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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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