The latest Carolina Journal cover story from Executive Editor Don Carrington details the problems associated with the Global TransPark’s inability to pay back more than $37 million in debt. Both the Beaufort Observer and Lincoln Tribune picked up that story this week. Meanwhile, the Whiteville News-Reporter noted Carrington’s presence in court when N.C. Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with his shooting of a former law client. In other news, Asheville’s Mountain Xpress followed up on Associate Editor David Bass‘ story about the dangers associated with “mystery meat” the federal government provides to North Carolina public school cafeterias. The Richmond County Daily Journal picked up contributor Jay Schalin‘s column about UNC system President Erskine Bowles’ retirement announcement. The Lincoln Tribune republished contributor Sarah Okeson‘s article
about law firms circling the state treasurer’s office in pursuit of
business connected with state pension fund lawsuits. Speaking of Okeson, less than a week after CJ published her article detailing the possibility that Mooresville landowners would be stuck with the bill for a transportation project involving a new bridge over Interstate 77, public officials backed away from the idea.