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N.C. still doing OK despite budget shortfall

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer Posted: Today at 4:41 p.m. Updated: 8 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has finally had to rein in state government spending to narrow a budget shortfall, a year after many...

State budget office asks schools for $58 million as part of cost-cutting

Nov 18, 2008 (Winston-Salem Journal - The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system is required to return $2.03 million -- or about three-fourths of 1 percent of the total amount of state money it received this year. The...

Johnston and Wilson to be declared disaster areas

Gov. Mike Easley will declare Johnston and Wilson counties state disaster areas, which will make residents and businesses in those counties eligible to apply for state disaster assistance. The areas were struck by tornadoes...

Tornado victims sift through their lives

Mourners gather at a wooden cross where Joshua Wiggins died. Staff Photo by Ted Richardson Tornado victims sift through their lives Martha Quillin, Staff Writer Comment on this story ELM CITY - The tornado that killed a boy...

Winston-Salem State to repay $1.15 million

WINSTON-SALEM - A public university says it will repay the government and lenders more than $1 million for loans and grants given to ineligible students. Winston-Salem State University said it would repay $1.15 million over the...

2 dead after N.C. twisters

Six counties hit; 'it was pretty massive destruction,' says official Hunter Stephenson, 14, carries his dog Parker from his destroyed home Saturday in Kenly, N.C., after severe weather and several tornadoes moved through the...

NC 2008 Presidential Election, Obama is ineligible, US Constitution, Federal Election Law, NC...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness– That to secure...

He led Obama's uphill N.C. win

Farinella used Web, early voting, grass-roots work He led Obama's uphill N.C. win Rob Christensen, Staff Writer Comment on this story At an election night boiler room at Cary's upscale Umstead Hotel, dozens of operatives of...

State's GOP looking for answers after bad Election Day

State's GOP looking for answers after bad Election Day By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer Comment on this story RALEIGH - North Carolina Republicans blame a bad economy, deceptive ads by the opposition and not enough...

Tornadoes leave 2 dead

News & Observer) A swath of Eastern North Carolina was battered Saturday by one of nature's most frightening phenomena -- tornadoes striking in the dead of night.The high winds fed by warm air pushing up the coast killed two...

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