Gentry Lassiter and his wife, Rebecca, run a small distillery on the main street in Knightdale. Lassiter Distilling Co. is the epitome of a small business, which the couple built just a few years ago. The Lassiters procure molasses, yeast, and other ingredients needed to make and bottle their award-winning line of rums. They order...
A pair of alcohol-related bills sailed through the N.C. House on Tuesday, April 16, without debate. House Bill 363, Craft Beer Distribution and Modernization Act, passed its third reading, 104-8. House Bill 389, Alcoholic Beverage Control/University Athletic Facility, passed 88-24. The craft beer bill maintains the current three-tier system — producers, wholesalers, and retailers —...
A new General Assembly subcommittee will figure out why progress on Hurricane Matthew recovery has been slower here than in neighboring states. The Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations heard Wednesday, Aug. 29, from a handful of lawmakers who voiced concerns with delays in aiding communities hit by the storm nearly two years ago. The...
Rumors that East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton could lose his job are false, despite documents showing tension between Staton and the UNC system’s Board of Governors, board leader Harry Smith told Carolina Journal. Times have changed for Staton since 2016, when the board unanimously elected him to lead ECU. Opinions of the former Georgia...
