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The Enterprise

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Bailey’s Finch wins fourth straight State Fair wreath title

Heather Finch won her fourth straight North Carolina State Fair title in decorated wreaths, using natural materials and a family tradition rooted in Bailey.

Bailey, NC · 10d

Raleigh News & Observer

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Why DEQ trusted a Raleigh real estate agent with the site of a massive hog waste spill

Four years ago, millions of gallons of hog waste spilled from a Wayne County hog farm and into a nearby swamp. But this year, the same hog farm has continued to leak sludge into public waterways and violate its environmental requirements, racking up thousands in fines. The farm’s new owner, who bought it at auction in 2024, hasn’t paid any of these fines, nor has he submitted several requested reports to the state. In fact, the farm’s new owner has never run such a farm himself. He’s a Raleigh-based real estate agent named Wallace Green operating under the name Biox Renewables, a one-person limited liability corporation that has no website and no office. The farm, formerly called White Oak Farms, is home to an anaerobic digester — a device that captures the methane from hog manure and turns it into renewable energy. Businesses that own a farm with a digester are subject to supposedly strict permitting requirements. Green, however, has faced few consequences for failing to comply with those requirements. He doesn’t have any full-time employees overseeing the farm’s pits of hog waste. He’s over a year behind on submitting required documents to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, prompting

Wayne County, NC · 9d

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Former Hope Mills Town Manager McLaughlin Takes Spot in Angier

Angier has a new permanent town manager: Chancer F. McLaughlin. He has spent more than 22 years working in city government, planning, and leadership, WRAL reported on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Before this job, McLaughlin spent over 12 years with the Town of Hope Mills. He ran the town as its...

Angier, NC · 7d

FOX8 News

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Federal election monitors headed to 3 NC counties, raising concerns about voter intimidation

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The U.S. Department of Justice is sending federal election monitors to three North Carolina counties on Election Day to ensure federal voting rights laws are being followed. The monitors will be in Wake, Mecklenburg and Alamance counties on Tuesday, a move raising concerns among voting rights advocates about potential voter intimidation. […]

North Carolina · 11d

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Wake Forest students reflect on voting

As Wake Forest students cast their ballots in the midterm elections, some out-of-state residents faced decisions over whether to cast their ballots in North Carolina or in their home state. Many students also took advantage of resources from the student voting initiative Deacs Decide. Choosing where to vote. Although nearly...

Wake Forest, NC · 8d

Rocky Mount Telegram

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Early voting wraps up with strong turnout, long lines

Less than an hour before polls closed on the final day of early voting, a line of voters stretched out the door of the polling site at Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount. Outside, volunteers handed out candy, greeted neighbors and kept the line moving. It was a scene repeated across Nash and Edgecombe counties Saturday as residents took advantage of their final opportunity to cast ballots before Election Day. By the time early voting concluded, Nash County had recorded 28,230 ballots cast during the early voting period while Edgecombe County reported 12,209 ballots cast at its three early voting sites. Combined, more than 40,000 voters in the two counties had already participated before Election Day arrived. County elections officials said Nash County's total exceeded expectations by roughly 4,000 votes compared with turnout patterns from the 2018 and 2022 midterm elections. But beyond the numbers, the final day of early voting revealed a deeper story about family traditions, civic duty and the people who make elections possible. Outside the Bailey polling location, one mother waited while her daughter cast her ballot. Voting, she explained, has always been a family affair. "I've always tried to bring the kids," she said. "I

Edgecombe County, NC · 8d

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Orange County Welcomes Shelly Green To Lead Visitor Bureau Transition

Orange County Manager Travis Myren has announced that Shelly Green, a longtime tourism leader and former executive director of the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, has returned to provide interim leadership to the organization. Green’s appointment comes as Laurie Paolicelli prepares to retire on Nov. 2, 2026, following more than...

Orange County, NC · 8d

Country Herald

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North Carolina Open Enrollment Nov. 1: Raleigh Residents Face Up to 27.36% Health Insurance Increase

RALEIGH, N.C. — Open enrollment for 2027 health insurance begins Sunday, Nov. 1, giving North Carolina residents an opportunity to compare Marketplace plans, review premiums and choose coverage for the coming year.

North Carolina · 8d

Realtor.com News & Insights

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Raleigh's Housing Authority Is Requiring 24-Hour Fixes for Life-Safety Problems in Section 8 Rentals

Raleigh Housing Authority will require landlords to fix life-threatening Section 8 housing problems within 24 hours under new NSPIRE rules.

Raleigh, NC · 10d

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Smithfield Traces Discolored Creek Water To Construction Site

SMITHFIELD – Town crews investigating discolored water in a creek flowing toward the Neuse River traced the source to a construction site along Buffalo Road. The Town of Smithfield said Water and Sewer crews responded after staff became aware around 5:30 p.m. Thursday of a social media post showing discoloration in a creek near the Second Street boat ramp.

Smithfield, NC · 10d

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$550M announced for S-Line Rail Project

Construction is progressing on the S-Line rail project in North Carolina, with $550 million in federal-state partnership funding announced for the project’s development. Once completed, the railway will connect Raleigh to Richmond, Virginia. “Living in the number one state that people from other states are moving to, North Carolinians...

