News
Asheville’s iconic Biltmore slowly returns to normal post-Helene
After seeing a 30% reduction in guests over the summer, it is now approaching its pre-Helene numbers with about 330,000 visitors expected this holiday season.
News
Kimmel off the air on three NC Stations
Nexstar & Sinclair won’t air Kimmel on ABC stations. Sinclair has 3 NC affiliates; Nexstar has none in the state.
News
US Secretary of HUD shuts down DEI priorities in hurricane relief
“Once again, let me be clear, DEI is dead at HUD,” Turner said. “We will not provide funding to any program or grantee that does not comply with President Trump’s executive orders.”
News
Will NC remain an abortion ‘safe haven’ after next session?
Republicans have secured a supermajority in the North Carolina Senate and a "functional supermajority" in the state House — since they are only one vote shy and there will be at least a couple of Democrats willing to break with the party on most issues. So, a crucial question being asked is: what are Republican plans regarding abortion law in the 2023-2024 session?
News
‘We’re not going to be intimidated by evil’ says Asheville pro-life center
As the nation waits for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on whether Roe v. Wade will continue to determine the legal landscape on abortion, some on the left are already lashing out at the presumed outcome. In addition to the news that a man with a gun was arrested at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett...
Opinion
Democrats fail to understand political geography, continuing to march further to the left
With only six weeks till North Carolina’s primary election, legislative and congressional candidates have been working on getting as much attention to their campaign as possible to represent their party this November. While not being North Carolina’s toss-up congressional districts, few races have gotten as much attention as North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. Much of...
News
Lawsuit challenges A.G.’s hog waste ‘slush fund’
A lawsuit filed by the president of a conservative policy organization says the North Carolina Constitution requires payments from a 2000 agreement between pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Justice go to public schools instead of being used by the attorney general to award discretionary grants. Civitas Institute President Francis...
Opinion
NC Television News Shrinking
John Hood discusses his uneasiness at substitution of fluff for television news reporting.
