Note: This post is a compilation of the five-part series of research briefs on the initial Carbon Plan. They discussed the plan’s mandates for nuclear power and coal (Part 1),…
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…
The Utilities Commission wants Duke to model taking on onshore wind generation and study offshore wind generation. Onshore wind generation is very expensive, needs costly transmission upgrades, and also requires…
August 29, 1882 A leading female doctor during her career, Connie Guion was born near Lincolnton. She was the first female professor of clinical medicine. She spent an almost fifty-year career…
North Carolina is a beautiful state for myriad reasons. From the mountains to the coast, there’s so much to appreciate. Whether I’m hiking Grandfather Mountain or touring the USS North…
I was thinking about businesses that have been doing well during the recession: payday loan joints, gold buyers, tattoo parlors, consultancies, accounting firms, law firms, government, second-hand shops, coffee shops,…
In the latest batch of opinions the N.C. Court of Appeals has released this morning: A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to affirm a trial court ruling against Cary in a…
The Council of State voted Tuesday to spend $12 million to buy about 3,200 acres owned by the Morton family and Grandfather Mountain Inc.
Critics of First Lady Mary Easley’s recent pay hike might have been surprised Monday to see video of her accompanying her husband on a jaunt to Grandfather Mountain. Why surprised?…
Well the State of North Carolina seems to be doing well in making real estate investments, and turning private property into property for ?everyone.? With yesterday?s purchase of Chimney Rock…
This is Albannach, formerly Clann an Drumma, at the Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain:
When I was a photographer for the DTH and Yackety Yack at UNC, this little old man would be packed in with the other photographers at every home basketball game.…