Columnist Johnnie Carswell examines the balance state officeholders must face between serving their constitutents and being loyal to their party's leadership.
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Burke County’s local budget process has generally produced reasonable tax rates while maintaining vital services.
Hildebran’s data center moratorium comes as North Carolina lawmakers consider statewide restrictions addressing electricity costs, water use, noise and incentives, potentially affecting Digi Power X’s proposed 150-megawatt artificial intelligence campus.
Gov. Josh Stein stopped in at Broughton Hospital on July 16, highlighting the mental health staffing crisis while also announcing the statewide STEP-NC program, a project Broughton is providing the blueprint for.
RALEIGH — If Speaker Destin Hall and other leaders of the House of Representatives get their way — and I strongly suspect they will — voters w…
North Carolina is among the top states in the nation for business and population growth, but is projected to be in the bottom five for teacher salaries this year, raising red flags for Burke educators who’ve been in the field for decades.
North Carolina is among the top states in the nation for business and population growth, but is projected to be in the bottom five for teacher salaries this year, raising red flags for Burke educators who’ve been in the field for decades.
Gov. Josh Stein said North Carolina’s prisons are facing a staffing crisis that puts employees and the public at risk, and he urged lawmakers …
Burke County patients and health providers are getting short term relief, but not long term answers, after Gov. Josh Stein reversed recent Med…
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) recently rolled out eight “Pillars of Excellence” for public schools in the state to work toward with the intention of being the best in the country by 2030.
