by Darren Janz | Jul 16, 2018 | NC Political Geography
Comprising the northeastern corner of North Carolina, Currituck County is bounded by Virginia to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Currituck is the easternmost of the Coastal Plain’s five long, narrow “finger counties” located above the Albemarle Sound,...
by Darren Janz | Jul 9, 2018 | NC Political Geography |
Located roughly thirty miles south of the Triangle on North Carolina’s inner Coastal Plain, Cumberland County is the fifth most populous in the state, with 329,653 residents as of July 2018. Cumberland’s county seat, Fayetteville, is the sixth largest city in North...
by Darren Janz | Jul 2, 2018 | NC Political Geography
Craven County is a large, populous county located on North Carolina’s eastern Coastal Plain. Craven is bisected by the prominent Neuse River, which flows southeast through the county and empties directly into the Pamlico Sound. The county’s seat and largest...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 29, 2018 | The Kovach Corner |
Republicans have continued their systematic tirade against the governor in the waning days of this legislative session, but they now have unlikely opponents: two former Republican governors. The Charlotte Observer wrote yesterday that a “Far-reaching ballot measure...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 27, 2018 | The Kovach Corner |
The devil is in the details. We continue seeing the truth of this statement as news trickles out of Raleigh this week. The latest Republican stunt: stripping the governor of his appointment powers. Taken individually, the bills that this legislature passed to...
by Darren Janz | Jun 25, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Columbus County is a predominantly rural county on North Carolina’s southeastern Coastal Plain. The third largest county in the state by land area, Columbus borders South Carolina and is located only eight miles away from the Atlantic coast. The county’s geography...
