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July 4, 2025

Neal Robbins

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ROBBINS: If Republicans hated ice cream

June 26, 2025 Neal Robbins

As a parent and fan of classic cartoons, I am accustomed to the frequent and comical use of reverse psychology. Consider two scenes. First, you want your child to eat their vegetables instead of wanting […]

Article

ROBBINS: Time to bend some nails

June 5, 2025 Neal Robbins

A bent nail is a stubborn thing. If you’ve ever torn down an old pig pen — like I did this week with my father and oldest son — you’d know. Professional carpenters drive straight […]

Article

North State Media to acquire Stanly News & Press

April 11, 2025 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — North State Media, the parent company of North State Journal, announced Thursday that it has acquired Stanly News & Press from Carpenter Media Group. North State Media plans to combine Stanly News & […]

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North State Journal launches nonprofit news foundation

March 20, 2025 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — North State Journal announced the launch of North State Journal News Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting independent journalism and increasing access to fact-based news content for community newspapers across North Carolina […]

Article

ROBBINS: Foundation for the Future: Welcome to Volume 10 of North State Journal

February 28, 2025 Neal Robbins

This week marks the beginning of Volume 10 of North State Journal. As with each new volume, we have selected a tagline that embodies our goals for this next year of issues. “Foundation for the […]

Article

ROBBINS: Welcome to a ‘One of One’ Volume 8

March 2, 2023 Neal Robbins

This week North State Journal kicks off its eighth volume. That transition means we’ve published seven full years of North Carolina’s only statewide newspaper. During this volume, our 400th issue will roll off the press […]

Article

Skvarla exemplified ‘To be, rather than to seem’

July 26, 2022 Neal Robbins

We lost John Skvarla last week, and with him, our state lost one of its best champions. A native Southerner born in Tennessee, you wouldn’t know it by his accent, acquired in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., […]

Opinion

Welcome to Volume 5 of the North State Journal

February 26, 2020 Neal Robbins

It was four years ago that our readers saw Volume 1, Issue 1 of the North State Journal. On that first-ever front page of the only statewide newspaper in North Carolina, the headlines of the […]

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Opinion

ROBBINS: Trump’s straightforward approach is his appeal

July 18, 2018 Neal Robbins

The complexity of allegations against President Donald Trump continue to grow and Trump’s political and policy moves have remained remarkably simple. That simplicity was likely a key to Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016 […]

Opinion

ROBBINS: As conservatives prepare for Kavanaugh confirmation, they should remember the ‘Rules’

July 11, 2018 Neal Robbins

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Monday caused little change in the tone and rhetoric of the mainstream media talking heads or the special interest groups that were predisposed to […]

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