By Sue Sturgis (The second in a three-part series. To read the first, “Energy lobbyists behind governors’ crusade for Atlantic drilling,” click here.) When Pat McCrory was elected governor of North Carolina in 2012, the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition…

The Hyatt Place Hotel under construction at the corner of Haywood Street and Montford Avenue is one of several hotels scheduled to open in the next two or three years. Hoteliers are seeking an increase in the Buncombe County room…

FLOYD, Va., May 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Located along Virginia’s scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, Chateau Morrisette Winery announces its recent wine awards, restaurant honors, and highlights from this summer’s music, arts and culture events. Voted the best winery within a two-hour…

He — as well as a group of local decision-makers including Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, members of the town board and county commissioners and local government administrators — joined Susan Kluttz, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, on…

By ALLEN G. BREED and AUDREY MCAVOYAssociated Press CARY, N.C. (AP) – Dawn Silsbee and her siblings never knew their Uncle Bert – he died years before they were born. But they saw what his loss did to their family.…

Craig Jarvis | The News Observer State environmental regulators are arguing that even if the commission that created North Carolina’s first fracking regulations is found to be unconstitutional the work it has done is still valid. The Department of Environment…

Matt Lindberg Submitted Chamber trip The Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce members in the N.C. Senate Chamber in Raleigh on Wednesday. Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:28 pm Sharon’s Son: Taking it to Raleigh 0 comments Posted on May 21, 2015…

Neither man nor beast is safe, as the old saying goes, while the legislature is in session in Raleigh. I know. I put in five years there one time as a member of the state capital press corps. I had…

Gun shop proposal from Marine Corps veteran riles Arlington, Virginia

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