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Growing state, shrinking farmland: American Farmland Trust experts talk about agriculture

April 12, 2024 Randolph Record Comments Off

Randolph County’s conversion rate projected CARY — Regional and state agricultural leaders gathered recently for NC Ag Leads: Imagine Agriculture Day at the SAS campus in Cary, to talk about agriculture, challenges and how to […]

North Carolina Zoo takes next steps for Asia exhibit

August 19, 2022 Randolph Record Comments Off

NC Zoo director Pat Simmons, center, high-fives state Sen. David Craven Jr., who reaches over Randolph County commissioner Darrell Frye, during Wednesday’s groundbreaking. (Scott Pelkey/North State Journal) ASHEBORO – North Carolina Zoo is moving closer […]

NC Zoo hits new milestone for attendance

July 27, 2022 Bob Sutton Comments Off

Visitors celebrate the 48th birthday of C’sar, an African elephant, on Monday morning at North Carolina Zoo, where officials have reported record attendance during the past year. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) ASHEBORO — The North Carolina […]

NC judge drops price to cover school plan, omits spend order

May 5, 2022 Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press Comments Off

RALEIGH — A North Carolina judge cut the amount of money needed to comply through the middle of next year with a step-by-step plan to address state educational inequities. But he declined to leave in […]

Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies

April 27, 2022 Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press Comments Off

RALEIGH — Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election, has died. His daughter, Andrea Dowless Heverly, wrote that her father […]

Archdale man claims lottery prize

April 27, 2022 Randolph Record Comments Off

Malcolm Buchanan of Archdale turned up with the $1 million prize through the North Carolina Lottery. Buchanan became the second winner of the new sweepstakes. The 50X The Cash game launched in February with eight […]

Zoo closes aviary habitat

April 27, 2022 Randolph Record Comments Off

ASHEBORO — The North Carolina Zoo announced it would permanently close its aviary habitat. First built in the early 1980s, the 40-year-old domed structure requires significant repairs due to the effects of high humidity and […]

Community College report shows major economic impact

April 27, 2022 Randolph Record Comments Off

RALEIGH — A comprehensive new economic impact analysis finds that North Carolina’s 58 Community Colleges have a $19 billion annual impact on the state’s economy and supports more than 320,000 jobs across the state. The […]

Rural areas aim for expanded internet service

April 20, 2022 Bob Sutton Comments Off

ASHEBORO — If the need arises and enough interest is generated, Randolph Communications will respond. That’s the message from the telephone cooperative when it comes to providing fiber optics and expanded internet service. “Once we […]

Budd, McCrory still close in NC Senate campaign fundraising

April 20, 2022 Associated Press Comments Off

RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican U.S. Senate candidates Ted Budd and Pat McCrory remained neck-and-neck with their campaigns’ own fundraising entering the final full month before the May 17 primary. Campaign finance reports for the […]