scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina
Some things are perennially certain in life. My son’s desire to stay up past his bedtime, the beauty of the Blue Ridge Parkway during autumn, and North Carolina’s protracted redistricting…
Turbines under discussion off the coast of Bald Head Island and other Brunswick County beaches would be very tall — 853 feet from base to blade tip, with towers and…
Mark Steyn explains why a federal government “shutdown” fails to live up to the hype. The so-called shutdown is … mostly baloney: Eighty-three percent of the supposedly defunded government is…
Longtime Buncombe County Chair David Gantt is not seeking re-election. Gantt is a personable fellow who believes in what he does. I’m only recalling three times now over the years…
There is a proposal in the General Assembly to reallocate sales tax revenues in a way that benefits rural counties and hurts urban counties. Jim Baker, a Madison County commissioner…
View in your browser. This newsletter is jointly authored by Catherine Konieczny and Sarah Curry North Carolina’s State Park System is made up of 34 state parks, four state recreation…
The Blue Ridge Parkway (Parkway) is seeking public input, through February 9, 2015, on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Moses H. Cone Developed Area Management Plan (DAMP). The DAMP…
It’s autumn, and that means the leaves will be changing colors. North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway is famous for fall leaf watchers. If you have some vacation time planned for…
Last night, the Buncombe County Commissioners approved upzoning one parcel from R-3 (Residential) to Commercial, but denied a request to upzone another from R-1 to R-3. Parcel 1 was owned…
View in your browser. Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environmental issues. This newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well…
Pisgah Inn management opted out of the semi-shutdown. It operates in a government building and on government land and sometime between yesterday and today changed its mind about cooperating with…
Education Policy In this week’s Education newsletter, Terry Stoops, Director of Education Studies, wrote about the N.C. State testing program and some of its problems. He’s not opposed to tests…