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1. Mecklenburg Commissioners vote to place 1-cent transportation tax on November ballot
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Supporters of a 1-cent sales tax increase for transportation packed the Government Center Wednesday night. Mecklenburg Commissioners...
2. Erosion threatens Ocracoke ferry terminal, but moving it would be unpopular
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Ocracoke Island is facing major erosion around the busy ferry terminal that connects it to Hatteras. But...
3. Manufacturer opens new facility in Hope Mills, promises major investment
Trey Nemec/CityView Rollease Acmeda, a manufacturer and distributor of window coverings, has officially opened a new warehouse site in Hope...
4. Cary Wendy’s removes noose display, which was part of Netflix promotion campaign
Carly Haynes/WRAL News A Netflix promotional campaign with a popular restaurant is getting the attention of customers, but for reasons...
5. SBI not currently investigating Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Some media outlets are reporting that the State Bureau of Investigation is poised to launch a criminal...
6. Judge dismisses NC State’s ‘Cardiac Pack’ lawsuit for name, image, likeness compensation
Maura Carey/The Associated Press A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the 1983 N.C. State men’s basketball...
7. New NC law makes regulating polluters much more difficult
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press North Carolina just made it much harder to pass expensive regulations. HB 402, now law...
8. Mecklenburg Commissioners agree in closed session: Time to end negotiations with Peebles Corp.
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County Commissioners decided in closed session Wednesday to end all negotiations with The Peebles Corporation, which...
9. Asheville’s Urban Forestry Commission speaks for the city’s trees. It hasn’t met since Helene.
Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog Asheville’s Tree City USA distinction, which it held for nearly 45 years, has lapsed. Eric North, a...
10. Rock mining for I-40 repairs to gear up in Pisgah National Forest
The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Another milestone in the I-40 repair job in the Pigeon River Gorge: the N.C. Department of Transportation...
1. ‘Thanks for the donuts’: NCDOT responds to NC State coach’s long day at DMV
Laura Leslie & Brian Murphy/WRAL News Basketball games — even in the Atlantic Coast Conference — can’t be as difficult...
2. RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
The Associated Press The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that...
3. ‘A wing and a prayer:’ Henderson County owed $20M reimbursement from FEMA
Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Henderson County is in the hole about $20 million, waiting for reimbursements from the...