Tallulah – Kevin Hensley became editor of The Graham Star just four months ago, but that was enough to convince Community Newspapers Inc. to give him a promotion. CNI has … more

SALISBURY — Paris Goodnight has rejoined the Post as its night editor and Carl Blankenship has joined the newspaper as an education reporter. Goodnight’s first day back at the Post … more

Allen Turner, who covered local government as a staff writer for  The News Reporter , died Saturday after complications from COPD and metastatic cancer. Turner, 71, continued to work … more

WAKE FOREST — Shawn Taylor, an award-winning community journalist, will serve as the next editor of The Wake Weekly and Butner-Creedmoor News, President and Publisher Keven Zepezauer announced … more

Bruce Phillips took his work as a sports editor very seriously, but he never took sports or himself too seriously. It was fun and games as he rolled cheap paper into a manual typewriter and … more

SMITHFIELD — The Johnstonian News has moved its office from Kenly to Smithfield and hired Scott Bolejack to serve as editor, President and Publisher Keven Zepezauer announced this week. The … more

The $1.2 billion deal in which New Media Investment Group, parent of GateHouse Media, which owns the Times-News and more than a dozen other newspapers in North Carolina, intends to buy Gannett Co., … more

ASHEVILLE - Hebert Malcolm Gamble, an Asheville native who spent his career as an award-winning staff photographer for the Citizen Times, died Oct. 19. He was 98.Known as Malcolm, Gamble, started as … more

Dawn Parker has joined the staff of the Chatham News + Record, serving as the newspaper’s print and digital advertising specialist. The Pittsboro resident is working with local businesses on … more

Daniel Finnegan, a veteran journalist with 35 years of experience at newspapers in Greensboro and Richmond, Virginia, has been named managing editor of Triad Business Journal. Finnegan, 57, has … more

LAURINBURG — Brian Bloom, a third-generation newspaper man from Iowa, has been named the regional publisher of The Laurinburg Exchange. His first day was Wednesday. Most recently Bloom was … more

Annette Jordan has been named editor of The Dispatch in Lexington. She will also continue her duties as editor of The Courier-Tribune in Asheboro. A Randolph County native, Jordan is a graduate of … more

Lorry Williams, who has held numerous positions in The Fayetteville Observer’s newsroom over the past 32 years, has been named as the newspaper’s executive editor.Publisher Bob Gruber … more

Debbie Dills, started working in the front office of the Cherokee Scout on Nov. 15, 2013, has been named the local newspaper’s newest sales associate. Dills replaces sales manager Donna Cook, … more

A veteran journalist at The Charlotte Observer, Taylor Batten, has been named its new managing editor. Batten, 50, has spent his 24-year career at the Observer, most recently as editor of its … more

Jill Doss-Raines has been named managing editor of The Dispatch, responsible for the daily operation of the newsroom.The move comes as The Dispatch’s executive editor, Scott Jenkins, becomes … more

ELKIN — Bill Colvard has been named editor of The Elkin Tribune, The Yadkin Ripple, and On The Vine Magazine.The Elkin native and former local business owner assumes the post after serving five … more

Long before James “Jim” Atkins ascended to the top leadership role within Gaston County’s hometown newspaper, he was learning what made the publication tick from the ground up and … more

ASHEBORO — Todd Benz has been named Group Publisher for the The Times-News in Burlington, The Courier-Tribune in Asheboro and The Dispatch in Lexington, Lucy Talley, Regional VP of GateHouse … more

George grew up in Hendersonville, NC, and Abbeville, SC. He graduated from Davidson College in 1966 and joined the US Army as a Lieutenant with the Adjutant General Corps.He became publisher of the Times-News in Hendersonville, NC, at age 29, and spent his career in the newspaper business, working in marketing and publishing for papers in Hendersonville, NC, Greenville, SC, Lumberton, NC, Petersburg, VA, Conyers, GA, and Tarboro, NC. more