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(Tracy Barnes/Staff Correspondent) Site supervisor Kelly Luther of Wells & West Construction (left) talks with Travis Wilson, a driver for Biggs Transport. Wilson is loading out a GPS-equipped Cat Crawler Dozer, since grading is finished at the new school site in Peachtree.

(Tracy Barnes/Staff Correspondent) Site supervisor Kelly Luther of Wells & West Construction (left) talks with Travis Wilson, a driver for Biggs Transport. Wilson is loading out a GPS-equipped Cat Crawler Dozer, since grading is finished at the new school site in Peachtree.

Schools building on track

News Staff
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Despite several delays, construction for Cherokee County Schools’ new School of Innovation & Technology remains on track. Superintendent Jeana Conley is hopeful for a grand opening of July 1, 2023. Prior to breaking ground in June, there were construction delays often related to permits.
Lt. Gov Mark Robinson on release of his F.A.C.T.S. Task Force report outlining instances of bias in N.C. public schools as reported by parents and teachers. August 24, 2021. (Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

Lt. Gov Mark Robinson on release of his F.A.C.T.S. Task Force report outlining instances of bias in N.C. public schools as reported by parents and teachers. August 24, 2021. (Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

N.C. lawmakers send anti-indoctrination bill to Cooper

News Staff
Thursday, September 2, 2021
One of the most hotly debated bills of the legislative section cleared its final hurdle Wednesday, Sept. 1, and now heads to Gov. Roy Cooper, who could add the measure to his growing list of vetoes.
Gov. Roy Cooper speaking to veterans in Raleigh, Spring 2021. (Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

Gov. Roy Cooper speaking to veterans in Raleigh, Spring 2021. (Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

Cooper vetoes pistol permit repeal, hotel safety measure

News Staff
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a high-profile bill that would have ended North Carolina's pistol permit requirement. The governor also nixed a hotel safety bill. With his sixth and seventh vetoes of this legislative session, Cooper has now issued 60 vetoes since taking office in 2017. No other N.C.
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay

Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay

Voting rights restored to 55,000 North Carolinians

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
The largest expansion of voting rights in North Carolina since the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971 and the largest expansion of disproportionately black enfranchisement since the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 is happening today.