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New North Carolina poll shows state could again vote red for president, blue for governor
With North Carolina in the national spotlight for the 2024 Election, a new poll sponsored by Elon University is shedding light on how the races for president and governor are shaping up.In both 2016 and 2020, North Carolina voters split their tickets -- voting for Republican Donald Trump to be president and Democrat Roy Cooper to be governor. Polling suggests a similar outcome could happen in 2024, even without Cooper on the ticket.The new poll from Elon University found both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump viewed favorably by just about half of voters.That similar favorability means the presidential race in...
NC Education Lottery: Why are schools still struggling to pay teachers more?
GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's called the North Carolina Education Lottery. I mean, it's right there in the name. So why are we constantly hearing about shortfalls in school budgets and the struggle to pay teachers more?. Let's look at the numbers according to the NC Education Lottery website. Since...
Good’s ‘buzzer-beater’ gives Greenfield draw with DASH
With time running out for Greenfield School in Monday’s nonconference varsity boys soccer match against DASH United, the host Knights ran their final play to a T — literally. Trailing 1-0 to DASH United home school team as the final seconds whizzed by on the Forbes Field scoreboard, Knights junior Noah Wright sent a cross into the box where sophomore […] The post Good’s ‘buzzer-beater’ gives Greenfield draw with DASH first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Barton College’s Bulldog Believers
Chip Hester had a vision. There were days during that long week back in September 2020 when the thermometer touched 90 degrees and the eastern North Carolina humidity felt thick enough to chew. Hester, the coach of the newly reestablished football program at Barton College in Wilson, drove one tractor and Todd Wilkinson, the school’s director of athletics, drove the other. Barton’s first class of 80 football recruits — including 31 uplifted by an improbable legacy they knew nothing about — worked in shifts to plant the sod for a field upon which they would soon practice as a team. Though none of them would put on a game uniform for another year, they were already Bulldogs. “Those guys literally laid the foundation of our program with their own sweat equity,” Hester says. “Fortunately, we’d recruited a bunch of tough country boys who were used to hard work and getting their hands dirty.”
‘One man crime spree:’ North Carolina felon gets 15 years after firing gun toward school, leading cops on 118 mph chase
Crip gang member Jahmez Tavaughn Jackson was already a felon on probation wearing an ankle monitor when he fired shots toward a Wilmington school -- and then fled in a 118 mph chase, officials said.
NC DMV adds self-service kiosks in grocery stores
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is adding more self-service kiosks. In an effort to reduce traffic at DMV offices across the state, N.C. DMV has added six more self-service kiosks somewhere you might not expect — at Harris Teeter grocery stores. The Charlotte area has received three...
High of 92, 20% chance of rain on Tuesday in the Triad
An area of high pressure is causing a heat dome across the southeast, with temperatures topping out in the lower- to mid-90s in the Piedmont today. In the Triad, highs will reach the lower-90s with heat indices between 96° and 97°. We will have partly cloudy skies by this afternoon, and a slim, 20% chance […]
Advocating for agriculture: North Carolina farmer chosen for national program
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Linda Pryor started her career in dentistry, but now she’s a farmer. “Being able to make people feel comfortable, reassure them that you’re doing everything you can do to have a good product is the same as I was doing in dentistry,” Pryor said.
High school football player’s family suing NC over being denied access to NIL opportunity
A Greensboro high school quarterback, among the top football recruits in the country, has been denied the opportunity to profit from his name, image and likeness, the lawsuit alleges.
Secretary Haaland Highlights New Investments in Park Infrastructure, Outdoor Access and a Growing Outdoor Economy in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz today concluded a visit to North Carolina, where they highlighted new investments to create urban parks and trails and upgrade existing park infrastructure. . On Monday, Secretary Haaland and...
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