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Wilmington top metro area for inbound migration in 2024
North Carolina ranked in the top five states for inbound migration in 2024, with Wilmington the fastest-growing metro area.
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Possible merger of internet providers could be broadband boon for North Carolina
As the federal government — and leaders in North Carolina — look to plow millions of taxpayer dollars into broadband growth, a possible merger between two internet providers with strong footprints in the state could help facilitate high-speed infrastructure development. Zayou Group LLC of Boulder, Colorado is looking to buy the Little Rock, Arkansas companies...
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Left-Wing Subjects Dominate Campus Lecture Circuits
RALEIGH — The Pope Center tracked these lectures and panel discussions at North Carolina colleges and universities during the past semester. Edifying events were outnumbered by a multitude of lectures with a decidedly leftist tilt.
Opinion
Beware the “hate beat” scam
A professor at one of the nation's top journalism schools urges news organizations to create "hate beats" to combat opposition to the Obama administration's health-care plan. This is journalism?
Opinion
Does mainstream media realize Burris is black?
News stories fail to mention that Roland Burris is black and that Democratic leaders, by barring him from the Senate, are preventing a black man from entering the currently all-white club that is the U.S. Senate.
Opinion
Keep Your Eye on the Southerners
The Sunbelt supremacy will eventually give way to something else. But it’s just possible than one or both of the Southerners will get their parties’ nods, keeping the string alive for one more election cycle.
Opinion
Locals Put On A Happy Face
Kenosha, Wisconsin claims that its 2-mile streetcar line, at a cost of $5.2 million, is responsible for about $150 million in development. But its daily ridership is 100. Seem likely?
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
The prospect of a performance review is a white-knuckle event for most of us. After all, our standard of living for the year ahead hinges on a job well done. Though fraught with tension, a performance-based compensation system makes good sense and creates all kinds of incentives to achieve. Such logic is lost on the education establishment, however.
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Pentagon explains closure of bases
RALEIGH — The Pentagon has released more information on why it proposes to close or downsize a number of military bases, including Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville. The document also hints at where the Navy and Marine Corps might base their fighter aircraft in the future.
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‘Military Value’ at core of BRAC process
RALEIGH — Under the Pentagon's base closure and realignment proposal released in May, Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville would lose most of its flying operations and become essentially an extension of neighboring Ft. Bragg. The move would come despite the Air Force's own calculations that Pope is among the best bases, if not the best base, in the country for the aircraft based there. The Air Force currently bases two squadrons of C-130E transport planes and two squadrons of A-10 ground-attack aircraft at Pope. At the core of the BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) process is “military value,” how useful a base is.
Opinion
Digging for an ACORN
A new left-wing activist group has set up shop in North Carolina's most populous city. It's already had an effect on local politics, and hopes to have an effect on policy.
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NC Cities Lose Air Service
CHARLOTTE — December will mark the 100th anniversary of the world’s first airplane flight, which took place at Kitty Hawk. To commemorate the event, the state is conducting a yearlong celebration. But at the same time, several cities in North Carolina are losing scheduled airline service. Aside from the state of the economy and the aftereffects of Sept. 11, fundamental changes in the airline industry make it unlikely that passenger flights will again grace airfields in several of the state’s cities that previously enjoyed service.
