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This report was initially published by WECT and is being shared with permission. You can find the original here. Christopher Vargo, who worked for the Battleship Memorial for 12 years before his termination in January, filed the lawsuit. It names the Battleship Commission, Executive Director Jay Martin and the North...

The state pension system has a $16 billion deficit, state Treasurer Brad Briner told a legislative committee Thursday morning, and the department’s investment division needs a new strategic direction. Briner used his appearance before the House Oversight Committee to talk up his proposal for changing how investment...

A decorated North Carolinian, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, was laid to rest with full military honors. The service was held on April 3--which is his birthday. Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Frye was 20 years old when he died and was serving in a segregated branch. Frye worked in the Messman Branch,...

Also: You might qualify for a higher refund and waived fees this year with certain tax code changes.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is reaching out to male job applicants who were not hired by Kickback Jack’s restaurants in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia as part of an ongoing sex discrimination lawsuit, the agency announced Thursday. Discriminatory Hiring...

GAFFNEY, SC (LOOTPRESS) – After nearly six years on the run, U.S. Marshals arrested 38-year-old Charles Ray Blevins in South Carolina on March 31. Blevins, a fugitive wanted for a 2019 murder in Kentucky, was taken into custody after a failed escape attempt. Blevins, of Williamson, West Virginia, was wanted for...

Due to the termination, both students made the decision to leave the United States and head back to their home countries.

MARSHALL - Residents voicing their desire to see a taco spot in downtown Marshall are going to get their wish. Brian and Kate Sonoskus, owners of Star Diner in downtown Marshall, which was ravaged in Tropical Storm Helene's destruction in September, will be opening Star Taco in the former Marshall's Main Street Cafe...

Like many Western North Carolina hamlets, Micaville was born from industry and became a destination for tourists and others drawn by the beauty of the mountains.

Buc-ee's is not coming to Gastonia, and a fake news story posted to a Gastonia Facebook group was a joke, according to the manager of the Eastridge Mall. The false story was posted in the group Good News Gastonia on April 2 and attributed to The Gaston Gazette. It claimed that unnamed "sources" indicated that...