The Atlantic Coast Conference asked North Carolina’s highest court Friday to reject attempts from Clemson and Florida State universities to end court fights in this state involving the league and the two schools.
As a five-year-old child living in College Park, Maryland, one of my lifetime memories is when Queen Elizabeth came to a University of Maryland football game in 1957. My mom and dad took us to watch the parade. I remember my father sitting me on his large shoulders so I would have a clear view of the...
Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at the age of 96. After 70 years on the throne, she was the longest-reigning monarch in British history. The news came hours after Buckingham Palace announced that the queen was under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her funeral is traditionally to be held 10 days after her death...
Republican primary, House District 14, Onslow County • George Cleveland (incumbent, seven terms). Education: B.S. in mathematics education, University of Maryland-College Park. Retired, 25-year Marine Corps decorated veteran and Vietnam veteran, business owner, teacher. Career highlights: Committee chairman of Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs; Appropriations, General Government; Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government;...
The number of English majors is shrinking dramatically, in part because English Departments are losing faith in the value of what they should teach.
ASHEVILLE — Rising costs and diminishing returns for the school district, and allowing a for-profit company exclusive use of a public building as a potentialy lucrative, subsidy-laden “investment scheme” are reasons cited by school board member Lisa Baldwin for her opposition to the initiative.
Here in North Carolina, opinionated blogs and websites are also investing in new reporting talent to go beyond just commenting on the news.
RALEIGH — A 47-year-old North Carolina man says that when he was 13 years old State Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City lured him to his secluded lakeside home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him.
RALEIGH -- With the passing of Bob Novak in August, America has lost one of the 20th century’s last great reporters. He was the consummate “shoe leather” reporter who had what the old-school journalists referred to as a nose for a story.
Few taxes raise less revenue or make less sense than the federal estate tax. It is scheduled to be temporarily eliminated -- for 2010 -- only to reappear in 2011, and it has been a sore spot to family business owners since its inception. Research shows that these concerns are legitimate -- and, if anything, understated.
A recent study says North Carolina could 42,000 jobs if Congress kills the “death tax.” The idea makes sense for all Americans.
