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2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1078+ words) The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a trial judge’s ruling against Raleigh in a dispute over $16 million in water and sewer fees developers paid between 2016 and 2018. Wednesday’s unanimous decision arrived almost four months after the state Supreme Court…...

23+ hour, 12+ min ago  (67+ words) Salem's tree canopy lost ground when an ice storm rolled through in 2021. Exclusive documents shared with the Statesman Journal show a slow recovery. Exclusive: Salem tree canopy still reeling from 2021 ice storm damage More than a decade after city leaders…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (263+ words) Editors at National Review Online criticize a Democratic congressman’s recent publicity stunt. It used to be that politicians exploring a presidential campaign would show up at the Iowa State Fair or give a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (283+ words) Skye Graham writes for the Federalist about an interesting new analysis of US Supreme Court partisanship. A new Wall Street Journal analysis found that Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most partisan justice on the Supreme Court, voting against the Trump…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago  (407+ words) Jim Geraghty of National Review Online analyzes responses to US Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden and unexpected death. While Graham spent his 23-year Senate career advocating for a lot of causes, he was best known as a hawk. In some circles,…...

59+ min ago  (607+ words) Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found. The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (288+ words) Confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data released overnight in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record even as some health workers have gone on strike over payment issues. A total…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago  (162+ words) SALEM -- The Salem Community Theatre will celebrate a year of theatrical excellence with a new award ceremony Friday. According to a press release, the Salem Community Theatre will host the inaugural edition of the "SCT Awards" to "celebrate a year…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago  (390+ words) Residents of Rural Hall gathered to discuss a proposed 129-acre data center, with many expressing concerns and opposition ahead of a final rezoning vote scheduled for July 30. Community members in Rural Hall gathered at the fellowship hall of Rural Hall…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago  (462+ words) A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from South Dakota has become the world’s most expensive fossil sold at auction, after fetching a record $50,130,000 at Sotheby’s in New York Tuesday. The skeleton, which is about 67 million years old, is nicknamed Gus after the…...