Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending April 5
All things considered, about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone — a virus most had never had and the rest had recovered…
WGHP
Liberty
Congressional District 13 race heats up
You had to wonder when this was going down. The political action committee America First Action runs an ad* (see below) going after Democrat Kathy Manning –who is challenging incumbent…
Health Care
Is a Virtual Doctor Visit In Your Future?
Innovations are changing the way we access and but products, but not just when it comes to clothes, food, and home goods. Innovations in health care are revolutionizing how we…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
WGHP Talks w/ Carolina Journal’s John Trump About His Book
John Trump, Carolina Journal managing editor, discusses his book, Still and Barrel: Craft Spirits in the Old North State, during an Oct. 9, 2017, report on WGHP (MyFox8). WATCH.
Health Care
MyFox8 WGHP Talks With Katherine Restrepo About NC’s Regulation of Medical Services
It’s called Certificate of Need law. North Carolina is one of the states that hasn’t yet repealed the antiquated requirement for a government permission slip before a hospital or doctor…
Liberty
RIP Howard Coble
WGHP reports the long-time 6th District congressman died late Tuesday night.
Liberty
Presidential candidate Cruz headlines JLF event in Raleigh
The first Republican to declare his candidacy for the 2016 presidential race was also the first to deliver a Headliner address for a John Locke Foundation audience this year. Nearly…
Liberty
Who Is The Highest Paid School Superintendent In North Carolina?
The highest paid school superintendent in North Carolina is Bill Harrison, head of the Alamance-Burlington system. Reporting earlier this month from myfox8.com. shows Harrison’s salary is causing controversy. “Now we…
Liberty
Feds seize Gate City Transportation property
Biz Journal follow-up on story originally reported by WGHP that Gboro-based Gate City Transportation is under investigation for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of millions of dollars by billing for…
Liberty
Town of King Forced to Take Down Sculpture of Praying Soldier
A North Carolina town was forced to remove a sculpture of a soldier kneeling in prayer because of a lawsuit. An Army veteran in King, North Carolina sued the town,…
Liberty
Gboro civil rights museum fires exec director
Well that was short—Lacy Ward Jr. is out as executive director of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Ward was hired in April to —as WGHP paraphrases Martin Luther…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, October 31, 2014
• Time for closing arguments via advertising. The National Republican Senatorial Committee runs a spot going after Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan using Kay Hagan’s 2008 campaign observations. The Hagan campaign…