(The Center Square) – With early voting starting in North Carolina on Thursday of next week, the State Board of Elections moved quickly following the devastation of Hurricane Helene to help the hardest-hit counties prepare for voters.
Still, there... Read more
(The Center Square) – About a week or so after Election Day every year, the aroma in the cool air begins to change downtown in the 1,300-population community of West Jefferson in the North Carolina mountains.
Fraser firs by... Read more
(The Center Square) – As North Carolina recovers from the devastation from Hurricane Helene, the State Board of Elections said in a press conference on Thursday afternoon that all counties are on track to have early voting locations open.
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(The Center Square) – Eighty-eight are reported dead and more than 100 may be unaccounted for in North Carolina.
No stranger to hurricanes, a 10-term congresswoman says her beloved mountain region has seen “nothing like this.”
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(The Center Square) – False claims by a Biden administration official on the way to North Carolina sparked one controversy.
Plenty more are rumbling from the hills and hollows of the Blue Ridge and Appalachians. Members of Congress from... Read more
(The Center Square) – Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, first elected in 1996 by a wide margin over auto racing legend Richard Petty, goes for her eighth term alongside a sixth different governor.
She’s challenged by Republican Chad... Read more
(The Center Square) – When North Carolinians select their next state treasurer, it’ll be more new blood to the 10-member Council of State.
Republican Brad Briner and Democrat Wesley Harris each needed primary wins in March. The victor between... Read more
(The Center Square) – Republican Luke Farley turned back a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in the primary.
This fall, it’s Democrat Braxton Winston against the political newcomer endorsed by the state’s longest serving labor commissioner.... Read more
(The Center Square) – Republican Steve Troxler is seeking a sixth consecutive four-year term as agriculture commissioner, trying to fend off the challenge of Democrat Sarah Taber and Libertarian Sean Haugh.
Troxler’s consecutive years within the Council of State... Read more
(The Center Square) – In the first legislative session since Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, lawmakers proposed the “first step” in many to provide aid and financial assistance to those in need.
The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 will... Read more
(The Center Square) – Eight years ago, Mike Causey made history as North Carolina’s first Republican insurance commissioner.
He won reelection in 2020, and this fall tries to fend off the challenge of Democrat and three-term state Sen. Natasha... Read more
(The Center Square) – North Carolinians have voted a certified public accountant into the state auditor's position every four years since the 2004 election.
Change happened with an unexpected December vacancy. Thee governor appointed Democrat Jessica Holmes, the first... Read more
(The Center Square) – Laurie Buckhout is running to be the first Republican to represent North Carolina's 1st Congressional District since 1883 against Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis.
In one of the most competitive U.S. House races in the... Read more
(The Center Square) – Republican Hal Weatherman and Democrat Rachel Hunt remain statistically tied in the race for North Carolina’s lieutenant governor.
Hunt, a state senator and daughter of former two-time two-term governor Jim Hunt, has made abortion access... Read more
(The Center Square) – Tragic stories continue to flow from western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene slamming the Appalachian Mountains nearly two weeks ago.
So, too, is the assistance. The General Assembly convenes Wednesday, with disaster... Read more
(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s string of recruiting success in the healthcare industry continued Tuesday with announcement of a new expansion in Raleigh.
Weatherby Healthcare, Inc. a physician staffing company, will invest $7.6 million to expand its operations,... Read more
(The Center Square) – TikTok, popular short-form social media video site with parent company headquartered in China, is being sued by the North Carolina attorney general.
Josh Stein, also a candidate for governor, in the lawsuit seeks injunctive relief,... Read more
(The Center Square) – With just 28 days until the election, Democrat Jeff Jackson and Republican Dan Bishop are both confident in their Election Day chances becoming North Carolina's next attorney general.
Each a former state senator, the candidates... Read more
(The Center Square) – Democrat Allison Riggs and Republican Jefferson Griffin are in a dead heat for the only North Carolina Supreme Court seat up for election this year.
Recent polling has had both candidates leading, but within the... Read more
(The Center Square) – As voting in North Carolina has already begun, Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor has taken an even steeper uphill climb to the governor’s mansion.
Voters only three times since the 1896 election... Read more
