GOP seeks court fight to rally voters before election
Republicans aim to use a Supreme Court nomination clash to unite their party ahead of Trump’s reelection. Past courted fights over judges like Kavanaugh boosted GOP support in tight races and lawmakers now hope a lifetime court seat can again galvanize conservatives amid a fractured coalition.
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Supreme Court
Donald Trump
Trump
Brett Kavanaugh
Senate
White House
GOP
Republican Party
Duffyfield return brings joy to single mom homeowner
K Tia Thompson, raised in Craven County Craven New Bern Duffyfield, returns to her old Craven County Duffyfield neighborhood as Habitat for Humanity Craven County builds a three bedroom home on Goldsboro Street. Thompson, a Bosch Customer Contact Center employee, smiles after the groundbreaking, saying she has not stopped smiling all day.
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Tia Thompson
New Bern
Duffyfield
Habitat
Habitat For Humanity of
Craven County
Goldsboro Street
Washington Street
Trent Court
Craven Community College
Bosch
Robert Lewis
Jeffrey Perry
Anari Thompson
Jakia Perry
Hayden Thompson
Carson Davis
Rashad
Marty Thompson
Gary Johnson
Charlie Hall
SUN Journal
Tourism spending in Craven up in 2019
Craven County visitors spent 155 million in 2019, up 4.3 percent from 2018, per Visit North Carolina data. The study notes 1,180 tourism jobs and 31.16 million in tourism payroll, with 8.41 million in state taxes and 3.38 million in local taxes. Travel impact comes from the Economic Impact of Travel on North Carolina Counties 2019.
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Craven
Craven County
Visit North Carolina
Economic Development Partnership of
North Carolina
Partners
Visitnc.com
Visit
U.S. Travel Association
New Bern’s Poetic Echoes Through Local History
A compact look at New Bern’s poets and their verses, highlighting Stephen R. Chester and his iambic tetrameter sketches of early steamers, a love poem for a Cedar Grove bell, and Judge William Gaston who penned The Old North State. The piece notes the town’s modest literary fame and its owners’ reverence, with dates and local landmarks.
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New Bern
Robert Frost
Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes
Byron
Cedar Grove
Norton
Stephen R. Chester
Norfolk
William Gaston
Raleigh
NC State Grabs Narrow Win Over Wake Forest 45-42
NC State edges Wake Forest 45-42 in a tight contest. Star players from both programs contributed key plays, with NC State pulling ahead in the final minutes to secure the victory at home.
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