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The Golden LEAF Foundation has pledged $50 million toward development of the Randolph County megasite. Earlier this week, the countuy’s Board of Commissioners voted to spend $4.1 million to purchase…
View in your browser. As noted previously, this newsletter has expanded its focus. In addition to issues related to the environment, we will now also include discussions of topics related…
Jackson County has a big piece of land. County leadership doesn’t know what to do with it. I suppose it is too expensive to sell and too zoned to subdivide.…
Southwestern Community College and affiliates received $1.5 million from the Golden Leaf Foundation and Duke Energy. Funds will go toward training people who live here to stay here. Once that…
Swain County received $2 million from the Golden LEAF Foundation, and leadership, with community input, has “finally” selected the three projects they want funded. “What you don’t want to do…
At a regional meeting held at Western Carolina University, county commissioners spoke against reductions in state aid. They did not approve of the governor’s proposed cuts to Education Lottery funding…
Gov. Pat McCrory recommends no tax increase in his first budget plan, a stark contrast to the most recent proposals from predecessor Beverly Perdue. That’s one of the key points…
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory recommends no tax increase in his first budget plan, a stark contrast to the most recent proposals from predecessor Beverly Perdue. That’s one of the…
Swain County is hoping to receive $2 million from the Golden Leaf Foundation for some of the usual blah-blah. Because the county is so poor, the state will help it…
Americans for Proseperity has released a nice agenda for North Carolina: •Passage of the state budget without tax increases; •Lower overall tax burden in North Carolina; •Support for Constitutional Spending…
The Town of Columbus announced its receipt of a $22,000 grant from the North Carolina Economic Development Center for a “planning study” for its water system. The news release identified…
After having its appropriation from the General Assembly slashed last year, the Governor’s School of North Carolina has sought funds from other public and private sources. One of those is…