NC legislation passes relief package for WNC after Helene

The North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives unanimously passed the Disaster Relief Act 2024, granting $273 billion in relief funds for the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The bill covers 25 counties in WNC as well as Brunswick and New Hanover counties who were hit by PTC8, a potential tropical typhoon, on Sept. 16. The […]

Just when you thought it was over… Gubernatorial recount in Durham County and Election ’17

In the weeks following Nov. 8, Americans all across the U.S. could take solace in the fact that election season was finally over. Unfortunately for North Carolinians, the most tumultuous and divisive election season in recent memory refused to leave The Old North State. Democratic challenger Roy Cooper appeared to have won the governor’s seat […]

Election season in North Carolina

The 2012 election season is in full swing between incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. With just over a month until Election Day on Nov. 6, polls across the nation have shown a consistently tight race between the two candidates. Both campaigns have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in donations, much of […]