Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center for Academic Renewal has the details: Recently, concerns over dual enrollment have been raised at Cleveland Community College in Shelby, North Carolina. The school’s…
View in your browser. Between 1933 and 1977 the State of North Carolina authorized the involuntary sterilization of more than 8,000 people, most of whom were women. An unknown number…
I was reading this morning about Wiliams Electric Co. in Shelby laying off 168 following termination of a contract with Duke Energy. Williams is in the business of installing and…
As a Gaston County native that frequently traveled to Kings Mountain, a casino is not something one would expect in the small town in Cleveland County. There are still towns…
In March, the John Locke Foundation published a Spotlight report, “Wrong Way: How the Map Act threatens NC property owners.” If you haven’t read that report, you should consider taking…
The News & Observer delved into the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center and found the group’s claims about job creation simply don’t add up. The center’s jobs claim to the…
In North Carolina, Swansboro to be exact. And to make it extra special, it’s not just any old mullet festival but rather the official state mullet festival, as established by…
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is a “whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.” Winner, Adventure: From the limbs of ancient live oaks moccasins…
Here’s your chance to take time off work to be counted by the media as 1/100 of a person and get your name on a list if you haven’t already.…
Pix from the Hands OFF My Health Care tour of NC: From Shelby, NC: and Greensboro, NC: More to come from Lincolnton, NC & elsewhere soon.
I’m supposing the logic is that Prince’s elevator is already broken down, so it’s time to, “oh, no, let’s go – crazy.” Americans for Prosperity, with a little help from…
? Richard Moore makes a campaign stop in Shelby, where he talks up his jobs plan and minimum-wage proposal. ? A South Carolina blogger finds an interesting element in a…