By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Most states have still failed to recover the jobs lost during the depths of the COVID crisis in 2020. North Carolina is not, however, one of those states. From February 2020 to February 2022,…
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NC Unidentified Project partners with Chatham Sheriff’s office to identify murder victim from 1978
Pittsboro, NC – A partnership between the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina Unidentified Project has led to the identification of a person reported missing in Baltimore, MD, in December 1978, who was later found deceased in North Carolina. …
North Carolina needs the Insko Rule for budget transparency
By Donald Bryson Raleigh, NC – State Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, retired on March 31 and was the longest-serving Democrat in the state House at that time. Verla Insko Rep. Insko’s original plan was to retire at the end of 2022 and…
Another assault on a teacher at Chatham Grove Elementary School
By Jessica Boone Pittsboro, NC – The following email was sent by a concerned Chatham County mom with a child attending Chatham Grove Elementary school to the N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cathrine Truitt. Dear Superintendent Truitt, I am writing…
Thales Academy welcoming students into Pittsboro building to start fourth quarter
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Thales Academy is welcoming students into the Pittboro school building on Monday, April 11, 2022. Senior administrator, Heather Brame, points out that about 100 students have already been enrolled with the Thales Academy in…
Greensboro’s 1,4 Dioxane discharge impacting Pittsboro’s public drinking water system
Pittsboro, NC – The Town of Pittsboro has received notice that the City of Greensboro has once again exceeded their Special Order by Consent (SOC) Year One Compliance Value maximum of 35 ug/L (micrograms per liter) pursuant to the Amended…
Confectionery classic “Willy Wonka” comes to Northwood April 7-9
Pittsboro, NC – Northwood High School’s Arts Education Department is thrilled to announce Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka will play in the auditorium of Northwood High School Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 7-9, 2022, each evening at 7pm. Roald Dahl’s Willy…
Mountaire announces $80,000 in scholarship funds available
Millsboro, Del. – Mountaire Farms, the country’s fourth largest chicken processer, has dozens of $2,500 scholarships available for the children and grandchildren of employees, poultry growers, and grain producers. The deadline to apply is June 6, 2022. “This is another great…
Pittsboro pyramid scheme
By NA Nabooko Pittsboro, NC – At my age I shouldn’t even be thinking about such elaborate schemes. I mean i have always dreamed big, (should that be dreamt?) but is this one just too complicated to realistically consider? But…
North Carolina’s corporate welfare insanity is fast heading to a bad place
By Jon Sanders Raleigh, NC – There are two reasons a corporation would take government incentives to move into North Carolina: because it canbecause the move can’t happen without the incentives Neither of those reasons is sufficient to justify the…