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No contested school board races in E-Chowan
EDENTON — There will be no contested school board races in Chowan County this fall. No other candidates filed by Friday's noon deadline. As a result, only three candidates' names will appear on the Nov. 5 election ballot for the three open school board seats in Chowan. Incumbent Edenton-Chowan Public School board members Joan White filed for re-election to Seat 2 in District 3 and Samuel Paul Clifton filed for...
Cooper: He's not talked with Harris about being her VP
TYNER — Governor Roy Cooper told reporters Wednesday that he has not been approached by Vice President Kamala Harris about serving as her vice presidential running mate in this fall’s presidential election. Cooper was in Chowan County for a dedication ceremony Apex Clean Energy held to celebrate completion of the first wind turbines in what will be its 45-turbine Timbermill Wind project in the northern end of the county. The governor signed his name to a blade on one of the completed wind turbines during...
Cooper: Wind power good for economy, environment
TYNER — Gov. Roy Cooper praised wind clean energy projects during a blade-signing ceremony at Apex Clean Energy’s Timbermill Wind project site Wednesday, saying they are necessary to stop global warming and good for the state’s economy. Cooper cited three reasons why he believes wind energy is good for North Carolina. “Number one is producing clean energy,” he said. “Number two is that they’ll serve as a massive tax base...
Gov. Cooper commemorates Edenton wind farm construction, amid rumors of VP candidacy
EDENTON, N.C. (WITN) - Governor Roy Cooper is visiting Eastern Carolina to celebrate the construction of a wind project as speculation of Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate for the Democratic presidential nominee circulates. Governor Cooper will be in Chowan County for a blade signing, commemorating the construction of...
Fueston column: Covering a news event is never an endorsement of it
I’ve stuck my finger in a light socket on more than one occasion while writing for newspapers. It’s unavoidable but I usually knew what I was doing and understood what it would cost. In 2006, I covered a Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting that included a lecture on African American soldiers and sailors who fought for the Confederacy. This was a controversial topic, so I included a paragraph explaining the...
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