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Editorial: Germany prepared for coal's decline. We didn't.


In April 1961 — sixty years ago this spring — Gov. Lindsay Almond toured Southwest Virginia.
One of the stops on his tour was Clinch Valley College, what today is known as the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, where school officials did what school officials everywhere do when a governor comes to visit: They asked for more funding.
Here’s what caught our eye in The Roanoke Times account of the governor’s stop at the college: School officials “said they are unable to project Clinch Valley’s future enrollments because of uncertainty in the coal fields. The populations of mining towns are declining because of mechanization of the mines.” ....

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Apple, Google deals are 'transformative' but come with costs, says NCCU entrepreneurial leader McKoy


WRAL TechWire conducted an interview, by email, with Dr. Henry McKoy is the Director of Entrepreneurship and a member of the faculty in the North Carolina Central University School of Business, and a self-described academic economist with a specialty in economic development.  McKoy is also a former official with the North Carolina Department of Commerce, serving as the Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce for Governor Beverly Perdue. The interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
What do the recent announcements from Apple and Google mean for the Triangle?
The decision of both Apple and Google to locate major hubs and headquarters in the Triangle and North Carolina are huge wins for the region and the state.  A huge part of this is psychological.  The Triangle has been chasing Silicon Valley, Austin, and Boston for decades, and these recent announcements are a clear indicator to people in the community and those watching from the outsid ....

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Terry Sanford and JFK


Terry Sanford and JFK
Just before the January 6 attack on the Capitol, I wrote about Governor Terry Sanford’s inauguration speech in January 1961. He summoned North Carolinians to “give our children the quality of education which they need to keep up in this rapidly advancing, scientific, complex world.”
That speech 60 years ago was the subject of a recent column in The Washington Post by John Drescher, former executive editor at The News & Observer and now a national politics editor at the Post. His column was “How a Courageous Southern Governor Broke Ranks with Segregationists in 1961.”
Drescher wrote:
“Sixty years ago, as Southern governors criticized civil rights protests and fought integration, one broke ranks and gave a remarkable inauguration address: He called for equal opportunities for all his state’s residents. ....

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