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The Dispatch sold to Paxton Media Group
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Lexington Dispatch has been sold to a family-owned media group out of Kentucky. On Dec. 1 the Paxton Media Group is acquiring six newspapers in North...
This Carolina Beach pizza restaurant is one of the best in NC, a national report says
Star News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIf you ask Tim O’Toole what the secret to good pizza is, he says it’s all in the ingredients. “If...
From the editor: Paxton Media Group to buy ENC newspapers, focus on local journalism
Sun Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree eastern North Carolina newspapers will be under new ownership beginning Dec. 1 after being...
News-Topic editor Ritchie Starnes dies unexpectedly
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 10—LENOIR — The News-Topic, with deep sadness, announces the unexpected death of Ritchie Starnes, who served as editor since 2021. He was also editor of the Forest City Daily Courier since ...
Local man finds copy of Lenoir's first newspaper
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 17—LENOIR A local man has recently discovered what appears to be a copy of Lenoir's first printed newspaper from 1875. Floyd Boston was sorting through his over-crowded bookcase when he ...
How The News & Observer and Charlotte Observer cover North Carolina politics
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoThe N&O and Observer pledge “every day… to report the truth fully while remaining independent and...
Lenoir County Elections: Humphrey vs. Williams for House District 12 seat
The Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCurrent elected official for the North Carolina House of Representative District 12 Chris Humphrey is running for re-election against candidate Lillie Streeter Williams.
North Carolina school board backs away from law on policies on pronouns, gender identity instruction
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoOfficials say a central North Carolina school board’s decision to omit two LGBTQ-related provisions that the General Assembly directed districts to comply with could lead to legal complaints ...
Student poetry winners to be announced Saturday
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 24—FERGUSON — The Poetry Event and Art Exhibit at Whippoorwill Academy and Village is almost here! At 1 p.m. Saturday, North Carolina's 7th Poet Laureate, Joseph Bathanti, who judged the ...
Lenoir County school board member running opposed for first time in general election. Here are the...
The Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSchool board elections normally have some highly contested outcomes as parents and voters voice their opinions on what they think is best for public school students. In Lenoir County, one seat on the…
