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July 5, 2022

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Racing returning to North Wilkesboro

May 25, 2022 Shawn Krest

In 1946, North Wilkesboro Speedway cost $1,500 to build. Now, one of NASCAR’s original tracks will return to action thanks to an $18 million makeover. Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and at […]

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Cooper approves bill formalizing NCHSAA oversight

November 23, 2021 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved a measure Tuesday for a new governing structure for high school sports. The new law allows the State Board of Education to create a formal agreement with […]

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Cooper says COVID numbers are down, encourage vaccines

October 28, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper a 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 […]

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Schools, athletes, businesses enter NIL reality

July 7, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The phone at Amedeo’s didn’t start ringing at the stroke of midnight last Thursday, the moment the NCAA began granting its “student-athletes” the ability to profit from their name, image and likeness. But it wasn’t […]

Opinion

BUDD: We must get North Carolina back to work

July 7, 2021 Ted Budd

Last month, the National Federation of Independent Businesses reported that 46% of small businesses currently have unfilled job openings. Our country is still down 7.1 million jobs from our pre-lockdown boom, and 9.5 million jobs […]

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THOMPSON: NC should end federal unemployment assistance to encourage people to reenter the workforce

May 27, 2021 Gregg Thompson

Last spring, when businesses were cutting back or closing because of the pandemic, Congress passed a bill giving people an extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits. That was later trimmed to $300, but it […]

Article

Reviving its roots? NASCAR weighs return to bygone North Wilkesboro Speedway

May 26, 2021 Brett Friedlander

No one involved with NASCAR really wanted to leave North Wilkesboro Speedway when the racing series said goodbye to the historic track in 1996. But the sport was growing and becoming more popular nationwide, so […]

Article

Coca-Cola 600 has added significance this year

May 26, 2021 Cory Lavalette

From new tracks like last week’s Circuit of the Americas race highlighting a shift toward more road courses to a return to stock car racing’s roots with the dirt race at Bristol, it’s been a […]

Article

Cooper pardons man who had murder convictions vacated

April 30, 2021 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon of innocence Friday to a man imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a trial judge. The […]

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Cabinet shuffle: Gov. Roy Cooper’s second-term personnel moves

March 31, 2021 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s successful re-election campaign secured another four years in the governor’s mansion in Raleigh. Through early 2021, his cabinet appointees, the officials who run executive branch agencies, have seen turnover, and […]

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