The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA) has put out a statement condemning the language of Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, calling it “inflammatory, racially derogatory, insulting, and offensive.”
With Democrat Josh Stein winning the governor's seat against Mark Robinson very early on Tuesday evening, the power to routinely override with a supermajority was top of mind for state Republicans.
Raleigh is asking North Carolina’s second-highest court to take up a case involving a legal challenge to the city’s “missing middle” development policies. Plaintiffs challenge the city’s removal of development restrictions in 2021 and 2022 to permit more types of housing in residential neighborhoods.
NCDHHS is giving some flexibility in government regulations to help childcare facilities impacted by Hurricane Helene.
A federal judge is allowing plaintiffs to move forward with their lawsuit challenging the way Asheville chooses members of its Human Relations Commission. The suit accuses the city of rejecting plaintiffs because they are white.
From precinct officials, early voting workers, and county election officials to the General Assembly and the SBE, all are rising admirably to the challenge Hurricane Helene imposed on them.
The North Carolina GOP-controlled legislature will pass emergency legislation forcing two western North Carolina counties to open additional early voting sites, after Democrat-controlled local boards of elections failed to do so despite strong calls from voters in those communities.
State officials have relied on reviews by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh. It typically reviews weather deaths and rules on cause before reporting numbers through state officials, a process it has used in past storms for years.
For many parents and voters, it is now a matter of deciding who will lead their schools in a post-Helene future.
A North Carolina House candidate and Moore County Democratic Party chair has resigned from his post after being charged with stealing Trump campaign signs. Lowell Simon, 68, who is running as a Democrat in House District 98, stepped down from the party leadership following his arrest in Moore County.
October is peak tourism time for western NC, where people come from near and far to watch the leaves turn and visit the charming Main Streets. But this year, fall revenue is projected to be a fraction of its usual $2 billion.
