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June 23, 2025

Month: June 2020

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City of Albemarle looks to combine downtown Christmas events

June 24, 2020 David Larson 0

ALBEMARLE — At the Albemarle City Council’s June 15 meeting, Main Street Manager Joy Almond presented the results from a survey of businesses she had been asked to perform for the council.   “A majority of […]

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Juneteenth block party in Charlotte turns into ‘mass casualty’ incident

June 24, 2020 David Larson 0

CHARLOTTE — A late Sunday night party in Charlotte over the Juneteenth weekend, a holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States, ended in bloodshed as multiple shooters fired into the crowd of more than 400 […]

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Former Albemarle High coach Agnes Maske dies at 79

June 24, 2020 Jesse Deal 0

ALBEMARLE –– Agnes Maske, a North Carolina high school coaching legend who was the first female black coach at Albemarle High School, died Thursday in Wake Forest. She was 79.  Maske, a staple of Bulldogs athletics in the 1980s and 1990s, left a […]

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Once reluctant, GOP’s only black senator now leads on race

June 23, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on Once reluctant, GOP’s only black senator now leads on race

FILE – In this June 17, 2020, file photo, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., accompanied by Republican senators speaks at a news conference to announce a Republican police reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Initially […]

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N.C. Congress runoff pits Trump favorite versus young rival

June 22, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on N.C. Congress runoff pits Trump favorite versus young rival

A vote here sign is seen outside a polling place this spring. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) RALEIGH — Western North Carolina voters in a congressional primary runoff are deciding whether to accept President Donald Trump’s favored […]

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‘Adapt or die’ — Restaurants find ways to evolve amid virus

June 21, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on ‘Adapt or die’ — Restaurants find ways to evolve amid virus

In this June 14, 2020 photo, Emiliano Coppa, left, and chef Anna Klinger pose with their daughter outside their trattoria, Al di La, in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. […]

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Peter Hans named UNC system president

June 19, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on Peter Hans named UNC system president

FILE – In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Peter Hans, the newly elected president of the N.C. Community College System, delivers remarks during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina’s community college system […]

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Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia

June 18, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia

Workers for The Virginia Department of General Services install concrete barriers around the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The barriers are intended to […]

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Stanly Community College holds drive-thru graduation

June 17, 2020 Jesse Deal 0

ALBEMARLE — Back in mid-May, Stanly Community College’s Graduation Planning Committee had an unresolved question to answer. What would be the best way to handle its 2020 commencement ceremony in compliance with social distancing standards?  […]

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Big Four flood first round of MLB Draft

June 17, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on Big Four flood first round of MLB Draft

North Carolina’s Aaron Sabato was selected 27th overall by the Minnesota Twins in last week’s Major League Baseball draft. (Ben McKeown / AP Photo) Commenting on the competition his team had to beat to win […]

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