Among those hit by last week’s layoffs at The News & Observer are the publishers at the company’s community outlets. Brenda Larson, publisher of The Chapel Hill News and The Cary News, and Eddie Thorndyke, publisher of the Smithfield Herald and Eastern Wake News, were laid off effective June 27 and their positions eliminated. Felicia […]
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Yuhasz wins Orange commissioner seat
Steve Yuhasz, a land surveyor from Hillsborough, will be the next Orange County Commissioner from the newly created District 2. Yuhasz won the election with nearly 56 percent of the votes on Tuesday, in an election where only 5 percent of eligible voters in the county participated. His rival, Leo L. Allison, a retired IBM […]
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General
Dr. Joycelyn Elders tells it straight. Her short tenure as U.S. Surgeon General under President Bill Clinton ended in 1994 after she stated at a United Nations conference on AIDS that masturbation was a normal part of sexuality and suggested “perhaps it should be taught” in order to reduce HIV infections. She’s called abstinence-only education […]
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Mighty, mighty broadband
Sanborn and Gentry Buchan live in a 1920s bungalow less than two miles from the center of Wilson, a city of 50,000 people a half hour east of Raleigh. The mother of a 2-year-old son, Gentry works from home as a sales rep for a cell phone company. Sanborn is home when he’s not traveling […]
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The N&O cuts 70 jobs, consolidates coverage with Charlotte Observer
Deep personnel cuts came Monday to The News & Observer, along with news that the Raleigh newspaper will consolidate coverage with The Charlotte Observer. The paper has cut 70 jobsabout 8 percent of the workforce. Among those were 16 full-time and part-time newsroom employees whose last day will be June 27. Sweeping editorial changes are […]
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Cuts to run deep at N&O
Just as Executive Editor John Drescher was about to address The News & Observer‘s newsroom Wednesday, he found an Associated Press wire story someone had left for him to see. It was about a Brazilian engineer who was attacked by machete-wielding Amazon Indians during a public meeting about a hydroelectric dam. A note attached to […]
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Cary project proceeds
A judge has ruled against 19 Cary citizens who fought a 42-acre mixed-use development planned for a corner of Davis Drive and High House Road. Charlotte-based developer Crosland may proceed with the project, which includes apartments, stores and offices. Meanwhile, the neighbors who opposed it must pull together thousands of dollars to cover legal fees. […]
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Legislature to consider future of public TV channels
This summer, the legislature will consider whether to amend confusing language in a law that overhauled the way cable television is regulated statewide. At stake is the viability of the public TV channels that broadcast town council meetings, community college courses and citizen-produced programming. When state legislators passed the Video Service Competition Act (VSCA) two […]
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Money talks in Orange County
In Orange Countys May 6 primary, big real estate money sent the land transfer tax down in flames; an incumbent state senator beat her better-funded rival; and the county commissioners race heads for a run-off. Land transfer tax More than 66 percent of voters rejected a referendum that would have allowed county commissioners to levy […]
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Cary project weighed
The future of a controversial Cary development at the intersection of Davis Drive and High House Road is in a judge’s hands, with a decision expected by the end of the month. Citizens have been fighting the mixed-use development they say is too dense since the Cary Town Council approved it in late July. (See […]
