January 2023 – Stanly News Journal

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Chiefs, Eagles will meet in Super Bowl 57

January 30, 2023 The North State Journal

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is pushed out of bounds by 49ers safety Talanoa Hufanga during Sunday’s NFC championship game in Philadelphia. The Eagles will face the Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12. (Matt […]

ZAHRAN: The careless world of Joe Biden

January 30, 2023 The North State Journal

President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) “Careless: Taking insufficient care; negligent. […]

College Basketball Roundup: Burns’ 31 points propels NC State past Wake Forest

January 28, 2023 The North State Journal

NC State forward D.J. Burns Jr. backs down Wake Forest forward Matthew Marsh during the Wolfpack’s win Saturday in Winston-Salem. (Allison Lee Isley / The Winston-Salem Journal via AP) WINSTON-SALEM — D.J. Burns Jr. scored […]

Investigation into Beirut’s massive 2020 port blast resumes

January 28, 2023 The North State Journal

FILE – A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, on Aug. 5, 2020. Lebanon’s top prosecutor Wednesday Jan. 25, 2023 ordered all suspects detained in the deadly […]

PRAGER: Who’s more irrational — the religious or the irreligious?

January 27, 2023 The North State Journal

Dennis Prager attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP) There are very few things conservatives, liberals and leftists agree on. But if they […]

Local Government Commission approves financial requests for Asheville, Chapel Hill, Cornelius

January 26, 2023 The North State Journal

Downtown Pikeville, NC. RALEIGH — At its Jan. 10 meeting, the N.C. Local Government Commission (LGC) approved financial requests made by Asheville, Chapel Hill, and the town of Cornelius. The LGC is the statutory body […]

Albemarle named home of collegiate wood-bat baseball team 

January 25, 2023 Jesse Deal

ALBEMARLE — This summer, a new collegiate wood-bat baseball team will be calling Albemarle’s Don Montgomery Park its home. The city announced on Jan. 23 that its city council has approved a multiyear lease between […]

Stanly commissioners pass resolution for DOT project in Oakboro

January 25, 2023 Jesse Deal

ALBEMARLE — In a unanimous vote, the Stanly County Board of Commissioners recently passed support for the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s plan to renovate the intersection of N.C. Highway 205 and Big Lick/Liberty Hill […]

Home sweet home: Why are host teams winning more than ever?

January 25, 2023 The North State Journal

Duke has always had a home-court advantage thanks to the Cameron Crazies, but guard Tyrese Proctor and the Blue Devils are unbeaten in Durham this year and part of a bigger trend of host teams […]

Millennial Money: Up the odds of meeting money goals in 2023

January 24, 2023 The North State Journal

FILE – In this June 15, 2018, file photo, cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Mass. We head into the new year with big plans, hoping this will be the year […]

Hurricanes making hard look easy
RALEIGH — Things have gone about as well as they can for the Hurricanes through two rounds of the NHL playoffs. Carolina is unbeaten through eight games — the first team in NHL history to […]
GOP leaders come to budget agreement
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s top Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday they have reached a framework agreement to break a nearly yearlong budget impasse, announcing plans for the largest average teacher pay raise in nearly two […]
Former law enforcement reveal Cooper evacuated during May 2020 rioting
RALEIGH — Protesting, chanting and marching. Property damage, arson and rioting. This was the oscillating pattern in downtown Raleigh over the weekend of May 30 to June 1 in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. Each […]
Trump: US will reduce troops in Germany beyond initial withdrawal
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said last week that the U.S. will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back […]
Suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise kills 3 people
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, […]
Hornets’ Diabate wins Hustle Award, Knueppel misses rookie honor
CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets came away from NBA awards season with both a leaguewide honor and a near miss. Last week, Hornets center Moussa Diabate was named the winner of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle […]