2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (692+ words) A federal judge has thrown out a document federal agencies used to support revised management plans for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. The judge ruled that the biological opinion or BiOp failed to account for the potential negative impact…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (471+ words) North Carolina's second-highest court will consider soon an animal sanctuary's lawsuit against Winston-Salem. The sanctuary and its owner are working with the Institute for Justice to challenge the city's decision to block the sanctuary. A trial judge ruled for the…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (530+ words) Paleontologists discovered definitive proof that the Nanotyrannus is indeed its own species of dinosaur. "This fossil doesn't just settle the debate, it flips decades of T. rex research on its head," says Zanno, co-author of the study and head of paleontology…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (270+ words) On July 14, Pat Simmons, CEO and Director of the North Carolina Zoo located in Asheboro, passed away after losing a five-year battle to cancer." In 2024,"Newsweek voted the North Carolina Zoo the "best zoo in the country." The Carolina Journal…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (664+ words) The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a chicken production operation and against animal activists in a dispute over state animal cruelty rules. The unanimous opinion Wednesday from a three-judge Appeals Court panel affirmed a trial…...