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Biden awards NC war hero Medal of Honor posthumously
Rocky Mount war hero receives Medal of Freedom posthumously.
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Biden commutes 37 death sentences, including convict in Camp Lejeune murder
Outgoing President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates, including Anthony Battle, convicted of stabbing his wife to death in her barracks at Camp Lejeune. Meantime, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is under pressure from activists to commute all state death penalty sentences as he prepares to leave office.
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5 NC cities among best places in US for renters
In a new report conducted by the rental company RentCafe, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Durham rank among the best places in the county for renters to live based on factors including the cost of living, the local economy, and quality of life.
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Nov 22, 1718: The Reign of Fear ends with Blackbeard’s death in Ocracoke Inlet
With its shallow inlets, North Carolina’s Outer Banks became a haven for many pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The most notable was the Pirate Blackbeard. Blackbeard called Bath, North Carolina, his home and spent his time as a pirate ransacking and pillaging unsuspecting ships off the banks of North Carolina. Before he was...
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Raleigh restaurant cancels conservative moms’ reservation after tip from leftist social media troll
A reservation at a Raleigh restaurant for a group of women and men celebrating the end of the school year was cancelled by the restaurant after they say they found out those attending were associated with the Wake County Conservative group Moms for Liberty.
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Local Government Commission steps in to help Spring Lake
The Local Government Commission is stepping in to help the town of Spring Lake in Cumberland County. The move by the commission, which voted Wednesday, March 23, will avoid payment processing problems, a news release says. A scathing report from State Auditor Beth Wood’s office last week found that a former accounting technician in the...
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Concealed carry bill heads to Cooper’s desk
The N.C. legislature has passed a bill that would allow someone with a concealed carry permit to carry a handgun onto property that is both a church and a school, but only during non-school hours. The bill heads to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper. Current law makes carrying a weapon onto a school property...
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Elections board will pay Brinson Bell $30k more than predecessor Strach
The State Board of Elections wants to pay incoming Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell nearly $30,000 more than her predecessor Kim Strach. During a teleconference vote Thursday, May 23, board members unanimously voted to recommend the Office of State Human Resources set a $140,000 salary for Bell. Strach, whose last day on the job is...
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Share Raleigh aims to hold City Council candidates accountable
The debate over short-term rentals in Raleigh has continued for a couple of years without a clear solution. Brent Woodcox is special counsel to the General Assembly and former co-chair of the city’s short-term rental task force. He created Share Raleigh, a political action committee focusing on the debate over short-term rentals. Woodcox sat down...
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Charleston Tour Guides Challenge Licensing Law
Tour guides in Charleston, S.C., face arrest if they are not licensed by the city to share the town’s history with visitors. The occupational licensing rule requires applicants to pass a 200-question written exam with a grade of 80 percent or higher — in addition to passing an oral exam from city officials. Test questions...
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Friday Interview: Edenton’s Role in American History
RALEIGH — Today many of us think of Edenton as a beautiful, quaint vacation town along the Albemarle Sound. But Edenton was a political and intellectual hub in North Carolina in the early days of the United States. Edenton’s fascinating early history is chronicled in a book called The King’s Trouble Makers: Edenton’s Role in Creating a Nation and State. The author of this book is Dr. Troy Kickler, founding director of the North Carolina History Project. Kickler discussed the book with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Dixon and Sager Double-Bunked in House District 4
RALEIGH — State representatives Jimmy Dixon and Efton Sager have a lot in common, and even call each other friends, but the two incumbents have been drawn into the same district, meaning one will have to give up his seat in 2013 after Tuesday's Republican primary.
