Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee as people slept early Tuesday, shredding at least 140 buildings and killing at least 22 people. Authorities described painstaking efforts to find survivors in piles of rubble and wrecked...
Read MoreDays and days of heavy rain have created a dilemma for authorities managing dams along swollen rivers in Mississippi and Tennessee. The water has to be released eventually, worsening the flooding for people living downstream....
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UNC baseball is preparing to open NCAA Tournament play Friday by once again hosting a regional....
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Orange County authorities have arrested a man on child sex offense charges related to incidents...
Read MoreMore than 8,500 fewer people in North Carolina were employed in June compared to May, although the state’s jobless rate remained flat.
Read MoreAre you tired of the partisan divisiveness that is poisoning the political environment of our state and nation? Do you wish that the politicians from the two parties would work together more often on issues of common concern? Me...
Read MoreFollowing football in the Triangle will be hard for me this season. I’m taking a year off from coaching since being fired by UNC. I won’t be watching many games on TV but will be getting game films weekly to...
Read MoreAs we enter the second week of byes, it is interesting to note how much has changed in the NFL and thus in Fantasy Football since this time last year. An inordinate number of early Fantasy draft picks have, so far this season,...
Read MoreDriving south on Lake Logan Road, in the Pigeon River Valley and the shadow of Cold Mountain, headed towards Inman’s Chapel the other day, I could not help wondering whether or not the Inman in Charles Frazier’s “Cold Mountain”...
Read MoreWhat is North Carolina’s most widely available summertime pleasure that we most often pass by without partaking? It is the bounty of delicious fresh foods that are available throughout the state all summer long. I have been...
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