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Edenton couple uplifts tea and the American spirit at local shop
“We have really endeavored here to honor their memory and the fact that this is such a pivotal moment in history,” Laurie said. “Now we drink tea on our own terms.”
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NC city tops “best for veterans” list for second year in a row
For the second year in a row, Raleigh was ranked as the overall best place for veterans to live in the U.S., according to a WalletHub report.
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Selections of Young, Brook give Democrats 8-7 edge on state Court of Appeals
Gov. Roy Cooper has reconfigured the N.C. Court of Appeals into an 8-7 Democratic majority with his latest two appointments. Cooper, a Democrat, announced Monday, April 15, he appointed Democrats Reuben Young and Christopher Brook to fill two seats on the second highest court in the state. With a 6-1 Democratic edge on the state...
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Beasley named first female African-American chief justice of N.C. Supreme Court
Gov. Roy Cooper picked the youngest member of the N.C. Supreme Court to its top position. Cooper named fellow Democrat Cheri Beasley, 52, an associate justice on the court, to succeed Republican Mark Martin, who is leaving the chief justice’s post at the end of this month. Beasley also is the first African-American woman to...
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Phil Berger Jr. hopes to move up to N.C. Supreme Court
Phil Berger Jr., son of state Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, is interested in running for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. On Monday, Jan. 28, Berger Jr. announced on Facebook his interest in running for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court in 2020, when Senior Associate Justice Paul Newby’s term ends. Newby...
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With Martin’s departure, Cooper likely to move Supreme Court to the left
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Associate Justice Robin Hudson was elected to the N.C. Supreme Court in 2006, and took office in 2007. A correction has also been added to reflect that Hudson spent six years, not five, on the N.C. Court of Appeals. We sincerely apologize for the errors. ...
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Martin to resign as N.C. chief justice, take law school dean job in Virginia
N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin is resigning his post next month. He’ll become dean of the law school at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Associated Press first reported Martin’s plan to leave the state Supreme Court’s top job, which he has held since 2014. “It has been the highest of honors...
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Supreme Court to Revisit Felons’ Gun Rights
RALEIGH — The Court of Appeals split over the number of nonviolent felony convictions a person could have on his record before he qualified for regaining the right to own firearms. This has implications for people who had convictions years ago but have stayed out of trouble since.
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Questioning Smart Growth In Camden
CAMDEN — With rapid growth projected for Camden County, longtime farmer J. C. Rountree and other residents of the rural area bordering burgeoning Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Va., wonder whether development or the “smart growth” zoning that officials have prescribed poses the greater threat to their traditional way of life.
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Groups to Seek Preservation Funds
GREENSBORO — To spend or not to spend? That’s the question surrounding the issue of North Carolina’s supposedly diminishing farmland. As with many land conservation programs, spending appears to be the answer.
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Development Hurting Pilot Training
RALEIGH — Among the most demanding tasks in aviation is landing a fighter jet on a moonless night on the moving, pitching deck of an aircraft carrier at sea. Touching down just a few yards short or to the left or right can have fatal consequences. It’s a task that Navy pilots spend countless hours training for by making repeated practice landings at land bases.
