Author: Ara

No more printing NC voter registration forms will cut costs, NC election board says. Advocacy groups question timing, motive, legality.

State auditor report finds improper hiring of underqualified personnel with insufficient oversight led to money woes plaguing Rocky Mount.

Powerful NC Senate leader formally requests a recount in election contest he trails by 23 votes. He also claims some voters got wrong ballot.

The board also approved February tax releases and refunds and moved $26,353 in contingency to the Lake Norman Marine Commission.

The March 14 Americanism Awards honor a fire captain, a master police officer, and a Street Division crew leader who started in 1994.

Republican primary voters narrowly picked Sam Page to replace powerful NC Sen. Phil Berger, but recounts or protests are expected.

Several incumbents went down and turnout was high in the NC primary. But a deeper dive shows more than one factor underlying those trends.

President Garrett Hinshaw said the money finishes the academy upfit and buys devices for IT and datacenter training.

The North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors honored Catawba County Health Director Jennifer McCracken at a March 11 awards luncheon in Cary.

Recount, possibly multiple ones, expected in nailbiter Republican NC Senate primary between Page and Berger. Court challenges could follow.