Category: North Carolina

Historic Southern Resorts You May Not Have Heard About

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Fancy a romantic sojourn through the South? If you’re ready to sweeten your life with your sweetie with loads of Southern charm, scenery and history, then you’ll find myriad grand resorts dotted across the countryside from Tennessee and North Carolina and down to Alabama and Georgia and…


Family Sues Biltmore After Fallen Tree Kills NY Firefighter

ASHEVILLE, N.C.—The family of a New York City firefighter killed last month when a tree fell onto the car he was driving at the Biltmore Estate has filed a lawsuit accusing the North Carolina tourist attraction of gross negligence. Casey Skudin was driving near the Biltmore’s entrance June 17 with his wife and two children,…


Senate Race Tightens in North Carolina as Democrat Beasley Closes on Budd

Democrats think they’ve now got a shot at an open seat in Republican-leaning North Carolina to help them seize the closely divided U.S. Senate. Earlier on Democrats seemed to think the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Richard Burr was a low priority. They didn’t spend much money in the state. But former state Supreme…


Reshaped North Carolina Congressional District Highlights Suburban-Rural Split

One close and hard-fought congressional race in North Carolina will signify how the election fares across the state and perhaps elsewhere. It pits blue-trending suburban voters outside Raleigh against red-voting rural ones dominated by Trump loyalists. Veteran Republican strategist Paul Shumaker said the 13th District contest between Democratic state senator Wiley Nickel and Republican political…


Chiseled Into a Mountain Wall, Omni Grove Park Inn Is the Perfect Slope-Side Retreat

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Ashenville—With summer just getting started and heat and humidity practically smothering most of the country like a fat wool blanket, now is the time to plan a romantic getaway to higher, cooler elevations. The historic, stunningly serene Omni Grove Park Inn, in the heart of western North…


North Carolina Governor Signs Order to Continue Enabling Abortion Access

Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, signed an executive order on July 6 to continue enabling access to abortion in the state and shield people criminally charged with performing the procedure from being extradited to other states. The Democrat noted that the executive order is “not intended to change and does not change North…


SCOTUS to Hear Case That Could Give State Legislatures, Not Judges, Power to Regulate Elections

The Supreme Court decided on June 30 to hear an important new case that Republicans hope will re-empower state legislatures to make rules for redistricting and governing congressional and presidential elections. Republicans say the U.S. Constitution has always directly authorized state legislatures to make rules for the conduct of elections, including presidential elections. Democrats say…


Missing North Carolina Man’s Boat Found in Azores

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C.—The boat of a North Carolina man missing for seven months has washed ashore in the Azores Islands, thousands of miles from the marina where it was last seen, officials announced Monday. Joseph Matthew Johnson has not been found, but Carolina Beach police said that authorities in the Azores said a boat registered…


‘More Shutdowns Will Follow’: North Carolina Logging Company Closes Due to Skyrocketing Fuel Costs

JACKSONVILLE, N.C.—Logging runs deep in Bobby Goodson’s lineage. A fourth-generational logger himself, Goodson told The Epoch Times that there have been 11 logging crews in his family. “My granddaddy had seven boys and three girls, and six of those seven boys had their own logging crews,” Goodson said. Loggers don’t do it for money, he…


North Carolina’s Biggest Hospital Systems Made Record Profits While Taking Billions in COVID Relief Funds: Report

North Carolina’s largest hospital systems made billions of dollars in profits during the pandemic, while simultaneously taking $1.5 billion in taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief funds, according to a report released Wednesday by the state treasurer’s office. The report, titled, “North Carolina Hospital Systems Profit During COVID” was published by State Treasurer Dale Folwell who called on the hospital systems to “use their profits to…