4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1631+ words) Forget bringing out-of-town guests to the “nice” place. Take them somewhere with a buffet. Not because you’ve given up on impressing them. Quite the opposite. This is the kind of Southern spread that can turn a perfectly polite dinner into…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (108+ words) Officials in North Carolina are preparing to send out on Friday the first ballots in the midterm elections, even as a legal fight continues over President Trump's efforts to curtail mail-in voting,... Officials in North Carolina are preparing to send…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (84+ words) North Carolina law enforcement will increase their presence during the Labor Day holiday in an effort to combat impaired driving. The "Booze It and Lose It" campaign runs Aug. 31 through Sept. 13. The annual statewide campaign combines increased impaired-driving enforcement with…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (244+ words) (The Center Square) – Two years later, there’s nominal change in confidence of North Carolina voters in elections, says a new poll from the North Carolina Politics & Public Service at Catawba College. For local elections, 75% are confident in votes cast in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1098+ words) North Carolina lawmakers are not expected to take up legislation again until after the Nov. 3 election. That leaves lawmakers with unfinished legislation to act on after voters have chosen the next General Assembly, but before the current legislature’s terms expire…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (604+ words) Director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity, John Locke Foundation A national think tank recently rated all fifty states on election policy. North Carolina scored relatively well, but it was among the states that still have “room for improvement....