Raleigh, NC · 10d

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JCPS Approves $1.35 Million In School Facility Projects

SMITHFIELD — The Johnston County Board of Education approved more than $1.35 million in construction, maintenance and building system work during its October meeting. The largest individual project is at Micro Elementary School, where Vortex Construction Co. was awarded a $421,375 contract to build an enclosed connector between the northwest wing and the main school building.

Johnston County, NC · 10d

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A Library Card Does More Than You Think

Your library card unlocks a whole lot more than books. Forget the season’s “It Girl” purse—the hottest accessory you can have is a library card. Gen Z and millennials are hitting the stacks at higher rates than their parents, and once you see what’s hiding behind that piece of plastic, it’s not hard to understand why.

Wake County, NC · 11d

Raleigh News & Observer

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Wake County schools grapple with how to remember students who died by suicide

Editor’s note: This story contains discussions about suicide and self-harm, a topic that will be disturbing to some readers. If you are having thoughts of suicide or other mental health struggles, call or text 988 for a 24/7 hotline. The Wake County school system is trying to find the line between recognizing students and school employees who die by suicide without glamorizing it and potentially causing others to engage in self-harm. The Wake school board is trying to develop a new policy to standardize how schools deal with memorials and grief support. The new policy would apply to all deaths, but the challenging point is how to handle memorials for students and employees whose death was caused by suicide. “A big risk when we glamorize suicide, we do things that suggest to our very vulnerable teens that that’s an option,” Corliss Thompson-Drew, Wake’s director of school psychology, told the school board’s policy committee this week. “We have phenomena that’s called suicide contagion, which is essentially we see suicides popping up in a cluster area, and that’s not what we want for our students. “We want our students to know that when they are stressed, suicide is not a normal response.”

Wake County, NC · 10d

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Parents, Residents Can Challenge School Materials Under New JCPS Policy

SMITHFIELD — Johnston County parents, teachers and residents will have a new process for challenging books and other materials used in public schools. The Johnston County Board of Education approved revisions to two policies during its Oct. 13 meeting, bringing the district’s rules in line with new state requirements.

Johnston County, NC · 10d

WRAL News

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Johnston Co. residents lose water, power and internet during fiber line construction

Residents of the Adams Point neighborhood near Garner say they have lost water, power and internet for periods of time over the last week. They blame ongoing construction to install a T-Mobile fiber line. Multiple residents reached out to WRAL about their frustrations. One woman said in a text message...

Garner, NC · 11d

Raleigh News & Observer

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Did a campaign mailer go too far? NC candidate files defamation suit

A candidate running to represent Lee County in the state legislature filed a defamation lawsuit against a political action committee over campaign mailers that claim he owns and operates an illegal gambling business. Charles Taylor, a Republican, alleged in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Sandhills Citizens Alliance distributed mailers “falsely asserting” that Taylor operates the business and is part of an ongoing state investigation. Taylor, a Sanford City Council member, last week sent the group a cease-and-desist letter demanding a retraction, according to the defamation lawsuit. One mailer states that Taylor “owns an illegal gambling operation,” is “running a casino just a half mile from a Lee County Middle School” and “is under a state ethics investigation.” Taylor in the lawsuit asserts that he owns the property, “but not the tenant’s business,” and that Taylor does not “own, manage or operate that business.” The lawsuit, filed in Lee County Superior Court, also notes that a private citizen previously submitted an ethics complaint to the North Carolina State Ethics Commission. The commission said it “lacked jurisdiction to investigate him” because Taylor is not a legislator, and that no formal investigation had begun, according to the lawsuit. Taylor in the lawsuit

Lee County, NC · 12d

Raleigh News & Observer

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NCDOT begins work on another new railroad bridge, this time in Wake Forest

The N.C. Department of Transportation is gradually eliminating railroad crossings in Wake County, as it begins building a new passenger rail link between Raleigh, Richmond, Virginia, and the Northeast. Now that effort reaches Wake Forest, where construction begins soon on a bridge that will carry Rogers Road over the railroad tracks that Amtrak trains will use in the future. The $46.2 million bridge is one of four NCDOT is building to eliminate busy rail crossings along the so-called S-line, a rail corridor built in the 19th century that now sees a couple of slow-moving CSX freight trains per day. The federal government has pledged $1.1 billion to help NCDOT lay new tracks capable of carrying fast passenger trains between downtown Raleigh and Wake Forest, the first leg of a line that will eventually extend into Virginia. Blythe Construction of Charlotte was awarded the contract to build the bridge and can begin work as soon as Nov. 30. NCDOT expects the span will be open to traffic by the fall of 2030. Rogers Road will remain open throughout construction, though traffic will be shifted onto temporary lanes at times, according to spokeswoman Kim Deaner. “Residents and businesses will continue to have

Wake Forest, NC · 11d

WRAL News

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"It has been a nightmare": Raleigh approves permit for Oakwood Halloween House

The City of Raleigh has approved a special event permit for the display known as the Oakwood Halloween House, ending a weeks long back and forth over preserving the 15-year tradition and managing crowd safety. "My Halloween's been happening for the last two weeks," organizer Jesse Jones said. "It has...

Raleigh, NC · 11d