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9+ hour, 58+ min ago  (94+ words) Fayetteville and Cumberland County voted to create a joint 911 center following pressure from state lawmakers. Fayetteville, county strike deal on future consolidated 911 center Fayetteville and Cumberland County leaders voted unanimously July 8 to move forward with creating a consolidated 911 center, ending…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (957+ words) North Carolina's private schools added 8, 260 students and 67 schools in the 2025-26 school year, the largest one-year jump in the number of private schools in more than four decades, according to a Carolina Journal analysis of'new annual reports'from the state Division of…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (869+ words) A split 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel has thrown out a federal gun conviction after determining that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police "seized" the defendant when they parked their vehicles near him. The split 2-1 decision Wednesday vacated Kevin Damon Williams" conviction on…...

11+ hour, 38+ min ago  (275+ words) GREENSBORO, N. C. "The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Greenville Drive, 16-3, on Wednesday, July 8. With the victory, Greensboro improved to 12-5 on the season, while Greenville fell to 6-11. The Grasshoppers outhit the Drive, 16-4, while Greenville committed two errors compared to Greensboro's one. Infielder Murf…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (889+ words) On Tuesday, Gov. Josh Stein signed 12 bills into law and vetoed one dealing with restricting sleeping and camping on public property. House Bill 437, Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping, also creates a limited framework for cities and counties to establish regulated…...

7+ min ago  (489+ words) A June 14 shooting in a usually quiet stretch of east Charlotte has now led to two arrests, as Charlotte-Mecklenburg detectives link a Greenville, South Carolina woman to the killing of a 30-year-old man outside a Hickory Grove Road home. Police…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago  (567+ words) The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Monroe City Council's decision to remove a member of its Board of Adjustment in 2024. Kenneth Deal had argued in court that the removal violated his constitutional rights. Monroe first appointed Deal to…...

52+ min ago  (195+ words) Deputies called off the pursuit for public safety because of heavy traffic and what they described as reckless driving. The vehicle was later found abandoned on Oak Brook Drive, and a sheriff's K-9 tracked the suspect into a wooded area, where…...

5+ hour ago  (396+ words) New Energy Poverty Index provides county-by-county rankings and offers solutions Director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life, Research Editor, John Locke Foundation A new report from the John Locke Foundation's Center for Food, Power, and Life gauges the…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1140+ words) A Senate-approved conference report that would largely ban intoxicating hemp products in North Carolina has stalled in the House, where Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the scope of the agreement. House Bill 328, titled "Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables," would impose a…...