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Dolly Parton celebrated a career milestone at age 77 after her first rock album, titled “Rockstar,” reached No. 1 on six different Billboard charts and saw the highest debut sales out of her entire discography.
Published: Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 @ 8:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Oprah Winfrey addressed the intense backlash she faced for creating a fund which was meant to help the victims of the Maui wildfire.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 1:08 am
By: Daily Wire
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Country music legend Dolly Parton has received a $100 million award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 @ 10:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Country music stars reacted Tuesday to the news that country legend Loretta Lynn died at her home in Tennessee. She was 90.
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2022 @ 10:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles:
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 8:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to her family, 16-year-old former “Toddlers and Tiaras” star Kailia Posey died of suicide.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Mr. William Archie Hendrix, age 88, a resident of 4131 Hwy 264 E. in Belhaven, died Friday, February 19, 2021 in Greenville, N.C.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Announcements
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Monica Showalter of the American Thinker highlights a new high-profile target for the loony left.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The bass-playing younger brother of cultural icon Dolly Parton died of cancer, according to a statement from the Parton family.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2021 @ 5:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Saturday night, Jennifer Clapton stood in a brightly lit bowling alley, watching her autistic, 22-year-old son laugh.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 3:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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College of Education researcher earns University Scholarship of Engagement Award
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2020 @ 10:54 am
By: ECU News Services
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Here’s a look at a few items which may not have attracted big headlines over the final 48 hours of a hectic week on Jones Street
Published: Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Residents of Roanoke Rapids could vote soon to raise their local sales tax by a full percentage point. Money raised from the 1-cent tax increase would help pay off debt linked to the infamous Randy Parton Theatre.
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2019 @ 1:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal Associate Editor Lindsay Marchello sat down with Carrington on Feb. 15 to talk about his career and the challenges of keeping governments accountable
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 3:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Barter Theatre, which has operated since the Great Depression, reportedly draws 160,000 people a year to the charming mountain town of Abingdon, Virginia
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The shows at the old Randy Parton Theatre will go on, in some form or another
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does the money you earn from your labor belong to you? This question is important and draws a distinction between economic conservatives and progressives
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 4:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina is betting on an expensive project to increase consumer spending in a small area of the state, and this time it's starting with a $6 million down payment
Published: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 @ 8:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Dare County real estate developer with a history of financial troubles has made little progress in selling 900 vacant lots in the Pine Mountain development in Burke County
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians and policy analysts clashed Tuesday over school construction costs and who should pay
Published: Sunday, October 29th, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten years ago - July 26, 2007 - one of North Carolina's most spectacular economic development boondoggles hosted its first performance
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 4:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ome of High Point's leaders are advancing a plan that would place a multipurpose stadium somewhere downtown, even though the city does not host a minor league professional sports team.
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parts of North Carolina are growing rapidly. Other areas, usually but not always "rural," are stagnant or worse
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I was struck when I came across two recent news stories virtually side-by-side
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City will present Steel Magnolias, as part of its 2014/15 Performing Arts Center season, April 9 - 12, 2015. The cast is made up of 6 talented actresses and the action of the play takes place in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. The show is...
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:15 am
By: Chris Downey
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 8:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dare County real estate developer Ray Hollowell was counting on Dolly Parton and her family to help him transform the Pine Mountain development, located in southern Burke County, into a more upscale community that he renamed "The South Mountain Preserve." Hollowell also was counting on Gov. Bev...
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 5:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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are County developer Ray Hollowell told Carolina Journal that he and developer Rick Watson signed a promotion agreement in March 2008 with Dolly Parton's sister, Cassie Parton King, and Cassie's husband, Scott King, to push development at South Mountain in Burke County. The marketing...
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local officials in North Carolina, particularly those who reside in distressed communities, should be wary of the twin dangers of claptrap and flimflam. If you aren't careful, you'll buy bogus information and hire bogus "experts" and your community will be worse off.
Published: Thursday, April 17th, 2014 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There comes a moment in every economic development bubble when reality hits a community like a two-by-four smack to the head. That happened Feb. 3 in Charlotte, when the Charlotte Observer reported that the merger between US Airways and American Airlines will result in US Airways early next year...
Published: Thursday, March 13th, 2014 @ 4:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We told you the other day about the outrageous behavior of the Rocky Mount City Council.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 3:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Tomatoes that don't rot for more than a year, fish with glow-in-the-dark blood vessels, sunscreen made from watermelons, and super-cancer-fighting broccoli: those are but a few of the...
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 @ 5:04 pm
By: Duke Cheston
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While the McCrory administration is hailing an overhaul of the way North Carolina recruits business, open government advocates worry that...
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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