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The Courier-Tribune is one of the 10 oldest newspapers published in North Carolina, tracing its roots back to 1876 and Marmaduke Swaim Robins Randolph Regulator newspaper. [5] It was named the Courier Tribune in 1940 in the merger of Courier (1930–1940) and Randolph Tribune (1924–1940). [6] [7]
For more than forty years, Hammer was owner and editor of the Asheboro Courier. He was appointed United States attorney for the Western District of North Carolina on February 24, 1914, and served until September 20, 1920. Hammer was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921 ...
The North Carolina Press Association (NCPA) was formed in 1873. It supports newspapers, readership and advertisers throughout the state. Membership includes 155 of the North Carolina newspapers, as of 2020. [3] The North Carolina Press Foundation was formed in 1995. It is a non-profit organization supporting journalists. [146]
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
Pittsboro, North Carolina: 71st (1929–1931) William C. Hammer Democratic North Carolina (7th district) September 26, 1930 65 Chronic myocarditis [148] Asheboro, North Carolina: City Cemetery, Asheboro, North Carolina: Hinton James: March 4, 1921 March 24, 1865 Randolph County, North Carolina: 71st (1929–1931) Charles F. Curry Republican ...
Asheboro was named after Samuel Ashe, the ninth governor of North Carolina (1795–1798), and became the county seat of Randolph County in 1796. [6] It was a small village in the 1800s, with a population of less than 200 through the Civil War; its main function was housing the county courthouse, and the town was most active when court was in session.
Asheboro, North Carolina Patricia Britt "Pat" Hurley (born December 29, 1939) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives [ 1 ] She represented the 70th district (including constituents in Randolph County ) from 2007 to 2023.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...