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Those who participated in sports — be it as a coach, athlete or spectator — probably ran into Steve Behr a time or two over the last 20 years.
The longtime local sports …
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9/13/23
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Eugene Tinklepaugh, 42, has been tapped to succeed the late Gene Metrick as editor of the Rocky Mount Telegram by newspaper publisher Kyle Stephens.
Stephens noted that Tinklepaugh, …
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9/12/23
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Gene Metrick, a veteran newspaperman and editor of The Rocky Mount Telegram since 2018, died Tuesday after battling cancer. He was 63.
Metrick was a beloved member of the Telegram …
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8/28/23
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Ramon Yarborough, retired publisher of The Fayetteville Observer and Fayetteville Publishing Co., died early Monday.
He was 90.
Mr. Yarborough died at his Fayetteville home.
“It …
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Bill Kirby Jr.
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8/21/23
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ASHEVILLE - Longtime Asheville Citizen Times reporter and editor — and local trailblazer of craft beer writing — has died.
Tony Kiss died just after midnight Aug. 17 in …
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8/17/23
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In his farewell column as publisher of The Charlotte Observer in December 1997, Rolfe Neill said that in 40-odd years, illness had kept him away from work for less than a week. He attributed his …
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BY DANNYE ROMINE POWELL AND MICHAEL GORDON
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7/18/23
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Ritchie Starnes, who spent five years as news editor of The Stanly News & Press, died Friday while vacationing in Folly Beach, South Carolina. He was 60.
Starnes wrote for The SNAP for five …
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7/11/23
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Roger Mercer was a man of many passions: Gardening; writing; newspapers; music; friends; community; and his wife, Maureen. And then there were daylilies. Mercer, a longtime garden columnist for The …
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Bobby Parker | Editor
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6/29/23
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SILER CITY — Chatham Media Group, the Chatham News + Record's owner, has sold the newspaper and its other print and digital news products to North State Media.
“We are …
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CN+R STAFF REPORTS
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5/9/23
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ASHEVILLE - An award-winning local journalist, breast cancer survivor and former National Park Service ranger will take the mantle of Citizen Times executive editor, becoming the first Latina in the …
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4/7/23
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About three weeks ago, Lorry Williams told a colleague that she was stepping down as managing editor of CityView news and CityView magazine.
By then, the breast cancer she had fought for two …
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Greg Barnes
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3/2/23
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ASHEVILLE – George Ellison, a naturalist, author, longtime columnist for the Asheville Citizen Times and by all accounts a …
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Karen Chávez
Asheville Citizen Times
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2/20/23
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Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the Morganton News Herald, announced that Eric Mayberry has been named president of its North Carolina Media Group and vice president of sales for its …
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1/25/23
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The High Point Enterprise has a new publisher, and the person who had been publisher has taken on elevated responsibilities.
Rick Thomason became The Enterprise's publisher on Monday. He …
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Guy Lucas, The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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1/10/23
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LAKE SEMINOLE, GA – Joseph Michael “Joey” Cowart, Sr., 66, of Lake Seminole, passed away Friday, December 30, 2022.
The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, …
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1/2/23
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Obituary of John Franklin Owensby John Franklin Owensby, 77, of Kernersville, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2022. He was born and raised in Gastonia, NC on March 3, 1945 to the late Paul Ausbert …
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11/15/22
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ASHEVILLE – Long-time journalist Karen Chávez has been named interim executive editor of the Asheville Citizen Times, Mark Russell, executive editor of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis …
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11/15/22
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Skip Foreman, a longtime Associated Press reporter in North Carolina, has been named Triad Sports Editor for Lee Enterprises and will direct sports coverage for the Winston-Salem Journal and …
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11/14/22
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Rebel Good, of Elkin, is slated for induction to the NC Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
Good began his officiating career in 1985. He has officiated at virtually every major tournament in the …
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11/2/22
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Former North Carolina Senator Stan Bingham, who represented Davidson and Guilford counties, died unexpectedly on Thursday morning, according to representatives from Davidson County.
The …
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Sharon Myers
The Dispatch
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10/28/22
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