county in North Carolina, United States
The latest Forbes article from John Locke Foundation Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo focuses on the anti-competitive roadblocks created by state certificate-of-need restrictions. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Restrepo’s column…
Last week, Governor McCrory (R?) appointed 22 members to the State Textbook Commission. The commission evaluates and recommends textbooks to be used in North Carolina’s public schools, so it is…
Rep. Josh Dobson was sworn in Wednesday as the new representative from the 85th House District. Dobson, a Republican and a former McDowell County commissioner, replaces former Rep. Mitch Gillespie,…
Two Republican candidates — one running for lieutenant governor, the other for U.S. Congress — recently made a stop in McDowell County (McDowell News) National Democrats aren’t targeting any Republican…
17 of 20 precincts have reported in McDowell County. John Glenn will face Dudley Greene in the sheriff’s race. David Walker, Josh Dobson, and Michael Lavender were the top three…
RALEIGH — Western North Carolina had three of the five highest-ranked public school systems in the John Locke Foundation’s latest assessment of parent-friendly schools. Clay and Cherokee county schools ranked…
The State of North Carolina will award PRC industries a $1.7 million Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG). McDowell County will add another $580,000. PRC, an appliance recycling operation, promises to…
This article is interesting out of McDowell County and it fits in with the topic of yesterday’s Shaftesbury Lunch. Can traffic issues be that political? According to John Staddon of…
As in ?geezer, geyser, either, either. . .? Y?all should read this interesting Asheville Citizen-Times story about the creation of an artificial geyser near the McDowell County town of Old…
Some Mecklenburg County politicians say they aren?t sure that the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down out-of-precinct provisional ballots applies to contests that were not represented in the legal challenge…