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WNCT.com’s Get in the Game: Rhiley Holley
Editor’s note: WNCT has a new feature that will happen every Tuesday where a player from one of the many travel ball teams across Eastern North Carolina will be featured. If you have an athlete you’d like to nominate, email jennis@wnct.com. APEX, N.C. (WNCT) — Shortstop and second baseman Rhiley Holley travels with the Team Freeman […]
Local News Roundup: Presidential candidates visit NC; Matthews board opposes transit sales tax; CMS news heats up as new school year approaches
Both major ticket presidential candidates visit North Carolina this week to talk economy. We'll discuss former President Trump's speech in Asheville on Wednesday and preview Vice President Harris' visit to Raleigh on Friday. The Matthews town board voted unanimously this week to oppose the one-cent sales tax for transit expansion...
Families spending 22% more on household goods than in 2021
(The Center Square) – Average household spending in North Carolina is $1,017 more per month today to buy the same goods and services as it was in 2021, a new federal report says. This means that families have a 22% increase in cumulative inflation since January 2021, putting North Carolina 1.5% higher than the national average. Over that same period, inflation has cost each household nearly $26,000 more than they would have spent. ...
ABSS adopts new policy barring discrimination based on gender identity that appears to conflict with N.C. Parents’ Bill of Rights
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted 6-1 during their latest work session Tuesday afternoon to adopt a policy revision that ABSS officials say complies with expanded protections for LGBTQ students – and prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and other “sex stereotypes” – under newly-implemented revisions to the federal Title IX by the U.S. Department of Education.
Flounder fishery dispute grows as August meeting approaches
The flounder conflict continues into next week’s North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) meeting, which will be held in Raleigh from Aug. 21-23. The bone of contention is between the MFC and the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (WRC) about this year's recreational flounder season. The only agenda items...
North Carolina woman wins $287,870 jackpot after buying $5 ticket at Publix
NEW BERN, N.C. (WGHP) — Ruby Rozenblad, of New Bern, bought a Fast Play ticket on Tuesday and won a $287,870 jackpot, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. She bought her winning $5 Rockin’ Bingo ticket from the Publix on South Glenburnie Road in New Bern. At the time of the win, the […]
Whiteville man sentenced for killing man in Forsyth County hit-and-run while driving impaired
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man will spend a minimum of seven years behind bars after killing a man in a head-on crash while driving impaired, according to a release from Forsyth County District Attorney James O’Neill’s office. On Aug. 15, Demetric Christopher Parker, 38, of Whiteville, pleaded guilty to aggravated felony death by […]
NC faith leaders decry Lt. Gov. Robinson’s stances on abortion, LGBTQ+ equality
A group of faith leaders spoke in front of the state Legislative Building Wednesday, criticizing Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s positions on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues. Speakers questioned the lieutenant governor’s recent shift on abortion, accused him of misrepresenting Christianity, and of fueling a rise in Christian nationalism in North Carolina. “We are here […]
Local students return to school
Pittsylvania County public schools’ halls were flocked with students once again on Monday, August 12, as students returned for a new school year. Despite disruption caused by inclement weather from tropical storm Debby, which resulted in school closures on PCS’s scheduled first day – Thursday, August 8, and again on Friday, August 9 - and interrupted Danville City schools’ first week back, closing schools on the division’s second and third days, operations are running again, and students, educators, and staff embarked on a new year.
Couple saves natural property from developers: 'You could just see it happening'
The generosity and swift decision-making from a couple in North Carolina helped rescue a parcel of land flush with native species from likely destruction. When Ann and Peter Weigl, both retired biology professors and outdoor enthusiasts, learned that their neighbor's 127 acres of real estate near Pfafftown were up for sale in December 2023, they knew they had to act quickly.
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