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.
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.
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 Western North Carolina that had been cut off by collapsed roads and mudslides.
The Democrat-dominated Buncombe County Board of Commissioners wants to join the legal fight against North Carolina’s new election maps. Commissioners filed paperwork at the N.C. Supreme Court Friday. They want to file a friend-of-the-court brief supporting efforts to throw out new state election maps. “Extreme partisan gerrymandering harms voters in real, identifiable ways,” according to...
North Carolina’s tourism industry lost more than half of its jobs in the first part of 2020 following Gov. Roy Cooper’s lockdowns. Annual visitor spending decreased 32% from 2019. Buncombe County in particular took a significant hit. Visitor spending decreased by a whopping 34.9% from 2019, the 10th largest among North Carolina counties. Given the county...
ASHEVILLE -- It's little wonder there's a growing disdain for public office in general when many in office seem unable to understand what everyday citizens value.
ASHEVILLE — In an effort to curtail the escalating trend of landowners building on steep slopes and ridges, Buncombe County commissioners voted 5-0 in October to provide stricter guidelines for those wanting to build on slopes with a grade of 25 percent or higher.
John Locke Foundation resident scholar Dr. Roy Cordato illuminates the lack of rationality behind Rep. Martin Nesbitt’s recent comments about the state’s proposed “Clean Smokestacks” legislation.
