Sunday, February 4, 2007

Local and State Archiving Feb 04





Thursday Feb 1, 2007



Ashe County will consider law to govern wind-energy systems
A proposed wind farm of 25 to 28 wind turbines in Creston has prompted the Ashe County government to draw up an ordinance to govern wind-energy systems.






A third hotel tower and a gaming-floor expansion at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino have been given the green light by tribal officials.



HEATH SHULER BLOG: Committees



Jackson County leaders will discuss moratoriums on commercial development along the U.S. 441 corridor in Qualla and subdivisions countywide during their meeting at 6 p.m. Monday (Feb. 5).



What's an apology worth? Democrats admit role in 1898
Wilmington massacre, but little else




Finding a new niche: Ex-builder creates business around decorative fixtures



RALEIGH — Inside the political world, 2006 is being looked at as one of those potential watershed years that people pick over when trying to gauge voting trends.



Immigration report spurs city council questions



RALEIGH — A movie recently shot in North Carolina that depicts a child rape scene has revived the debate over the state's film incentives policy, and State Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger took to the national media to draw attention to the issue.



RALEIGH – Commentators from the “Two Americas” school of income-inequality populism look out across the economy and see only gloom and doom. Then they fume. But in presenting an accurate picture of what is going on, both their choice of data and their common sense are often unequal to the task.











Wednesday Jan 31, 2007



Murphy – At a time when school crime and violence rates have been steadily increasing across the state, reportable incidents in Cherokee County Schools have decreased for the past three years.



Acting on tips from Clay County residents who are fed up with illegal drug activity and want to see the law come down hard on drug dealers and users, the sheriff's deputies and officers from the multi-county drug task force made five arrests last week.



Polk tax collections have doubled over last 7 years



Buying supplies with their money



BLUE RIDGE PAPER: A new kind of health benefit



CANTON — Canton officials are prepared to enforce the town’s right to acquire property by a little used process called eminent domain. Town officials have been negotiating with the owner of property near a water storage tank for the Beaverdam Industrial Park and surrounding community.



CLAYTON - A decade before police charged John Patrick Violette with beheading his 4-year-old daughter, he began battling an illness that planted strange voices in his head, his family said.



RALEIGH - The tempest caused by a proposed ban on exotic and dangerous beasts has whipped up a guerrilla network of animal lovers who don't want their favorite creatures outlawed.



VA officials destroy erroneous headstone



Consolidated Metco will permanently close its Cashiers plastics plant on March 16, putting the facility’s 30 remaining employees out of work. The company let go about 90 workers in November 2005.











Tuesday Jan 30, 2007



WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. | Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledged Monday that he may have been too inexperienced in national politics for his White House run in 2004.



CAROLINA JOURNAL EXCLUSIVE: Numbers show Government Grows



Harlem Ambassadors to return to Highlands



ROCKY MOUNT — WNCR hardly looks like an organization that could take on a multimedia Goliath like Time Warner.



Digital sensors on busy roads will help drivers plot a course
Updates on signs, Web, phones and PDAs will help drivers skirt jams, wrecks




HENDERSONVILLE — A man charged with the 2004 killing of a state Employment Security Commission manager pleaded guilty Monday in a deal that will send him to prison for life.



Rogers relishes role as Duke Energy's heavy hitter Company's CEO takes the spotlight on a growing list of industry issues



More than 200 attend children's summit



GDP Density Map












Monday Jan 29, 2007



Commercial real estate in Waynesville appears poised this year to cross a major milestone: the million-dollar acre.



Homeless blogger now lives with his family in public housing



GREENSBORO: Vandals damage, burn school buses



"Zero-based" budgeting experiment under way at General Assembly



A briefing with Congressman Heath Shuler



HAYWOOD COUNTY: Routine transports are handled by the county Rescue Squad.



FRANKLIN: Stay in Holly Springs, owner asks Wal-Mart



Reclaiming heritage: Former PTL site, including tower, close to makeover



The school of fish: Haywood students raise fish to re-introduce into a cleaner Pigeon River










Sunday Jan 28, 2007




Tar Heels don't have lottery fever
Officials blame the economy, gas prices and months of small Powerball jackpots. Also, the state has relatively few outlets, relatively modest prizes




Edwards' nest is grist for critics
Advocate for poor lives in $6 million mansion








Case rocks Guilford’s Quaker foundation



Leicester, Swannanoa may be new towns in the making



Saga's shades of gray











Saturday Jan 27, 2007



Asheville's Nazi sympathizer tripped up on securities charges



HEATH SHULER BLOG: State of the Union from a Staff Perspective



WINSTON-SALEM: By any other name, it could be $10 million sweeter
Study says that changing name of Joel Coliseum could bring in millions for the city




Prosecutors study case at Guilford The FBI confirmed Friday it is looking into the case to determine whether there was a civil rights violation.


























Friday Jan 26, 2007




N.C. judge puts executions in limbo



CANDLER — A Biltmore Lake resident has taken out an ad that challenges Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy to a debate about the possible annexation of part of his subdivision and compares the anti-annexation fight to the civil rights movement.



ASHEVILLE — Changes for Buncombe County’s main drug enforcement agency are in the works, Sheriff Van Duncan said Thursday.



Callaway not guilty



Former Waynesville resident and U.S. Sen. George Smathers died last week at his Miami home. He was 93.



Roberts: Why do so few women have political power?



Bus Bouncers: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials plan on asking the county to fund 150 new positions




Charlotte: Crime At Schools Is Keeping Police Busy











Thursday Jan 25, 2007



D.A. Nifong (D) goes on the defense



Hackney chosen as NC House Leader



NC REPUBLICAN SENATE CAUCUS NOMINATES BERGER



Injustice in Buncombe by Don Yelton



EDITING IMPORTANT INFORMATION CAN RUIN A STORY or A WAR by Richard Rivette



Earlier Primaries could remake the 008 Election



Shuler talks the issues at his district office open house



Jackson County commissioners appear poised to consider a moratorium that would halt subdivision development while ordinances governing their construction are drafted.



WCU professor arrested, charged with child abuse



Iraq tour likely to be extended for Boone Guard unit









Wednesday Jan 24, 2007



Ex-NC Supreme Court Justice Orr to run for governor



One suspect cleared in gang episode



First hearing in Duke DA ethics case set for Wednesday




Meetings to explain Zoning



Owner of 36 Pitbulls accused of dogfighting



Pfizer to cut 10,000 jobs



Back to Work: State legislature will be faced with same time-worn problems



$2 billion school bond issue push is because of facilities crisis



Thiefs target Clay County church: $13,000 worth stolen



Georgia murder suspect caught in Clay County



Haywood County Bicentennial groups organize; help needed



McDowell Residents: If river's up, we've got no place to go



Democrats to Bush: You’re no longer solely in charge



Bush’s health plan tied to tax deduction
























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