Neal Robbins

10/08/2025

RALEIGH — North State Journal publisher Neal Robbins has been appointed deputy under secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a role that will place him in senior leadership over tens of billions of dollars in housing, utility and community development programs servin...

13/06/2025

Humans are going to human, and capitalists are going to capitalize. I am both, so don’t confuse my point of fact with criticism.

This week’s editorial in North State Journal

05/06/2025

It’s time to bend some nails in Congress and the NC General Assembly.

A bent nail is a stubborn thing. If you’ve ever torn down an old pig pen — like I did this week with my father and oldest son — you’d know. Professional carpenters drive straight nails. They also usually have straight lumber, proper tools and time to finish a project. My dad — who built th...

11/04/2025

Exciting news in Stanly County. North State Journal will acquire Stanly News and Press and merge that title with Stanly County Journal.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... RALEIGH — North State Media, the publisher of North State Journal, North Carolina’s only statewide newspaper, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Stanly News & Press, a trusted source of community news in Albemarle and Stanly County since ...

06/08/2023

ASHEBORO – Florence (S.C.) Post 1 completed a sweep of the Southeast Regional in American Legion baseball, winning Sunday afternoon’s title game by 8-5 against Fuquay-Varina Post 116. Florence went 5-0 in the regional at McCrary Park, including Saturday night’s 5-4 decision in 11 innings again...

06/08/2023

Austin Lemons throws a pitch earlier this season (Randolph Record file photo) ASHEBORO – Austin Lemons made sure Randolph County Post 45’s season has a little more life. Lemons threw a four-hitter as Post 45 defeated Belleview (Fla.) Post 284 by 3-0 in Thursday afternoon’s elimination game of ...

16/07/2023

Every time I hear President Joe Biden speak, I wonder who in their right mind could support a candidate whose own right mind is hit-and-miss. During a recent trip to New York, I found out. They live on New York’s Upper East Side and meet for lunch at a neighborhood restaurant to plan fundraiser

16/07/2023

DETROIT — A key U.S. automotive industry organization says it will set performance standards for Tesla's electric vehicle charging cords in another move toward using the Tesla plug on all EVs. The move Tuesday by SAE International, formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, comes just weeks af

16/07/2023

NEW LONDON — A Stanly County native and former North Stanly Comets pitcher will soon begin his Major League Baseball journey. The Cincinnati Reds selected Wake Forest right-handed pitcher Rhett Lowder with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2023 MLB Draft on Sunday. “I’m supe