By Catherine Komp, NCLocal Editor In North Carolina, 1 in 3 adults, or nearly 2.5 million people live with a disability — higher than the national average of 1 in 4. “I think that in any sort of beat there…
By Catherine Komp NC Local Editor When the Chatham News + Record owners announced on May 8 that they sold the paper and its other products to North State Media, the new leadership said readers could “expect to see expanded…
By Catherine Komp, NC Local Editor Journalist Sara Pequeño is lining up a new chapter, a “radical experiment in fun.” After spending 25 years in North Carolina, most of it in rural Mount Airy, Pequeño is ready for something completely…
By Catherine Komp, NC Local editor “Some [LGBTQ] papers have gone all digital, some papers have closed, I think it’s a testament to our staff and the readership that want the paper, that we’re still here. ‘Cause it has been…
By Eric Frederick, NC Local newsletter editor I got to talk the other day with Bill Horner III as he adjusted to his new life without the Chatham News + Record — which he and his partners, Kirk Bradley and…