UPDATED, 8:46 a.m. Republican John Alexander may have kept his seat in Senate District 18. The most recent count from the state elections board shows Alexander defeating Mack Paul by roughly 2,500 votes. Gov. Roy Cooper will have some new partners at the negotiating table in 2019: The Republican majority in the state Senate will...
ROBBINSVILLE — Chantilly Welch remembers zig-zagging along the ribbon of two-lane highway to drive her sick baby to a doctor. She was a dot moving amid sprawling forests and mountains, on one of tens of thousands of outgoing health-related trips residents make annually from medically underserved Graham County. Another routine day. Until the crash. “It...
A jarring supply of opioids is flooding North Carolina. Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, said if all of the opioid pills prescribed in the past 12 months were counted, “every man woman and child would have a bottle of 100 in their hand. This is an excessive amount of these very, very addictive chemicals that cause...
It was a poignant moment in a heartfelt push for stronger laws to prevent opioid addiction. Marsha Gintis pleaded with Senate Health Care Committee members while holding aloft a portrait of her son, Drew, who died at age 21 from an opioid overdose. “Drew’s death could have been prevented. It’s crucial that our state enact...
A bill instructing dentists to ignore some new state rules on sedation raised red flags in committee with Sen. Floyd McKissick, D-Durham, though supporters of the the bill said the problem was a lack of clarity in the rules. The measure wound up passing the Senate and the House without opposition. House Bill 1145, “Disapprove...
HIGH POINT — City leaders commissioned the plan from Miami-based planner Andres Duany with a vision of a vibrant downtown year round, not just the four weeks it hosts the High Point Market, formerly known as the International Home Furnishings Market. Among the components, Duany recommends putting a section of four-lane Main Street on a “road diet,” i.e., shrinking it to two lanes.
KINGS MOUNTAIN — The goal of the Rock Hill, S.C.-based Catawba Indian Nation is to build a 220,000-square foot gambling facility in Cleveland County, incorporating two hotels with 750 rooms, along with restaurant, entertainment, and retail outlets. The tribe claims direct and indirect economic impact to the area will be $300 million annually when the complex is fully operational in 2015.
HIGH POINT — Mayor Bernita Sims has a variety of personal financial issues. Her biggest concern is a State Bureau of Investigation probe into Sims’ handling of her deceased sister’s estate. The probe stems from allegations reported in May that Sims wrote her other sister a worthless $7,000 check as part of the settlement of the estate.
RALEIGH — Supporters say most of North Carolina’s forest lands are tree farms. Opponents say the move should not be part of the budget and that it would give logging interests too much power.
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