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Chapel Hill mother, son reunited after losing communication in wake of Tropical Storm Helene
Gov. Cooper provided another update Sunday on the scope of the damage unleashed by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina, where hundreds of thousands remain in the dark and countless others are still stranded due to life-threatening flooding.A major disaster declaration was approved by President Biden to help facilitate aid to North Carolina's mountain communities."North Carolina's strong and our first responders are the best in the country. I'm thankful for their hard work and for risking their lives to protect all North Carolinians. This is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented response," said the Governor at a briefing Sunday...
INDY’s Best of the Triangle: Orange and Chatham County Winners
Another year, another round of winners in the INDY’s much-imitated, never-replicated Best of the Triangle contest, where you tell us who’s the best of the best in our beloved region. While Best of the Triangle has been running for two decades now, astute readers and INDY fans will notice that we’re doing things a little […] The post INDY’s Best of the Triangle: Orange and Chatham County Winners appeared first on INDY Week.
The fight over digital voter identification in North Carolina
Tens of thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students' and employees' digital IDs will not be a valid form of identification to vote in this year's presidential election, a North Carolina appeals court ruled Friday. Why it matters: The move will force some of the 40,000 UNC-Chapel Hill students and workers who don't already have another form of valid voter identification to obtain one to vote, just over two weeks before early voting is set to begin in North Carolina. Context: UNC-Chapel Hill rolled out the university-generated digital IDs, known as the One Card, in 2023, but allowed cardholders the option of...
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