It’s been a fascinating year as the nation celebrates America’s independence. An important part of that celebration has been learning about North Carolina’s often-neglected role in both the decision to…
Annoyance and resistance to the policies of King George III and the British Parliament did not just materialize after the April 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. In…
Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper pulled $50 million from reserve accounts and funds set aside for summer reading camps (which will not occur this summer for obvious reasons). Districts and…
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released estimates for the distribution of $100 million in lottery funds for school facilities. Charter schools are not entitled to lottery funds for this…
Washington Post food critic Jim Shahin says he came to North Carolina expecting to prepare an autopsy for traditional wood-smoked NC barbecue. He begins with an example of NC barbecue at its best–Grady’s BBQ…
Biz Journal passes along Lexington Dispatch article on the City of Lexington’s plan to build an amphitheater on the site of a former Lexington Home Brands building. The proposed amphitheater…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court and sided with the town of Cary in its dispute with the owner of a…
Post updated at 8 p.m. The day started with a stop at a small business in Statesville. Business owner Steve Johnson addressed the Statesville crowd. AFP’s Jeff Mixon mans the…
CJ’s Sara Burrows ponders where annexation reform will from here in light of the recent Superior Court ruling that petitioning involuntary annexation was unconstitutional. Lexington was one of five cities…
The N.C. House of Representatives passed the bill repealing annexation of property in Davidson County. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Rayne Brown, who defeated then-House Majority Leader Hugh Holliman…
Lexington leaders will visit other train depots around the state —-including Greensboro’s —- “to help them gain ideas about planning and designing a transportation hub in Lexington.” They seem intent…
The nationally known Instapundit website promoted this week the work of Carolina Journal Publisher Jon Ham, highlighting his Right Angles blog entry on the “flounder defense.” When the new General…