town in North Carolina, United States
The monthly local jobs report reveals unemployment rates and related economic indicators at the county level. The local jobs report for March released today shows unemployment rates decreased in 61 counties, increased…
The monthly local jobs report reveals unemployment rates and related economic indicators at the county level. The local jobs report for February released Wednesday shows unemployment rates decreased in 74 counties, increased…
I want people to understand that these losses aren't just places where you grab a bite to eat. They are employers of many people, people who as explained above are…
Carolina Journal’s Kari Travis reports: Allies of UNC System Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith are trying to silence a critic on the board, Carolina Journal has learned. Board member…
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled, 6-1, to reverse a trial court and side with the General Assembly in its legal battle with Boone over changes to the town’s power…
Boone is closing its public restrooms. They provided shelter with heat and plumbing and were therefore attracting homeless people. That was understandable, and Todd Carter, director of development at the…
This is one of those issues former Representative Tim Moffitt preferred to silence with the heavy hand of state government. It’s called exhausting the court system, and in this instance…
The town of Boone has won a procedural battle at the N.C. Supreme Court in its fight with the state over a 2014 law ending the town’s power to exercise…
The Town of Boone has been working on a water intake project. It had come to the point of acquiring property. So, the General Assembly passed a law, HB 875,…
As of last week, the Regal Cinemas in Boone are subjecting moviegoers to mandatory bag checks. The searches are blamed on the two recent, headlining theater shootings. The new policy…
I surely hate ETJ’s as un-American to the core because they impose rules upon people who cannot vote the rule-makers out of office. Asheville lost its ETJ, as I recall,…
The Downtown Boone Development Association wanted to know if people would like more time on the King Street parking meters, so they posted an online survey asking if people would…