Editor’s note: This story was updated Wednesday afternoon to reflect comments from the office of AG Josh Stein. N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is getting a slew of complaints from consumers over ever-rising gas prices. Residents say owners of gas stations are unnecessarily inflating prices to take advantage of supply disruptions because of the war...
President Biden’s failure of leadership is only magnified by the displays of heroism, vigor, and selflessness that we have seen from the Ukrainian people.
Doctors, nurses, and other aid workers from North Carolina’s Samaritan’s Purse are lifting off Friday morning from Greensboro and headed to Poland to deploy a field hospital. The humanitarian aid organization based in Boone has been helping in situations like Ukraine for more than 50 years. Dave Philips, deputy director of international projects, said they...
A Ukrainian priest serving the Charlotte area said the outpouring of support from North Carolinians for the people of Ukraine has been amazing, but he doesn’t see a quick or good end to the war with Russia. “Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine for economic purposes, world power, logistics,” said Father Michael Kulick, priest and administrator...
As the war in Ukraine escalates, soldiers from the world’s largest military base, Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, are being sent to Europe, both as a deterrent to further Russian aggression and to help Americans fleeing the fighting. “On Feb. 2, approximately 2,000 were deployed from Fort Bragg; Feb. 11, we deployed another 3,000 from the...
As the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine continues to escalate, North Carolina’s local Ukrainian population is rallying to bring attention to the suffering of people in their homeland and to gather supplies to help them. Donna Goldstein, co-president of the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina, finds herself at the forefront of these efforts. Goldstein has...
Editor’s note: This story was updated Wednesday, March 2, to include new banned products. Russian vodka is no longer available in North Carolina. The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, through an executive order, has pulled the products from its more than 430 stores across the state. Executive Order No. 251, which Gov. Roy Cooper signed...
Americans have little appetite for a potential war with Russia, a recent poll by Rasmussen Reports finds. The new national telephone and online survey, released Wednesday, Jan. 26, finds that only 31% of likely American voters think that, if Russia attacks Ukraine, U.S. combat troops should be sent to help, Rasmussen says. Of the respondents,...
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