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Appeals Court restores defendant’s felon firearm possession charge

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial judge was wrong in 2024 to dismiss a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon in a Forsyth County case. The defendant had challenged the charge as unconstitutional based on recent US Supreme Court rulings in gun-rights cases.

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NC tobacco farmers demand answer on menthol ban from Harris campaign as Walz stops in Durham, Winston-Salem

Minn. Governor and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz will visit Durham and Forsyth counties Thursday, working to drum up enthusiasm on the first day of early voting and mere weeks until election day. Anticipating his visit, local farmers and business owners in North Carolina are demanding answers from the Harris campaign on whether the...

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Appellate judge invites top NC court to clarify legal issue of marijuana, hemp odor

A North Carolina Appeals Court judge is asking the state’s highest court to clarify an issue that has cropped up multiple times in recent appellate cases. Defendants are challenging law enforcement searches of cars and suspects based on the smell of marijuana.

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Robinson sends cease and desist letter to Stein over alleged false ad allegation

Attorneys for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Attorney General Josh Stein and his campaign for allegedly running a TV ad that includes a series of misleading statements and visuals depicting a childcare center that the lieutenant governor and his wife, Yolanda Hill, ran in Greensboro between 2005 and 2007.

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Weatherman defeats O’Neill for GOP nomination for lieutenant governor

Hal Weatherman was victorious over his second primary opponent Jim O’Neill on Tuesday for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in North Carolina. With more than two-thirds of precincts reporting on Tuesday night Weatherman had 76% of the vote compared to O’Neill’s 23.8%.

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