News
Wright Brothers flight anniversary celebrated at Kill Devil Hills
December 17 is the 122nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers first powered flight, making North Carolina First in Flight.
News
Stein holds press briefing on preparing for Hurricane Erin
A day after declaring a State of Emergency, Gov. Josh Stein held a press briefing Wednesday morning on the latest updates and preparation as Hurricane Erin impacts NC’s coast.
News
SCOTUS rejects case tied to Dare County’s COVID-related shutdown
The US Supreme Court has decided not to take a COVID-related shutdown case filed by Virginia owners of a Dare County beach house. The owners had challenged Dare County’s actions in 2020 as an unconstitutional taking of private property.
News
US Appeals Court rules Dare County COVID restrictions were constitutional
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower-court ruling favoring Dare County in a dispute with beach property owners over COVID restrictions. The court handed down its unanimous opinion Wednesday in Blackburn v. Dare County.
Opinion
Buncombe County hit hard, but not just by COVID-19
North Carolina’s tourism industry lost more than half of its jobs in the first part of 2020 following Gov. Roy Cooper’s lockdowns. Annual visitor spending decreased 32% from 2019. Buncombe County in particular took a significant hit. Visitor spending decreased by a whopping 34.9% from 2019, the 10th largest among North Carolina counties. Given the county...
Podcast
CJ Investigates: Who Owns This Dare County Island?
Rick Henderson on CJ investigation into murky ownership of Dare County island; legislators debate differentiated pay for teachers; Jeb Bush on Common Core; Phil Kirk on N.C. governors he's known; and JLF's Becki Gray on key issues ahead for legislators
