Getting To Know GOP Governor Candidate Pat McCrory

By Jordan Green, For The Raleigh Telegram JAMESTOWN, NC – Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory is expected to make his run as a Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor official later today.  McCrory has served as mayor of Charlotte for 14 years, the longest serving…

OPINION: McCrory Is Favorite For Governor, But Has Vulnerabilities With Moderate Voters

  By Tom Jensen, Public Policy Polling, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Pat McCrory launches his campaign for Governor today with a lead in the polls against all of his potential Democratic opponents. But he also has a major liability- his close ties…

Arrests Made In Murder Of Former Deputy And Storeowner

By Elliott West, The Raleigh Telegram CEDAR GROVE, NC – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced late last week that detectives have made two arrests in a murder and robbery case that left a former sheriff’s deputy and a store owner dead at a rural…

US Postal Service Unveils New Year Of The Dragon Stamp In Raleigh

By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – A new stamp by the United States Postal Service was unveiled in Raleigh this past weekend, marking the beginning of the Chinese New Year. The Triangle Area Chinese American Society and the U.S. Postal Service celebrated the Chinese New…

Town Of Chapel Hill Apologizes To Newspaper For Arresting Reporter, Keeping Her Face Down On Pavement

By The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – The Chapel Hill Town Council recently voted to apologize to the News & Observer newspaper in Raleigh and one of its reporters who was arrested and detained by Chapel Hill police while covering a story in November.  In…

Is Google’s New Privacy Policy Change Creepy?

By Doug Bernard, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – Perhaps they should have expected this. Years ago, the founders of Google adopted as their semi-official motto the phrase “Don’t Be Evil.” And that, for Google’s critics, has been the gift…

DG MARTIN: Perdue Leaves An Opening, Some Jump In

By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – It is the kind of surprise for which every ambitious politician must be prepared: the unexpected decision by an incumbent elected official to retire. It is, my friend Jay Rivers told me, the kind of window of…

NASA Releases New High Definition Image Of Planet Earth

By The Raleigh Telegram MARYLAND – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has released a new image of Earth that shows planet earth in a whole new view. According to NASA, ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth seen above was taken from an instrument aboard NASA’s most…

Broadway Musical “Memphis” At DPAC Is “Fantastical”

By The Raleigh Telegram DURHAM – To quote a phrase from one of the characters in the show, the touring version of the hit Broadway series “Memphis” is simply “fantastical.”  The popular show is being hosted in the Triangle by the Durham Performing Arts Center,…

Governor Beverly Perdue Will Not Seek Re-Election

By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Several news outlets including The Washington Post and the Associated Press are now reporting that North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor later this year. The news was first reported in…