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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the Department of Justice on Oct. 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill. (Greg Nash / AP Photo) RALEIGH — [...] -
ALBEMARLE — Stanly County Schools’ proposed realignment adjustment for three elementary schools in the western part of the county is now a reality. At the Stanly County Board of Education meeting on March 4, the [...] -
ALBEMARLE — The Stanly County Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2025 Annual Meeting and Awards event last week inside Atrium Health Stanly’s Magnolia Room in Albemarle. The county organization used the March 6 event to [...] -
Jill Holtz somberly holds a burial flag she pulled from the mud — one of the most emotional moments in her searches, she said — and is waiting to return to a family she contacted. [...] -
ALBEMARLE — Stanly County is now able to sell its surplus county vehicles to local fire districts and non-profit volunteer fire departments. At the Stanly County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday night, the board [...] -
ALBEMARLE — Katie Lynn, Albemarle’s new Main Street manager, began her full-time role in the position on Monday. Albemarle City Manager Todd Clark announced in a Feb. 24 press release that the city had promoted [...] -
Payton McNabb, a senior at Hiwassee Dam High School in Murphy, speaks at a news conference about transgender inclusion in sports at the North Carolina Legislative Building on April 19, 2023. (Hannah Schoenbaum / AP [...] -
Smoke glows red from fires in Horry County, South Carolina, on Saturday. Dry conditions also led to a large blaze in North Carolina’s Polk County. (Horry County Fire Rescue via AP) MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — [...] -
Gerry Broome / AP Photo RALEIGH — A bill filed by House members of the General Assembly would protect farmland and land near military bases from being owned by foreign entities. House Bill 133, the [...] -
The U.S. Department of Education sent a Feb. 14 letter to federally funded schools calling for the end of DEI. (Courtesy U.S. Department of Education) RALEIGH — The U.S. Department of Education issued a “Dear [...] -
ALBEMARLE — The Albemarle City Council recently named the contractor that the city will pay to carry out a requested street resurfacing project. On Feb. 17, the council unanimously awarded lowest-bidder NJR Group, Inc. as [...] -
ALBEMARLE — Stanly County is continuing to move forward with the site construction work for the North Carolina Emergency Training Center that is slated for completion later this year. At the county commissioners meeting on [...] -
Roberta Flack, pictured at the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, New Jersey, in 2017, died Monday at 88. (Charles Sykes/Invision / AP Photo) NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the North Carolina-born Grammy-winning singer and [...] -
The State seal in front of the North Carolina General Assembly. (North State Journal) RALEIGH — A new bill introduced in the North Carolina House aims to help millions of workers save for retirement through [...] -
A voter marks their ballot during early in-person voting Oct. 17 in Asheville. A new bill filed in the General Assembly would shorten the length of early voting in North Carolina. (Stephanie Scarbrough / AP [...]
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