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3,600 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) operate across North Carolina, and roughly 80 to 85 percent are supplied by a single company: Flock Safety. Those figures come from Daily Tar Heel reporting and should be treated as reported estimates rather than a definitive statewide inventory. In July 2026, the state...
LENOIR, N.C. — The colors of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment came out again on Oct. 18, when the North Carolina National Guard reactivated the battalion at a ceremony in Lenoir. The unit carries the nickname Mountain Rifles and the lineage of the battalion that held Hill 314 at Mortain, France, in August 1944. […]
Riders may encounter different rules as they cross local boundaries.
Celebrate the flavors of fall across North Carolina. Enjoy modern Chinese cuisine at The Majestic in Asheville, Thai favorites at Nai Thai 2 in Goldsboro and seasonal Italian cooking at Pizzeria Mercato in Carrboro.
FAIRVIEW, N.C. (WLOS) — Just days after flipping a longtime Republican congressional seat, Democrat Jamie Ager is looking ahead to Washington, where he says securing Helene recovery funding for western North Carolina will be his top priority. In a one-on-one interview with News 13 at his farm in Fairview,...
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) – An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City evacuated a passenger experiencing a medical emergency from a cruise ship off the coast of North Carolina on Monday, Nov. 2. The rescue occurred aboard the Norwegian Bliss approximately 32 miles off Oregon Inlet. The passenger was transferred to Sentara Norfolk […]
Changes in the North Carolina General Assembly could affect education funding at the state level.
(WGHP) — Democrats won control of the North Carolina House of Representatives for the first time since 2010, and they broke the Republican supermajority in the NC Senate. NC Democrats flipped more than 20 NC House seats on Tuesday night. It’s a blue wave that even Governor Josh Stein didn’t see coming. “Did I think […]
A recount expected in rural counties along North Carolina’s southern border will decide whether Democrats will take control of the full legislature for the first time since 2010 — a scenario once considered almost impossible by many of the state’s political observers. Republican legislators who have controlled...
Every five years, state law requires that local boards of education submit their long-range plans for “meeting school facility needs” to the State Board of Education. The reports are then aggregated by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) into a statewide summary, which is submitted to the General Assembly to shape their decisions regarding fiscal allocations in the state budget to potentially meet these school needs.
CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) – The North Carolina Department of Transportation says the Currituck Sound Ferry transported over 14 thousand vehicles and close to 45 thousand passengers at no cost to vehicle owners in 2025 but that will soon change due to new toll rates. The Currituck Sound Ferry connects Knotts Island to mainland Currituck. […]
North Carolina is poised to begin charging tolls on ferries that have been free for decades, including the state’s busiest route between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. The Board of Transportation on Thursday approved new tolls for four coastal ferry routes. Each car will pay $10 for a one-way trip on the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry and $7 one-way on the Knotts Island and the Neuse and Pamlico river ferries. Trucks and other longer vehicles will pay up to $30 on the Hatteras-Ocracoke crossing and $28 on the others. A bill signed into law this summer requires NCDOT to begin collecting tolls on those routes Jan. 1. The board unanimously passed a resolution last month asking the General Assembly to push that day back a few months, saying NCDOT hadn’t had enough time to study the effects of tolls on ridership. But lawmakers haven’t changed the Jan. 1 deadline, and NCDOT’s Ferry Division is preparing to begin collecting tolls as required, director Jed Dixon said Thursday. The board voted to approve the tolls without dissent. But Tess Judge, who represents the Outer Banks on the board, made another plea for more time. Many coastal residents depend on the ferries the way people in
Voters in six states decided ballot measures related to voter identification requirements on Nov. 3. Here are the results and what they mean. Voters approved three measures and defeated three. All six proposed establishing or expanding voter ID requirements in state constitutions; none proposed reducing or eliminating existing requirements. Earlier...
