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Florida and North Carolina Tweak Voting Rules to Ease Process Amid Devastating Hurricane Season
As authorities assess the damage caused by Hurricane Milton just days after Helene's devastating path, this storm season is becoming the most destructive for the U.S. in at least 20 years. An unexpected consequence from the hurricanes' impact? Officials in North Carolina and Florida are implementing emergency voting procedures to...
The government is here to help, and thank goodness
In 2010 I published “On the Grid,” a book about infrastructure and the systems — water, wastewater, power, gas, telephone, communications — that made our absurdly easy lives possible. The systems everyone affected by Hurricane Helene is now desperate to see restored. The systems Milton is about to demolish in central Florida. Anyone who knows […]
Private pilots self-organize to deliver emergency supplies to western North Carolina
The trip starts at the Lake Norman Airpark. Pilot Matt Quilinan of Race City Flight Operations loads us into a Cessna 172 and does the pre-flight checklist. “This is a fire extinguisher so in an emergency, you’d be in charge of that,” he says, pointing under the seat. “I’d be in charge of flying the plane.”
ARH Hurricane Relief Fund extended to include cold weather items
The ARH Hurricane Relief Fund was established in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which caused catastrophic flooding in parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. As we learned first-hand following the devastating 2022 eastern Kentucky flood, recovery doesn’t take place over night. Residents were displaced, many left with only the clothes on their backs. Some families […] The post ARH Hurricane Relief Fund extended to include cold weather items appeared first on Middlesboro News.
'Kaptivating The Vote': NC A&T hosts election town hall for voters
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The candidates for state superintendent faced questions in Greensboro Wednesday. Election Day is less than 4 weeks away, so Mo Green and Michele Morrow are running out of time to make an impact with voters. Alpha Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and the North Carolina...
In September, North Carolina Sportsbooks reported a handle of $575.4 million
Commercial sports betting was finally legalized in North Carolina in March 2024. August was the first month that residents could bet on college football and the NFL preseason. After revenue was down in August, the state was able to bounce back in September. This was their first full month of college football and the NFL. The North Carolina Lottery Commission reported that online sports betting operators generated $575.4 million in handle, up 55% month over month.
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