North Carolina
Brunswick news: investigations, new golf business and housing boom
From golfing to investigations, Brunswick County has had a week of new discoveries and anticipations.
The town of Leland is facing excitement and anger as town hall renovations wrap up and a potential investigation ramps up. Leland officials requested the town attorney research and provide a legal opinion about a situation involving council member Frank Pendleton and a computer purchase.
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Investigators at the North Carolina State Board of Elections are also investigation a situation in Brunswick, voter registration applications turned into the county board of elections with missing required voter information or inaccurate information. Here’s the scoop on what’s going on with allegations of misconduct by voter registration drive workers and inaccurate voter registration applications in the state.
While Family Dollar in Leland faces its last days of being open, longtime business owners of storefronts within Clairmont Shopping Center share how staying tucked away from bustling areas has benefitted them for decades.
In southern Brunswick, the Carolina Shores Board of Commissioners turned down a developer’s second proposal to rezone and redevelop the Carolina Shores Golf and Country Club property. However, developers could return with a third proposal since the town’s code of ordinances allows for single-family residential development on the golf course property.
Here we grow again
A family is bringing a new entertainment facility to the county. Net Par Shallotte is a golf simulator and social spot being built in a commercial building near across U.S. 17 from Ashley Furniture in Shallotte. Managers say they plan to open in March. Here are more details about the business and what to expect.
East Lake in Leland is a a master planned development bringing 3,925 single family lots, 693 townhomes and 300 multifamily units across 2,114 acres in the southwest corners of Interstate 140 and U.S. 74/76. New Leaf Builders recently broke ground their Charleston-style community in East Lake with hopes to open in early summer with a model home, along with multiple move-in-ready inventory homes for buyers ready to settle in.
The agenda
County commissioners are meeting today, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. The agenda includes a $491,284 contract for preconstruction of the new elementary school to be built on the Jackey’s Creek property and a $99,869.48 budgeted purchase of a compact excavator.
The Grand Strand Area Transportation Study Transportation Advisory Committee meets at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 17 at the Ocean Isle Beach Town Hall. Discussions include transportation project updates, transportation safety performance targets for the state and crash data.
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Savanna Tenenoff covers Brunswick County for the StarNews. Reach her at stenenoff@usatodayco.com.
North Carolina
The North Carolina Arboretum’s “Spring Into the Arb” returns for year two
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The North Carolina Arboretum has announced a new season of “Spring Into the Arb!”
The “Spring Into the Arb!” is in its second year, with its series of plant shows and sales, science and nature activities, music, and art, allowing people to reemerge and reconnect with nature.
The season begins with Nature Play Day on Saturday, March 14, continuing through April, May, and June with new activities every weekend.
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According to a news release, throughout the season, guests can enjoy the following:
- Asheville Orchid Festival, annual Ikebana and Rose shows
- Purchase plants at the Spring Plant Sale and Market
- Get back to their native roots with Native Azalea Day, Mountain Science Expo, and Nature Play Day
The series culminates with Bonsai in the Blue Ridge in June, according to the release.
The release says guests and members are invited to drop in on the newly-opened Arbor Eatery in the Arboretum’s Education Center, which is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Hours extend to 5 p.m. beginning April 1.
Spring Into the Arb events and programs are included with the regular Arboretum parking fee of $25 per vehicle. Arboretum Society Members get in free.
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According to the release, additional admission is required for the Asheville Orchid Festival and Bonsai in the Blue Ridge.
A full list of the Spring Into the Arb 2026 events includes:
- Nature Play Day: March 14
- Asheville Orchid Festival: March 28 to 29
- Music in the Mountains Day: April 4
- Arbor Day Celebration: April 11
- Native Azalea Day: April 18
- Mountain Science Expo: April 25
- World Bonsai Day: May 9
- Change of Seasons: Spring into Ikebana: May 16 to 17
- The Asheville-Blue Ridge Rose Society Exhibition: May 22 to 24
- The Arb in Focus: 40 Views for 40 Years: Opening May 23
- Spring Plant Sale and Market: May 29 to 30
- Bonsai in the Blue Ridge: June 4 to 7
For more information, visit here.
North Carolina
Michael Jordan North Carolina “Sports Illustrated” cover sells for record $229k
A copy of Michael Jordan’s 1983 “Sports Illustrated” cover debut sold for $229,360 on Saturday night at Goldin, obliterating the previous record for a graded magazine.
Before Saturday, the previous record was the $126,000 paid for Jordan’s 1984 SI debut in a Bulls uniform entitled “A Star Is Born.”
“Sports Illustrated” magazines are very common and people kept them, but collectors narrowed the category by making rarer newsstand copies most collectible, and graded condition of those copies to narrow the most desirable down further.
Then, in July, came PSA to challenge CGC in the grading space.
The record UNC Jordan, with teammate Sam Perkins on the cover, was the only PSA 9.6. The question is, with PSA’s grading just beginning, are there others our there?
It’s possible, but that Jordan issue presents a challenge because it has a gatefold that makes it more challenging to press out defects.
The big price will likely create a group of opportunists who will now take raw subscription copies of this issue and get them graded for potential arbitrage.
But it won’t be that easy. A CGC 8.0 newsstand edition sold for $4,636 in October.
Whether the big price also creates more grading and selling of rare magazines remains to be seen, but PSA’s entrance into the space has definitely turned heads.
PSA has graded more than 50 of this particular issue, the second most commonly graded after the “Star is Born” issue.
Darren Rovell is the founder of cllct and one of the country’s leading reporters on the collectibles market. He previously worked for ESPN, CNBC and The Action Network.
North Carolina
End of 2025-26 NC ski season: Resorts announce closing dates
Warmer temperatures are bringing North Carolina’s ski season to a close, with several mountain resorts announcing closing dates. Beech Mountain will close after its annual Pond Skim on March 14, while Appalachian Ski Mountain plans to stay open through March 15 for its Meltdown Games.
Web Editor : Mark Bergin
Reporter : Eric Miller
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