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18 Nov 2009
« Cover story Nov. 18, 2009
For 50 years, Alcoa has controlled—and profited from—part of the Yadkin River. Now Gov. Perdue and concerned citizens want it back.
18 Nov 2009
(News: North Carolina)
Other applicants can vie for the license when it's up for renewal, as the state is doing—over Alcoa's objection that its application came in after the 2006 deadline.
18 Nov 2009
(News: North Carolina)
Fueled by Andrew Mellon's fortune, Alcoa came to dominate the aluminum industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
18 Nov 2009
(News: North Carolina)
4 Nov 2009
"Well, to my knowledge I don't think I've ever seen a campaign report," Easley said under oath, as a stunned board chairman Larry Leake stared at him.
4 Nov 2009
(News: North Carolina)
28 Oct 2009
Former Gov. Mike Easley, at the outset of hearings held this week to investigate possible violations of the state's campaign finance laws, stands accused—by a friend—of being a petty grifter.
28 Oct 2009
(News: North Carolina)
21 Oct 2009
Tedesco has met with leaders in Southeast Raleigh, and he acknowledges that most have a "legitimate fear" of resegregation.
21 Oct 2009
(Elections: Election Results)
7 Oct 2009
« Cover story Oct. 7, 2009
"If we're the smartest, most creative community in the country, we need to start acting like it."
7 Oct 2009
(News: Feature)
The Meeker Majority is history
7 Oct 2009
(Elections: Election Results)
Diversity candidates nearly swept, boding ill for Wake's superintendent
7 Oct 2009
(Elections: Election Results)
30 Sep 2009
Gov. Perdue's 34-member StreetSafe task force is charged with figuring out how to cut the recidivism rate.
30 Sep 2009
(News: North Carolina)
23 Sep 2009
What's missing from the news media's ACORN stories is any sense of perspective or proportion.
23 Sep 2009
(News: National)
9 Sep 2009
Judging by their Aug. 26 campaign finance reports, some Raleigh City Council candidates are very short on friends or no good at asking people for help.
9 Sep 2009
(Elections: The Election Page)
"We gave them the Senate, the House and the White House. They cannot turn their backs on us now."
9 Sep 2009
(News: National)
2 Sep 2009
Unsaid but nonetheless clear was that John Odom plans to make Koopman's absences an issue in the Oct. 6 election.
2 Sep 2009
(Elections: The Election Page)
At the Capitol, those supporting reform numbered some 600, the opponents about 60.
2 Sep 2009
(News: North Carolina)
26 Aug 2009
Sartain wants the city to step up its economic recruitment efforts downtown with new incentives to attract small entrepreneurial companies and improved public transit to support them.
26 Aug 2009
(Elections: The Election Page)
Behind the flare-up is a federal law that prevents stand-alone psychiatric hospitals from billing Medicaid for mental health services.
26 Aug 2009
(News: Wake County)
19 Aug 2009
The General Assembly session that ended last week was in one sense a typical split-the-difference affair, but progressive observers were inclined to give it a not-bad rating.
19 Aug 2009
(News: North Carolina)
The scene shifted from Northeast to Southwest Raleigh, but neighborhood reactions at the second City Council hearing on the proposed comprehensive plan were similar to the first.
19 Aug 2009
(News: Wake County)
12 Aug 2009
How many health care horror stories will it take to convince the naysayers?
12 Aug 2009
(News: National)
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