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Stein touts tax-free holiday, fends criticism during PCC visit
WINTERVILLE — Democrat Josh Stein promoted education proposals including a tax-free weekend at Pitt Community College this week while fending off criticism from his rival in North Carolina’s gubernatorial race that Stein is soft on crime. The attorney general visited PCC on Wednesday afternoon to discuss his Ready, Set, Save initiative, which he said would ease burdens on students, parents and educators by reinstituting the tax-free weekend that gave North Carolinians a two-day break on sales taxes on school supplies. The plan also would offer...
North Carolina Highway Patrol searches for family of fallen trooper
THOMASVILLE, N.C. — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is asking for your help to find the family of a fallen trooper. Clarence Fidler died after a motorcycle crash in Thomasville on March 20, 1936. He served as a patrolman for two and a half years, and previously served...
CARVC Set to Visit Five Parks During Annual ‘Fall Crawl Tour’
The Carolina’s Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CARVC) is set to host its “Carolinas Fall Crawl” on Sept. 17, which will include stops at five campgrounds in both North Carolina and South Carolina, according to an email sent out by the association. The five campgrounds set...
Watchdog report critical of NC school lunch junk fees
WRAL 5 On Your Side looks into hidden fees in your child's school lunch payments. The cost of school lunch can depend on how you pay. At least 19 school districts in central North Carolina use some sort of school lunch payment processor that charges a fee. Fees for adding...
D.G. Martin: Take steps to help favorite candidates succeed
Have you decided how you are going to vote in the upcoming election? Even if you have decided between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there is more to do before you can do your duty on Election Day. There are more offices that will need your vote: secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner, insurance commissioner, state senator, state representative,...
Report challenges Harris’ assertion higher food prices equal corporate greed
(The Center Square) – Rising grocery store prices over the last few years aren’t the fault of farmers or “greedy” corporations, a conservative North Carolina research organization concludes in a new documentary series and report. Instead, higher energy prices and more regulations are the culprit, according to the John Locke Foundation documentary series Sowing Resilience. […]
Bentonville Battlefield receives $100,000 restoration grant
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has been awarded a $100,000 Battlefield Restoration grant from the National Park Service to produce a cultural landscape report to guide the restoration of key portions of the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site in Johnston County. “At historic sites, we often ask ourselves to consider what the land witnessed. This generous grant from the National Park Service will help us to more deeply understand and share the story of this incredibly significant battlefield as more than...
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