Opinion
Major figures in NC gold history
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.
Opinion
McCrory shells Budd on Putin, Russia
After months of sustained body blows from millions of dollars in negative ads from the Ted Budd-supporting Club for Growth, former Gov. Pat McCrory began punching back hard Thursday. He’s trying to land a knockout punch on Congressman Budd based on his statement and votes concerning Russia and Vladimir Putin. “As Ukrainians bled and died,”...
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Salisbury voters approve leasing Fibrant broadband to Hotwire
An overwhelming 81 percent of voters in Salisbury on Tuesday said the city should lease its Fibrant broadband service to Hotwire Communications. The unofficial vote was 2,602 to 590. As Carolina Journal reported, the proposed lease would go for 20 years beginning July 1, with Hotwire paying back the city a percentage of its revenue from...
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Salisbury voters to choose whether to lease money-hemorrhaging broadband system
Salisbury residents will vote Tuesday on whether to lease its city-owned broadband system to a private provider. Critics say it could be a case of making the best of a bad situation. Salisbury officials want to lease the assets of Fibrant to Hotwire Communications — everything from the fiber to offices to vehicles — for...
Opinion
Pay Teachers A Market Wage
Teacher unions are the biggest impediment preventing educators from being paid based on their skills and talents.
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Pay Teachers A Market Wage
Teacher unions are the biggest impediment preventing educators from being paid based on their skills and talents.
Opinion
Newspaper Market Still Diverse
McClatchy’s papers (including suburban editions) account for about a fifth of the state’s total newspaper circulation.
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Spencer Balks at Subsidizing Salisbury’s City-Owned Broadband
GREENSBORO — Salisbury has used funds from the city’s water-sewer capital reserve fund to support Fibrant, the municipal broadband system that went online in late 2010, financed with $33 million in debt. Fibrant has relied on “interfund loans” to shore up its operations until it becomes self-sustaining, which officials hope will occur by 2014.
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Perdue Flips on Dam Takeover?
RALEIGH — Perdue’s apparent reversal would end a four-year battle over control of Alcoa's dams, the water flowing through them, and the hydroelectric power they generate. Backing the Clean Tech project also is consistent with Perdue’s efforts to make job creation and business recruitment a top priority in North Carolina.
Opinion
Dems Push Panic Button
Elizabeth Dole a charter member of the "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?" Give us a break.
