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An unusually high number of Republican state lawmakers are facing challengers in the March primary. Candidate filing for the 2026 election got under way on Monday and runs through Dec. 19.
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Julia Demaree Nikhinson/APThe Trump administration has set forth a national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. -
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News of the funding’s release comes one day after U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis (R) released their holds on some of President Trump’s Homeland Security nominees. -
Economic development officials have focused on certain sectors, with job announcements paced by the largest in North Carolina's history. -
Meteorologists say that snow could come to parts of central North Carolina this weekend. -
EPA says the change will cut red tape, but new research suggests regulators may already be missing major sources of contamination. -
When Hurricane Helene struck Western North Carolina over a year ago, it left behind millions of cubic yards of debris in waterways. Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleaned a lot of it, the environmental group MountainTrue continues the cleanup effort for smaller waterways in the region. -
A committee that advises the state Board of Education on students’ non-academic needs has recommended the board back requiring a master’s degree for all school social workers in the state. -
The chair of North Carolina’s Board of Education, Eric Davis, criticized the recent Border Patrol surge in North Carolina as disruptive to schools. -
Hundreds of volunteers across central North Carolina are part the Haw River Watch Program. Since December 1994, the program has collected information that helps inform basin planning. -
New data shows immigration enforcement in North Carolina has surged since President Trump took office, with arrests tripling statewide.
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