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The $78.7 billion in damage that Hurricane Helene inflicted on western North Carolina in September 2024 made it the fifth costliest Atlantic hurricane on record when adjusted for inflation.
Published: Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025 @ 3:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Groups representing North Carolina's travel and tourism industry support a lawsuit against Currituck County at the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the dog days of summer heat up backyards across the state, some North Carolina families with private pools are turning to a new online platform to rent them out on an hourly basis.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 2:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide whether to revive a lawsuit challenging Currituck County's use of occupancy tax money.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Most big companies have a “deep state” of their own that drags them into taking woke positions on social issues, and it is called middle management, according to Ben Shapiro.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 5:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Canadian conservative activist and YouTuber Lauren Southern announced Tuesday that her parents had been banned from vacation rental property company Airbnb for being “closely associated” with their daughter.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 10:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Critics of Currituck County's use of occupancy tax money submitted their final written arguments Monday to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Groups linked to North Carolina's travel and tourism industry are jumping into an occupancy tax case involving Currituck County.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After years of relaxing travel, the McWilliams family took the leap and purchased a lake cabin so they can finally spend their entire vacation fixing things.
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 @ 7:42 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The state legislature has passed a safety measure that requires North Carolina rental homes to reduce or eliminate the space between elevator doors and the “landing” door inside a home.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 1:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower-court ruling blocking Wilmington from using a registration scheme to limit ownership of short-term rental properties.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sarah Sconyers worked as a teacher for 12 years, laying the foundation as students planned for college or careers.
Published: Monday, October 25th, 2021 @ 4:30 am
By: ECU News Services
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Record prize money and contestants for the world-famous fishing tournament emblematic of larger reopening economic trends across the state.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 9:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Superior Court judge has struck down Wilmington’s citywide restrictions on vacation rentals. An Institute for Justice news release praised the ruling.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 2:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For Ray Pickett, May was supposed to be a strong month at the Blowing Rock Inn, which he and his wife own and manage.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 8:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Dr. Emily Yeager believes rural areas of eastern North Carolina offer a lot to tourists. What they may not offer are a lot of places to stay.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2019 @ 12:23 am
By: ECU News Services
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WTVD reports on a market innovation filling an obvious need during a natural emergency: where can thousands of temporarily displaced families find places to stay?
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 12:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law The Vacation Rental Act, Senate Bill 483. The legislation restricts local governments such as Raleigh’s to regulate short-term rentals.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 7:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 10:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Raleigh City Council has voted to allow people to rent one or two guest rooms, but homeowners won’t be allowed to rent entire houses.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 4:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2017 fall semester has seen the largest freshman class at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in five years, and now the overall enrollment numbers have exceeded the admissions goal
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 @ 1:31 pm
By: Bill Cook
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While residents wait on the Raleigh City Council to decide whether or not Airbnb-style services should be legal, local governments elsewhere in the U.S. are cracking down on the online-based home rental company
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2016 @ 9:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Technological innovation changes industries. How fast such better ideas take hold often depends on government actions. And while new technologies raise difficult questions, poor economic logic never should be the justification for clamping down on new ideas.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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