
Good Night for GOP in Close NC Races
Gov. Roy Cooper appears to have decisively won reelection but Republicans prevailed in coastal and statewide matchups in unofficial election results.
Gov. Roy Cooper appears to have decisively won reelection but Republicans prevailed in coastal and statewide matchups in unofficial election results.
North Carolina is on track to exceed turnout for the 2016 election and every presidential race going back 50 years, based on total votes cast before Election Day.
Coastal legislative districts, one in the Senate and two in the House, could be critical in determining which party controls the state legislature.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency has awarded $49.3 million in funding since 2019 through a program designed to help local and tribal governments recover after recent hurricanes and to build resilience.
A week before Election Day, voter turnout in coastal North Carolina is in line with much of the rest of the state, with early vote totals well above the last two presidential cycles.
Levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water from the Cape Fear River are as high as they were before the state and Chemours entered into a consent order in February 2019.
Though repairs and COVID-19-related budget issues interrupted service of the state’s three inland cable ferries, Parker’s cable ferry that crosses the Meherrin River in Hertford County is back in service.
Audubon North Carolina has completed its first phase of oyster reef restoration the lower Cape Fear River to help restore bird and fish habitat and improve water quality.
CPI will shut down its polluting power plant near Southport by March 31, 2021, according to a draft agreement between the company and DEQ’s Division of Air Quality.
More than 1 million invasive carp in Lake Mattamuskeet are targeted in a “a massive removal” project that’s key to restoring water quality.
The public has an opportunity Tuesday to comment on the proposed removal of the lower Cape Fear River’s swamp classification.
Sunset Beach is now seeking state and federal permits to place beach-compatible sand offshore, after oceanfront property owners refused easements for the controversial Jinks Creek dredge project.