecurring funds for […]
KINSTON — Brandon Ingram has not forgotten where he — quite literally — came from. “Brandon was born in this hospital, in 1997,” Robert Enders, the CEO of Kinston’s hospital, Lenoir UNC Health Care, said […]
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 […]
KINSTON — The coronavirus has forced businesses in almost every sector of the economy to at least temporarily shift their employees to working remotely. The transition has been easier on certain groups like technology and […]
Dwight Clark, the San Francisco 49ers great made famous by “The Catch” of a pass from Joe Montana that beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship Game in 1982, died Monday at age 61 […]
Kinston restaurateur Vivian Howard will be in front of the camera and in the kitchen for a fifth season of her Peabody Award-winning show “A Chef’s Life.” The show centers on Howard, who, with her […]
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