RALEIGH After two years overseeing the state’s environmental regulations, John Skvarla has a new challenge: leading the state Commerce Department as it navigates a new public-private partnership to recruit jobs. Skvarla, who heads the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural…

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Local News James Street Road in Bellingham won’t reopen until January

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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb’s mayor said Sunday. Wilson, 28, won’t receive any further pay or benefits, and he and…

CHARLESTON — Wanda Fay Miller, age 80 of Charleston passed away on Saturday November 29, 2014 at 10:40 a.m. at Brookstone Estates in Charleston, IL. The funeral service in her honor will begin at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2014,…

A scene from “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,” in theaters now. The movie filmed partly in Atlanta. Look for Asheville actress Jennifer Trudrung to the right of Jennifer Lawrence‘s Katniss. She’s sitting and wearing a red bandana.(Photo: Courtesy of…