Article Archive
August 29, 2008
Easley declares 2 counties state disaster areas
RALEIGH (AP) - Gov. Mike Easley has declared two North Carolina counties state disaster areas by the remnants of Tropical Storm...... Continue
Edwards to emerge from seclusion for speech
RALEIGH (AP) - John Edwards will emerge from seclusion and speak next month at Hofstra University in New York, taking the stage...... Continue
McCain picks Alaska governor as VP
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as... Continue
N.C. man indicted for Obama threats
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of threatening to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been...... Continue
Easley pledges help for flood damage
CONCORD (AP) — North Carolina's governor is promising help for residents of Cabarrus County, where flooding from remnants of a... Continue
Sales-tax increase would go to schools
With a quarter-cent sales-tax increase before voters for the second time in a year, Guilford County commissioners passed a resol... Continue
August 28, 2008
Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix Washington
DENVER (AP) - Before an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and... Continue
McCrory, Perdue launch new TV ads
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory says job creation will be his top priority if elect... Continue
Commissioner of Insurance
WAYNE GOODWIN Democrat Current office: Assistant insurance commissioner. Birth date: Feb. 22, 1967. Birthplace: Hamlet. Lives in... Continue
Commissioner of Agriculture
RONNIE ANSLEY Democrat Birth date: Nov. 20, 1961. Birthplace: Roanoke Rapids. Lives in: Wake Forest. Education: Bachelor of scie... Continue
Superintendent of public instruction
JUNE ATKINSON Democrat Current office: Superintendent of public instruction. Birth date: Aug. 19, 1948. Birthplace: Bedford Coun... Continue
Secretary of State
ELAINE MARSHALL Democrat Current office: Secretary of State. Birth date: Nov. 18, 1945. Birthplace: Lineboro, Md. Lives in: Lill... Continue
Commissioner of Labor
CHERIE BERRY Republican Current office: Commissioner of Labor. Birth date: Birthplace: Newton. Lives in: Catawba County. Educati... Continue
State auditor
LES MERRITT Republican Current office: State auditor. Birth date: Nov. 19, 1951. Birthplace: Sampson County. Lives in: Zebulon...... Continue
Treasurer
JANET COWELL Democrat Current office: State senator. Birth date: July 19, 1968. Birthplace: Memphis, Tenn. Lives in: Raleigh. Ed... Continue
Attorney general
ROY COOPER Democrat Current office: Attorney general. Birth date: June 13, 1957. Birthplace: Nash County. Lives in: Raleigh. Spo... Continue
Update: Flooding causes two sewage dumps
GREENSBORO — The city reported two sewage discharges Wednesday that dumped about 315,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into...... Continue
Planners get earful on loop noise
GREENSBORO — Residents near the western Urban Loop gave transportation planners an earful Wednesday about the new road's inces... Continue
August 27, 2008
N.C. agency suing auditor over ethics investigation
RALEIGH (AP) - The North Carolina State Ethics Commission doesn't want State Auditor Les Merritt to look into a claim that commi... Continue
Hospital director wants transfer to continue
RALEIGH (AP) - The leader of the new state mental hospital in Butner says plans to transfer patients there from aging Dorothea D... Continue
Flooding causes sewage discharges
GREENSBORO - Flash flooding caused the release of untreated sewage at two places in the city Wednesday. City officials reported...... Continue
Lieutenant governor
WALTER DALTON Democrat Current office: State senator. Birth date: May 21, 1949. Birthplace: Rutherfordton. Lives in: Rutherfordt... Continue
Wright found guilty of obstruction of justice
RALEIGH (AP) - Former Rep. Thomas Wright was found guilty of felony obstruction of justice Wednesday and sentenced to prison aft... Continue
House votes to override boat-towing veto
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina lawmakers voted Wednesday to override a governor's veto for the first time in state history, overr... Continue
Eden resident speaks at Democratic convention
Gloria Craven of Eden spoke for about five minutes Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention."But Barak Obama has made... Continue
