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Education is Key to the North Carolina Economic Innovation, New Report Says
The Tracking Innovation report was released on July 29 by the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Office of Science, Technology, and Innovation. As a whole, according to the report, the state is considered to be improving innovation capacity compared to the rest of the country. Machelle Baker Sanders, North Carolina’s commerce secretary, said in a […]
Building Up The Construction Workforce
Local homebuilders, contractors and other construction entities are trying to hit the nail on the head when it comes to boosting this generation’s construction workforce while helping build the next. “For the last six years, the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association (WCFHBA) has waged war on the ongoing workforce...
'Voice of Eastern North Carolina' Carl Lamm dies at 97
Carl Lamm will who was born in Spring Hope and broadcast on Johnston County-based radio stations WMPM and WTSB for decades, has died. Lamm, who was 97, was known as "The Voice of Eastern North Carolina," and believed himself to be one of radio's most enduring voices. "I think I...
$1.08 million allocated for repairs to historic Carl Sandburg Home dam
FLAT ROCK, N.C. (WLOS) — The National Park Service approves$1,081,600 for Front Lane dam repairs atCarl Sandburg Home, available at the start of the new federal fiscal year. The Carl Sandburg Home, a national historic site located in Flat Rock, N.C. and home to American Poet Carl Sandburg, is anticipating repairs after Oct. 1, 2024. Repairs will affect Front Lake dam, built in the 1850s, which failed in Aug. 2022 from combined elements including the dam's age and corrugated metal pipe decay.
Local News Roundup: Presidential candidates visit NC; Matthews board opposes transit sales tax; CMS news heats up as new school year approaches
Both major ticket presidential candidates visit North Carolina this week to talk economy. We'll discuss former President Trump's speech in Asheville on Wednesday and preview Vice President Harris' visit to Raleigh on Friday. The Matthews town board voted unanimously this week to oppose the one-cent sales tax for transit expansion...
Shifting Strategies: Trump’s Campaign Chooses Smaller Venue in North Carolina
– Trump’s campaign is hosting its North Carolina rally in a smaller auditorium with a seating capacity of 2,431 instead of the larger, adjacent arena which can accommodate 7,200. – There seems to be an increasing trend towards Trump playing smaller venues, in sharp contrast to Kamala Harris’ rallies...
Nancy Mace Torched for Butchering Harris’s Name
What’s in a name? Well, save it, because Representative Nancy Mace doesn’t actually care. The South Carolina Republican, who has drifted further and further into the MAGA fold, made a disastrous appearance on CNN Thursday night. “Kamala’s, Ka-mala’s, uh—” Mace stumbled. “You had it right, you almost got it!” chided a smiling Keith Boykin, former Clinton White House aide.Mace began again, still mispronouncing Harris’s name wrong. “I will say Kama-la’s name any way that I want to,” Mace snapped, defensively. Boykin and another panelist, Vanderbilt University professor Michael Eric Dyson, erupted into protests not to mispronounce Harris’s name. But Mace...
Asheville-Buncombe homelessness body recommends new Ramada proposal with caveats
A community planning body on addressing homelessness narrowly endorsed in a vote Thursday night a new proposal for the site of the former Ramada Inn. The old hotel property in East Asheville has been unused for three years, with the building and land foreclosed upon after a prior public-private partnership imploded. BPR has previously reported that the out-of-state team behind Asheville's prior Ramada Inn project was unsuccessful in launching several other housing projects aimed at addressing homelessness in North Carolina.
2024 Friday Night Rivals Schedule
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The best in prep football will be back in action for the 2024-2025 season on My40!. The 2024-2025 Friday Night Rivals schedule covers 11 matchups from Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina. The season kicks off officially on Friday, August 23, when...
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