By Staff Reports | Wed, 05/16/2012 - 4:31pm
Mitt Romney has stretched his lead in the Tar Heel State to eight-points over President Obama, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll taken this week. Polls taken last month showed the two in a virtual tie.
The latest Rasmussen telephone survey of Likely Voters in North Carolina shows the likely Republican nominee earning 51% of the vote to Obama’s 43%.
That’s a sizable swing from Rasmussen's April poll showing Romney with a narrow 46% to 44% lead over the president in North Carolina.›Read More
By Staff Reports | Mon, 05/07/2012 - 4:42pm
RALEIGH, N.C. – Marriage Amendment proponents appear to be ahead in North Carolina, according to current polling by both the conservative-leaning Civitas Institute and the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP).
"Our final marriage amendment poll finds it leading by a 55-39 margin, little change from a week ago when it was ahead 55-41," said PPP's Tom Jensen. "The final yes percentage will likely be somewhere in the 57-59% range depending on how the undecideds break."
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By Staff Reports | Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:02pm
2011 wound up being one of the worst years for tornadoes in in recent state history. The National Weather Service recorded 63 tornadoes last year, more than twice the state average, with nearly half of those on one day.
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By Staff Reports | Sat, 04/14/2012 - 8:14pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. – A months-long shroud of secrecy slipped away late Friday in an unfolding scandal one Democratic Party official in North Carolina says might threaten everything from his party's efforts to defend gay marriage to its chances to hold on to the governor's office this fall.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:05pm
LILLINGTON, N.C. -- Health care education at Central Carolina Community College in Harnett County is preparing to make major strides with the construction of a state-of-the-art Health Sciences Building in Brightwater Science and Technology Park.
The 50,200-square-foot facility is scheduled for completion in summer 2013. It will house programs such as nurse aide, phlebotomy, EKG, pharmacy tech, medical assisting, physical therapy assisting, and associate degree nursing.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:39am
 To accommodate the need for additional telephone numbers in the geographic area served by the 919 Area Code, the North Carolina Utilities Commission has approved the addition of the new 984 Area Code to cover the same geographical area as the 919 Area Code.
By Staff Reports | Tue, 05/01/2012 - 5:41pm
ELON, N.C. -- Two years after the passage of a law that fundamentally restructures the nation’s health care system, more North Carolinians remain sour about the law and believe it will make the health care situation in the United States worse in the long run, according to the latest Elon University Poll.
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By Staff Reports | Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:43pm
 RDU AIRPORT, N.C. – Gov. Bev Perdue scheduled a stop at RDU airport last week to announce new non-stop service between the Research Triangle region and San Francisco. United Airlines will offer the daily service from RDU beginning August 15 using Boeing 737 aircraft.
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By Staff Reports | Sat, 04/14/2012 - 10:49am
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — It was 9 a.m. on a Monday morning in Hawaii when a young Sgt. Carl Green heard a knock on his hotel room door. He had spent the weekend partying out in town, celebrating his recent departure from the Marine Corps. He had originally planned on re-enlisting, but only if he got selected to become a drill instructor. That didn’t happen so Green decided to head back home to South Carolina and look for work. Before going anywhere, he planned on taking a 20-day vacation in Hawaii.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:40pm
RALEIGH, N.C. – Sky-high unemployment rates continue to rock North Carolina, creating ongoing uncertainty from job markets to retail spending to political campaigns. No fewer than 80 of North Carolina's 100 counties have an unemployment rate in excess of 10 percent, according to figures released last week by the state's Department of Commerce.
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By Staff Reports | Sat, 03/24/2012 - 2:53pm
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Pictured are (front, right) CCCC Chatham Provost Karen Allen and culinary student Scott Goldsmith, of Chapel Hill; (first row, from left) CCCC Harnett Provost Bill Tyson, students Susan Sidden, of Sanford, and Titus Edwards, of Pittsboro, CCCC President Bud Marchant, N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Board member Tommy Emerson, and student Michael Lynch, of Sanford; and (second row, from left) students Scott Lewis, of Sanford, Greg Webb, of Winston-Salem, and Jordan Kyser, of Chapel Hill.
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PITTSBORO, N.C. -- Representatives from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission recently visited Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus where they presented a $25,000 Project Skill-Up grant.
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