Appeals Court blocks UNC digital ID as voter ID for 2024
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s digital identification cannot be used as voter ID in North Carolina’s election this fall. A...
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Death toll rises to 30 in NC from Hurricane Helene
Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller updated media Sunday evening to say that there are 30 confirmed deaths from Hurricane Helene, a number that is rising as rescue and recovery units get to areas of...
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Young voter turnout rates are on the rise
More than forty million members of Generation Z, about twice the population of New York, will be eligible to vote in the 2024 election nationwide. According to the Center for Information & Research...
View ArticleREPORT: New Biden FDA rules would hurt NC farmers, consumers
Two new regulatory changes are being considered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — banning menthol cigarettes and mandating Very Low Nicotine (VLN) products — could drastically change the...
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Los expertos dicen que los reclamos de Cooper contra las becas de oportunidad...
Un nuevo análisis de los investigadores de la Fundación John Locke examina las afirmaciones del gobernador Roy Cooper contra las becas de oportunidad, incluidas las afirmaciones de que el programa...
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Carolina del Norte asignó más de $5 millones para productos frescos a las...
Carolina del Norte ha recibido $5,947,218 en subvenciones federales del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) para el Programa de Frutas y Verduras Frescas (FFVP). El USDA asignó un...
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El número de muertos por el huracán Helene en Carolina del Norte aumenta a 30
El sheriff del condado de Buncombe, Quentin Miller, informó a los medios el domingo por la noche que hay 30 muertes confirmadas a causa del huracán Helene, una cifra que va en aumento a medida que las...
View ArticleCooper equates Helene disaster to his public school “emergency”
Over the weekend, Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper put a notification in a red banner across the top of the governor.nc.gov website linking to North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Helene relief....
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Routh pleads not guilty in Trump assassination attempt
Ryan Wesley Routh has pled not guilty to five federal charges including attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Routh, who is originally from Greensboro, appeared in a Florida...
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Samaritan’s Purse helping those in need in the aftermath of Helene
Boone-based Christian ministry Samaritan’s Purse is once again answering the call to those in need in several states, including North Carolina, after the devastating effects from Hurricane Helene....
View ArticleAppeals Court upholds conviction, rejects defendant’s marijuana odor argument
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a defendant’s firearm and habitual felon convictions in a Mecklenburg County case after rejecting arguments linked to the similar odor of marijuana and...
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Las tasas de participación de los jóvenes votantes están aumentando
Más de cuarenta millones de miembros de la Generación Z, aproximadamente el doble de la población de Nueva York, serán elegibles para votar en las elecciones de 2024 en todo el país. Según el Centro de...
View ArticleWNC quartz mining operations halted, risking global semiconductor supply
A pair of quartz mines in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina have temporarily suspended operations following the devastating flooding from Hurricane Helene, the company announced in a press...
View ArticleNC Ports activates contingency operations plan as port workers strike
The stand off between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (UMX) progressed to the next level Tuesday as the existing contract expired without a...
View ArticleLawsuit challenging 225,000 NC voter registrations headed to Oct. 17 hearing
A federal judge has scheduled an Oct. 17 hearing in state and national Republican groups’ lawsuit challenging the way North Carolina elections officials handled registrations of 225,000 voters. The...
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All hands on deck: Mules move supplies, industry and charities pitch in,...
As Western North Carolina continues to dig out from Hurricane Helene, more than 5,700 people have already applied for FEMA individual assistance and more than $1 million is being dispersed to them....
View ArticleReport: UNC-Chapel Hill has 34x more registered Democratic professors than...
Though diversity may be a core tenet of universities across the nation today, intellectual diversity at NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill is virtually nonexistent, a new report finds. Zero professors...
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NCSBE forging ahead with WNC voting process after Helene
The aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene will not hinder the election process in North Carolina, say elections officials in North Carolina. “Mountain people are strong, and the election people who serve...
View ArticleCooper compara el desastre de Helene con la “emergencia” de su escuela pública
Durante el fin de semana, el gobernador demócrata Roy Cooper colocó una notificación en un cartel rojo en la parte superior del sitio web governor.nc.gov con un enlace al Fondo de Ayuda para Desastres...
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Todos a bordo: las mulas trasladan suministros, la industria y las...
Mientras el oeste de Carolina del Norte continúa recuperándose del huracán Helene, más de 5,700 personas ya han solicitado asistencia individual de FEMA y se les está distribuyendo más de un millón de...
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