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NC DMV plans statewide mobile ID rollout as privacy questions remain
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (912+ words) North Carolinians could begin carrying a digital version of their driver’s license or state identification card on their phones by the end of the year or early 2027. The NC Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) plans to make the identification available…...
McDowell joins NC data center pause
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (1154+ words) McDowell County has paused data center development for six months as North Carolina policymakers weigh how to attract artificial intelligence investment while addressing electricity demand, water use, tax policy, and infrastructure costs. They have joined at least 30 other counties and…...
Balkcom releases 1st campaign ad
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (278+ words) State Rep. Jennifer Balkcom, R-Henderson, who is running on the Republican ticket against Democrat Jamie Ager for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional district, released her first campaign ad, touting her background and her work ethic. In the ad, Balkcom touts her background…...
Five Shot on Gastonia's Forbes Road, Gunman Still Loose as Police Swarm Scene
9+ min ago (154+ words) At least five people were shot Wednesday morning in the 2600 block of Forbes Road in Gastonia, and the suspect was not immediately in custody as dozens of officers flooded the residential street. Gaston County Police told the public to steer…...
CMS Students Demand Net-Zero Schools, Say Solar Could Cut Millions in Costs
9+ min ago (353+ words) Connolly Baxter, a 10th grader at JT Williams Secondary Montessori School, told the board plainly that CMS has no future without a planet, according to WFAE. Baxter was among the students, parents and energy experts who made the case that going…...
Charlotte Mom Sold Her Furniture to Survive, Then Nonprofits Rebuilt Her Life
9+ min ago (210+ words) Jaye, a former flight attendant, spent two months living in a hotel with her 10-year-old daughter while she tried to find stable housing in Charlotte, at one point selling her own furniture on social media just to get by. Today…...
Two West Coast NFL teams will travel the most this season. See which
24+ min ago (370+ words) The first international NFL game of the season kicks off Thursday night, with the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams meeting in Melbourne, Australia. The historic matchup is the first time any NFL team has played in Australia. Thursday night's…...
North Carolina SRO saves choking student while eating lunch with kids in cafeteria
24+ min ago (248+ words) A Craven County School Resource Officer saved the life of a student who began choking while eating lunch in the school’s cafeteria. Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News. SRO Cpl. A. Buck was…...
The scale of 9/11's health impacts, visualized 25 years later
24+ min ago (464+ words) Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, it's the first scenes that still loom large in many Americans' memories. The moments of impact. The clouds of smoke. The sight of survivors holding cloths to their mouths. Those moments, however, have ballooned into…...
Charter group brings in firm to set standards for NC virtual schools
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (524+ words) North Carolina’s charter school association has brought in a consulting firm to write quality standards for the state’s virtual charter academies, schools the state charter office said last month none of its staff has experience evaluating. Nineteen remote charter academies…...