In the 1800s, at the peak of NC's gold industry, as many as 600 gold mines operated throughout the state, making it the second largest industry in the state, after agriculture.
The latest example of how we really just can’t have nice things anymore — libraries. Popular conservative commentator David Burge summed up the pattern of the left’s cultural takeover fairly well in a famous tweet: While written in 2015, this pattern is still repeating across many institutions that conservatives at one time reflexively put their...
Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House. We look at where they’ve been, what they’re doing now, and what we might expect them to do as lawmakers. The 2021-22 session began in late January. Expect COVID-19 and the ongoing...
Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House. We look at where they’ve been, what they’re doing now, and what we might expect them to do as lawmakers. The 2021-22 session began in late January. Expect COVID-19 and the ongoing...
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel throws out a criminal conviction based on a Facebook rant.
Excessive federal government ownership of land limits western states and western North Carolina.
FRANLKIN — The self-sufficient organic farm’s developer, Kelley L. Bradbury, a Macon County woman, claimed to be seeking $15 million in public funds to develop what she called “North Carolina’s first all Green Eco-Community.” Bradbury’s contract to purchase the farm from the current owner has been terminated.
FRANKLIN — A Macon County woman who served five years in a Colorado prison on a theft charge is seeking $15 million in public funds to develop what she calls “North Carolina’s first all Green Eco-Community.”
GREENSBORO — Earning a high school diploma yields obvious rewards for an individual receiving it. Failure to graduate, however, saddles taxpayers with unwanted expenses, a study concludes.
RALEIGH—The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a bill Thursday that would create a program to promote North Carolina and attract more visitors to the state. Under the proposal, a Travel and Tourism Grant Committee would award grants to the owners of qualified projects to create, renovate or further develop travel and tourism projects. But concerns were raised about the cost, feasibility, and actual economic impact. Over the next decade, the Travel and Tourism Investment Act is projected to cost about $600 million.