Republicans received a thumping defeat in the midterm elections. As voters overwhelmingly rejected GOP candidates, they didn't outright repudiate tax policies that have historically been championed by Republicans. While some states passed ballot initiatives to raise taxes, there were several wins for fans of low taxes. Here are some of the notable outcomes from Election Day.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is receiving more than $35 million in federal funding for a future Western North Carolina rail service. The funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation is for the project’s development, final design and construction. It’s also going toward upgrading highway-rail crossing signal systems between Salisbury and Hickory to improve safety.
Triangle school districts are trying to get more information about how they’ll be impacted by Google’s plan to change access to Google Search in schools. Google set off a firestorm this week when it initially announced that it would turn off access to Google Search for schools that reject use of artificial intelligence. Google then said it wanted to “clarify ” that it will turn off access by default to Search and its AI tools Gemini and Gemini Notebook with schools deciding which ones to turn back on. “We’ll share more specifics with schools in the coming months ahead of the changes rolling out so they have time to prepare and enable a smooth transition,” Chris Phillips, Google’s vice president and general manager for education, said in a blog post Tuesday . “Our goal is simple: provide school leaders the control and confidence to use AI products in classrooms as they see fit.” Schools want more info on Google’s changes Google Classroom is used by 90% of school districts nationwide so any changes are drawing concern. “We’re monitoring and waiting for more details from the company,” said Michael Hyland, a Wake County school system spokesperson. The controversy comes as schools
(This story was updated to add new information.) Democrat Mark D. Carver, a longtime Gaston College history instructor, defeated Republican Rep. Donnie Loftis in North Carolina House District 109 on Tuesday, Nov. 3. It ended Loftis’ run in the seat on a night when Democrats made sweeping gains across the state and Republicans held on to most local contests in Gaston County. According to unofficial results, Carver received 18,775 votes, or 51.62%, to Loftis’ 17,598 votes, or 48.38%, a margin of 1,177 votes. The results will not be official until the Gaston County Board of Elections completes its canvass, scheduled for Nov. 13. Loftis, a former Gaston County commissioner and Army veteran, was chosen by local Republican leaders to fill the seat after the October 2021 death of Rep. Dana Bumgardner. Carver: People 'Fed up and tired' Carver said the win is “still kind of surreal.” He credited a national mood. “I think a lot of people are just fed up and tired, and they want government to do its purpose, which is to make people’s lives better,” Carver said. Carver has taught history at Gaston College for 20 years and said he will retire by the end of the
Beyond the major upsets to the Republican Party in North Carolina, Tuesday’s results brought a milestone in racial representation in the state’s congressional delegation. North Carolina’s delegation is poised to flip from 10 Republicans and four Democrats to 10 Democrats and four Republicans, pending the outcome of some races close enough for a recount. It’s also set to include a record five Black members. U.S. Reps. Alma Adams, Valerie Foushee and Don Davis, all Democrats, are North Carolina’s current members of the Congressional Black Caucus. All three won reelection Tuesday. They’ll be joined in Congress by Democrat LaKesha Womack, who defeated first-term Republican Rep. Tim Moore, the longest-serving speaker in N.C. House history, in the 14th Congressional District. Womack owns a business development consulting firm and serves as a mentor in Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women: Black in Business program and as chief strategy officer for ASPIRE Community Capital, which lends to entrepreneurs, according to her responses to a candidate questionnaire from The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer. Also joining them is Democrat Cyril Jefferson, the mayor of High Point and a former councilman, who unseated first-term Republican Rep. Addison McDowell in the 6th District. Jefferson will
Democrat Roy Cooper, the former governor, won North Carolina's Senate seat, the first Democrat to do so since 2008, flipping the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. Cooper collected 58.7 percent of the vote with Trump-backed Republican Michael Whatley getting 39.1 percent. Speaking in Raleigh after the victory, Cooper said: "I will be […]
North Carolina drivers face a 49.3% average increase in auto insurance premiums after receiving a speeding ticket, marking the largest percentage jump in the country, according to new research from LendingTree.
