Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Libertarian voter and state Senate candidate Susan Hogarth broke the law on March 5 with a single Tweet. Hogarth took a selfie that included her completed primary election ballot inside a Wake County voting enclosure, captioning it “(1) Laws against #ballotselfie are (B.S.). (2) I guess...

Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio A cyberstalking charge was dropped against the former campaign manager for Republican State Superintendent candidate Michele Morrow. Court records from Nov. 5 show District Attorney Lorrin Freeman dismissed the charge on the basis that the “described conduct does not meet elements of the offense.” Jennifer Sloan Rachmuth...

Mitchell Northam & Sharryse Piggott/WUNC Radio When the UNC-Chapel Hill men’s basketball team begins its 2024-25 season on Monday night against Elon, fans of the Tar Heels streaming through the doors at the Dean Smith Center might notice something different. Yes, Armando Bacot is finally gone. But there’s something else,...

Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood County Schools employees who showed up and put in work during flood recovery will be paid, even though school technically wasn’t in session. Normally, if school is closed, employees are off, and thus wouldn’t get paid for those days. But those who worked anyway will...

Sarah Krueger/WRAL News In Durham’s popular Woodcroft neighborhood, one home stands out from the rest. A sign that reads “CONDEMNED” is on the door of 109 Old Fox Trail in Durham. Neighbors say the home has been vacant and abandoned for at least a decade. As the siding breaks off,...

Deirdra Funcheon/Hendersonville Times-News State law dictates that property taxes are due in full Jan. 6, regardless of how much damage was incurred during Tropical Storm Helene, Henderson County Tax Administrator Harry Rising explained to the county Board of Commissioners during a regularly scheduled meeting Monday night. After Jan. 6, penalties...

Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times Buncombe County Commissioners met the contractor selected to lead disaster recovery efforts and reallocated a total of nearly $3.2 million toward separate household assistance and small business recovery programs as the region continues to reel from the fallout of Tropical Storm Helene. In total, the county...

Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Untreated sewage continues to flow into the Pigeon River, something that began early Friday, Sept. 27, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The wastewater treatment plant that serves the town of Canton — but that’s operated by owner of the shuttered paper mill Pactiv Evergreen —...

Greg Childress/NC Newsline Voters in at least four North Carolina cities and towns will be asked to approve affordable housing bonds totaling $165 million in this year’s general election. In Charlotte, voters have been asked to approve a $100 million housing bond the majority of which—$35 million—will go toward producing...

Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Lowe’s Home Improvement, headquartered in Mooresville, said it was making changes so that its policies were “lawful” and “include everyone.” Lowe’s has received awards in recent years for its diversity, equity, and inclusion work. But the home improvement retailer, based in Mooresville, made news in August when...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC Ahead of Election Day, more than 4.4 million people cast their ballots in North Carolina during early voting, according to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) at the close of polls on Nov. 2 — more than 56% of total eligible voters....

Emily Mikkelsen/WGHP News North Carolina state superintendent hopeful Michele Morrow’s former campaign manager has been charged after police say she posted pictures of a stranger online. Jennifer Sloan Rachmuth, 54, of Apex, was charged on Saturday with one count of cyberstalking after law enforcement says that she took pictures of...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Eustace Conway, a former reality TV star and founder of the 1,000-acre Turtle Island Preserve in Watauga County, has become one of the most prominent North Carolina voices promoting debunked claims about the devastation of Tropical Storm Helene, giving them traction and an audience well beyond...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A local conservative advocacy group is under scrutiny for alleged violations of its nonprofit status, including failures to disclose political campaign expenditures supporting New Hanover County commissioner candidates. Progressive nonprofit Carolina Forward — a 501(c)4 that endorses Democratic political candidates — submitted a complaint against another...

Derek Draplin/The Center Square Interstate 26, a key crossing for drivers near the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, has reopened to the relief of Unicoi County residents. The Tennessee Department of Transportation reopened the interstate on Wednesday after building a temporary causeway with single lanes going both ways. I-26...