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Governor Pat McCrory signed and issued a proclamation at William B. Umstead State Park in Raleigh today celebrating March 3 as the 100th anniversary of legislation authorizing Mount Mitchell as North Carolina’s first state park. “North Carolina’s state parks connect…

To the editor: Our current school calendars need attention by our General Assembly and Gov. McCrory immediately. The NC General Assembly took school calendar authority away from local school districts in 2004 which mandates when the public school instructional year…

By JAY REEVES and ALLEN G. BREEDAssociated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) – When the nation’s first black president steps onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor the marchers beaten there 50 years ago, he’ll be standing on a structure that’s…

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Denzel Johnson, the highly recruited wide receiver from A.C. Flora High School, is close to qualifying academically and could be suiting up for Clemson or South Carolina this fall. Johnson’s ACT grade has improved and he should be qualified at…

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Growing up in upstate South Carolina as a child, I learned from an early age I had to make a decision. Clemson or South Carolina. No in between or fencing riding allowed, you’re either one or the other. Despite having…

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