Early in-person voting started on Thursday across North Carolina for next month’s runoff elections, including one congressional and two statewide primary contests. Voters are choosing this fall’s Republican nominees for lieutenant governor, state auditor and the 13th Congressional District seat. These May 14 runoffs, also known as “second primaries,” occurred because the candidate with the most votes in the March …
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A physician and pilot were injured Wednesday following a small plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, UNC Health and RDU Airport confirmed. The aircraft involved was a UNC Air Operations medical plane that was returning Dr. Paul Chelminski, an internal medicine physician with UNC Health, from a lecture he gave to medical staff at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical …
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Samples of pasteurized milk on grocery store shelves have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that hasalready infected herds of dairy cows, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday. The FDA stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings “do not represent [an] actual virus that may be a risk to consumers.” Officials …
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A North Carolina boy likely died of suffocation in a tent at a wilderness therapy camp for troubled youth after staff failed to check on him, according to a state report released Tuesday. Staff at Trails Carolina, located in Lake Toxaway on the western side of the state, told North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) workers that …
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Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference. It’s a much-anticipated gathering. Typically it is held every four years, but church leaders delayed the 2020 gathering until now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the 11-day gathering runs from April 23 to May 3. Among those assembling are …
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A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen, 31, of Sanford, North Carolina, struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. JAN. 6 WAS NOT AN …
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The North Carolina General Assembly begins its annual work session Wednesday with a little extra money to spend and limited pressing issues to address before key elections this fall and longtime state government leaders depart. Following their landmark 2023 session that expanded Medicaid, restricted abortion, broadened gun rights, swelled private-school vouchers and weakened the governor, Republicans leading the House and …
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The identity of the North Carolina-based Marine who was killed in a training accident near Camp Lejeune, just days after his promotion to sergeant, has been released by military officials. According to a press release from Camp Lejeune officials, Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, 23, was killed during a training accident on April 18. The fatal accident happened shortly after 11 p.m., …
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Using the term “illegal alien” is reportedly an infraction worthy of suspension in a North Carolina high school. In an email to the Carolina Journal, Leah McGhee described an incident in Central Davidson High School in Lexington where her 16-year-old son was suspended for three days last week over the term. According to McGhee, an English teacher was giving an …
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The mayor of North Carolina’s capital city announced on Tuesday that she won’t seek reelection this fall, citing in part health challenges and mentioning a new job. Mary-Ann Baldwin, whose time on Raleigh’s city council goes back to 2007, has been mayor since December 2019. Raleigh is North Carolina’s second-largest city by population with over 475,000 people. “It’s time to …
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