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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses reaction to the recent Moore County power outage, which stemmed from intentional damage to two Duke Energy substations.
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2023 @ 10:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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$75,000 in rewards offered for information leading to arrest and conviction of Moore County vandals.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 10:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Duke Energy announced Thursday that crews have restored power to all customers in Moore County and the surrounding counties affected by an attack on Saturday on two major substations.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 9:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey called for more security at state power substations this week following the vandalization in Moore County that left tens of thousands of people in the dark for four days.
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As 35,000 residents of Moore County remain without power, questions are being raised about what lawmakers in the General Assembly could do next year to address physical sabotage of the power grid or cyber-attacks.
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 @ 2:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the case of widespread power outages across Moore County over the weekend.
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Moore County Sheriff’s office held a press conference Sunday afternoon to update the public on widespread power outages this weekend impacting 40,000 homes and businesses across the sandhills region of central North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The attack on the Moore County substation that left over 45,000 homes and businesses without powers for days was one in a recent string of such attacks. Worse, such attacks have increased tremendously just this year alone.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 4:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Moore County residents who receive Food and Nutrition Services and lost food due to power outages from vandalism to an electrical substation on Dec. 3, 2022, will receive replacement benefits, thanks to two waivers approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 10:57 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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enacting proposed state legislation as local school board policy
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 10:03 pm
By: John Steed
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Reward Matched by Duke Energy, Moore County
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 4:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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Residents in Moore County who have missed the Dec. 7 deadline to join, switch or drop a Medicare health plan or drug plan coverage due to the widespread power outage will still be able to sign up after today.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:01 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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I am a lover of light. I love lights strung in the back yard. I love the candle lights that keep a low glow in our house at night.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 10:16 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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There are plenty of places to eat in your town. There is no wait to speak of, either. But the local eateries just aren’t that appetizing. The food really isn’t that good; the service, less than ideal.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 8:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two Moore County elected officials have launched a grassroots movement against the ongoing COVID-related executive orders in North Carolina — including the mask mandate.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 12:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Jalen Isaiah Leach, age 22.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 7:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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If you've ever watched any late-night TV, you've seen the ads for the Ashley Madison web site. It facilitates adultery. It's kind of a Match.com or JDate for married people.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It seems like just yesterday that eye doctor from Matthews and that portly fellow from Moore County were roaming the House chamber wreaking havoc, shaking down lobbyists and scaring children.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 8:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Reliance Packaging, LLC will expand its operations in Moore County and create 48 new jobs over the next three years. The company plans to invest $3.5 million in...
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 9:12 pm
By: Chris Downey
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At the national level, Republicans have surrendered on taxes, debt, gays in the military, ObamaCare and amnesty. On the state level, the NCGOP is in the midst of surrendering on ObamaCare, taxes, and amnesty.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We were heartened by the success of Mattie Lawson in an NC House primary on the Outer Banks, and state Rep. Larry Pittman's reelection victory in Cabarrus County.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We've got it pretty good here in Moore County. One of the lowest tax rates (and crime rates) in North Carolina. World-class golf courses. Lots of great dining and shopping.
Published: Saturday, December 21st, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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You can always count on the editorial page of our local Arab Journalism Award-winning thrice, um, twice-weekly local paper here in Moore County to produce some shaking-your-head-in-dismay, chuckling-in-disbelief moments.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 12:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Moore County-based insurer First Carolina Care has announced that it's pulling its application to join the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 2:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We've got a unique situation here in Moore County. We are one of the most reliably Republican counties in the state. Yet, our only local paper is owned and operated by the same Democrat operatives who owned and operated The Raleigh News & Observer for years.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We here in Moore County were, um, “honored” with the presence of Bill Barber and his traveling circus of parasites and leftist loons this afternoon.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 12:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Due to North Carolina's rich resource of both mountains and beaches, tourists and vacationers, as well as medical patients have visited the state for vacation and for well-being.
Published: Sunday, September 1st, 2013 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here in Moore County, the owners of our local thrice twice-weekly Peabody Award-winning, hallucination-inducing newspaper are the same bunch who perfected the concept of lefty media bias over decades at The Raleigh News & Observer.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 5:39 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Steve Bouser, editor of our world-class, multiple Nobel Prize and Lambda Award-winning twice-weekly local newspaper here in Moore County recently had a meltdown, which he documented in the pages of his money-bleeding publication.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2013 @ 6:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Facts can be inconvenient things. Especially when your own in-house records contradict the spin you are peddling to the public.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 5:39 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Most people who want an audience with The Pope on Easter weekend have to go to Rome. I got mine at the Moore County GOP convention this weekend.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 10:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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