The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by Duke Energy Carolinas to increase the generating capacity of McGuire Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 by 1.7 percent each. The NRC staff’s careful evaluation determined that Duke could safely increase the reactors’ power output primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow. As part [...]
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KEN H. FORTENBERRY publisher@newsatnorman.com The senior American management team is out, the Chinese are in. Employees have been laid off, and the future of Denver Global’s plan to build a huge $32 million manufacturing facility is temporarily on hold. “I really have no idea what their plans are in North America,” said the company’s former [...]
Retired race car driver and short-track legend Richard “Dick” Trickle, 71, a resident of the Denver area, died Thursday from an apparent self- inflicted gun shot wound. The tragic incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery on Highway 150 East in Boger City. The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call that apparently [...]
Imagine a Denver with a sandy-white public beach on Lake Norman, a place where kids could safely swim under the watchful eye of lifeguards, and teens could listen to jukebox music and grab a bite to eat at a snackbar as they enjoy their summer vacations. Imagine a Denver with a “real” downtown, complete with [...]
By Ken Fortenberry The State Bureau of Investigation is processing digital evidence including security camera videos seized at the scene of a backyard cave-in which two children were buried alive last month. Detective lieutenant Tim Johnson said that Jordan Arwood had numerous surveillance cameras on his property, and although investigators seized cameras and computers at [...]
KEN H. FORTENBERRY publisher@newsatnorman.com Sen. David Curtis, a Denver optometrist who campaigned on a conservative platform of smaller government, lower taxes and a free marketplace, is the primary sponsor of a bill that would give $11,000 annually to North Carolina students who attend any of four out-of-state optometry schools. Curtis said his plan would cost [...]
A settlement has been proposed in the lawsuit between Lincoln County and Fifth Third Bank, owner of the partially developed Burton Creek subdivision between Webbs Road and Blades Trail. A public hearing has been scheduled for May 20. The county says that the proposed settlement would reinstate the conditional use permit and the sewer capacity [...]
COMMENTARY By Rep. Jason Saine A citizen recently raised questions regarding a bill I introduced – House Bill 288 – “School Calendar Flexibility for Lincoln County.” One assumption the citizen made raises a very important question about how local bills originate in the General Assembly. Though the writer was mistaken about a key fact in [...]
Old newspaper ads shed new light on runaway Lincoln County slaves
There was once gold in them thar Lincoln County hills
The Election of 1892: Tough words and even a shooting in Lincoln County
Graham Round Barn added to county’s historic properties
Rock Springs High School – a consolidation of many small, area schools
State report in 1922 resulted in major changes to Lincoln County education
