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Sports

Batum goes the dynamite

In the early hours of NBA free agency, back on July 1, the Charlotte Hornets made the marquee signing of the offseason’s first day: inking small forward Nicolas Batum to a five-year, $120 million deal. […]

Eamon Queeney—The North State Journal
Features

On the line with

When you hear that someone is a barbecue judge in North Carolina if you are like me you want to know — how they became one and what are they looking for in good barbecue.Talk […]