[3] Robbins credited DENR Secretary John Skvarla as the inspiration for the newspaper being in print.

[5] In May 2023, the paper's parent company North State Media acquire The Chatham Record in Chatham County, N.C.[6] In September 2023, McClatchy sold its Charlotte printing plant to North State Media for $4.65 million.

The plant was developed by The Wall Street Journal in 1982 and sold to the Charlotte Observer’s parent company in 2013.

[8] The North State Journal's opinion section consists only of bylined columns emphasizes "free markets and individual liberty" compared with "center-left" leaning opinion sections of North Carolina’s other major papers.

[12] The paper won the General Excellence Award as the best small weekly in the state in 2018[13] and 2020[14] as well as second place in 2019.