This Old State

In a holiday season so rushed that I felt like I was sitting in Han Solo’s seat as we went into warp drive, a quick trip over to Charlotte a...

In the (urban) loop Last month U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., wrote Gov. Mike Easley and N.C. Secretary of Transportation Lyndo Tippett to co...

Since 1996 when former Associate Editor Maria Henson and I put together the Observer’s first environmental assessment outlining the state’s ...

House Speaker Joe Hackney’s announcement Tuesday afternoon that the Legislative Ethics Committee and the House will move swiftly to consider...

A recent column about illegal immigrants brought this note from Republican Bob Orr, the former Supreme Court associate justice who is runnin...

From a reader: “jack: i am a regular reader of your columns. i appreciate your fairness, objectivity and knowledge of your subjects. having ...

For the past five years, the best friend environmentalists had in the fight to stop a proposed Navy jet landing field near the Pocosin Lakes...