North State Journal
Month: October 2021
news
UNC System announces UNC Wilmington chancellor search committee
UNC-Wilmington Campus. Image via UNCW on Facebook. RALEIGH – A search committee has been formed to identify candidates for the top job at the state’s coastal university. University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans […]
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SHAPIRO: The nation in the bubble
In this Oct. 4, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive on the South Lawn of the White House after spending the weekend in Wilmington, Del., in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) […]
Business
‘As seen on TikTok’ is the new ‘As seen on TV’
A column of candy, left, featured in TikTok videos is displayed at It’Sugar candy store, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, on the Upper East Side of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) NEW YORK — Near the […]
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Audio: NC Commission on Public Health members joke about anti-vax and mask “rhetoric” prior to official meeting
RALEIGH — Screencapture featuring Ronald May, chair of the N.C. Commission on Public Health at a virtual meeting held on Oct. 15, 2021. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Commission on Public Health met virtually on Oct. […]
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Congress off the rails? Lawmakers barrel toward fall fights
FILE – The U.S Capitol at sunset in Washington, on Sept. 30, 2021. Year-end pileups of crucial legislation and the brinkmanship that goes with it are annual rituals for Congress. But this time, testy lawmakers […]
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Stanly County GOP appoints Dustin Lisk as school board replacement member
ALBEMARLE — At the conclusion of a four-hour meeting held at the Stanly County Republican headquarters on Oct. 12, the party’s executive committee nominated and appointed a member to fill the vacancy left by former […]
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Congressional Republicans demand answers from U.S. attorney general on school-board protest memo
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., speaks during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) RALEIGH — Several of North Carolina’s U.S. House […]
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Albemarle Police Dept. hosts Community Night Out event
ALBEMARLE — The streets of downtown Albemarle were barricaded from traffic on Saturday night as crowds of families, city organizers and officers mingled throughout the Main Street Town Square to celebrate Community Night Out. This […]
sports
Albemarle tops South Stanly for first win of season
NORWOOD — After being shut out by a combined score of 99-0 in their past two contests, the Albemarle Bulldogs got their first win of the season Friday night. The Bulldogs (1-5, 1-1 Yadkin Valley) pitched a shutout of their own, coming away with a 14-0 win against […]