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REAL ID is now a requirement for flying domestically in the United States. (Kansas Department of Revenue via AP) NEW YORK — The deadline to get a REAL ID is here after years of postponements [...] -
ALBEMARLE — On Monday night, City Manager Todd Clark presented a budget proposal for 2025-26 to the Albemarle City Council, the first in a series of steps to final approval, including a series of budget [...] -
LOCUST — The Ridgecrest Volunteer Fire Department hosted the Stanly County Board of Commissioners last Thursday to ask for more funding via an increase in the fire tax rate. Commissioners met with fire department’s chief [...] -
RALEIGH — A dispute involving the selection and seating of a Caswell County commissioner has reached a resolution following the state attorney general’s office granting a quo warranto action request. The dispute involves the Caswell [...] -
ALBEMARLE — The Drug Enforcement Administration announced last week that the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office was one of over two dozen collaborators who assisted in the investigation of a large-scale drug operation. On April 22, [...] -
BADIN — Honoring a traditional celebration that dates back to 11th century Scotland, the fifth-annual Loch Badin Celtic Festival is returning to Stanly County next month. This year’s festivities are set for May 10 from [...] -
North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Flat Rock), pictured in January, introduced legislation that would further coerce state law enforcement to work with ICE on immigration detainers. (Chris Seward / AP Photo) RALEIGH — A [...] -
A home in Raeford, up for sale in 2017, could not be purchased by “adversarial” foreign interests under new legislation because it is within 75 miles of Fort Bragg. (Swayne B. Hall / AP Photo) [...] -
ALBEMARLE — The Albemarle City Council has voiced its opposition to a proposed bill in the N.C. General Assembly that would affect the city’s development regulation process. At their recent meeting on Monday night, Albemarle’s [...] -
ALBEMARLE — At the Stanly County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, an environmental group presented an update on its Badin Lake restoration project. Representatives from Restore Badin Lake, a 501c3 nonprofit made up of [...] -
North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden), pictured in January, said his chamber’s budget proposal would keep pushing forward Republican priorities while “taking on unnecessary bureaucratic bloat.” (Chris Seward / AP Photo) RALEIGH — The [...] -
Rachel Candaso was named the 2025 North Carolina Teacher of the Year at an April 11 ceremony. (Courtesy NCDPI) RALEIGH — A middle school teacher and AVID coordinator from Pitt County Schools was named the [...] -
State Reps. Eric Ager, Lindsey Prather and Brian Turner (all Buncombe County Democrats, from left to right) co-sponsored a Hurricane Helene recovery bill with nearly $600 million in allocations. (Photos courtesy NCGA) RALEIGH — Another [...] -
RALEIGH — A letter has been sent to the North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson for a quo warranto proceeding involving the filling of a vacancy on the Caswell County Board of Commissioners. The letter, dated April [...] -
LOCUST — The Locust Police Department has officially recognized Mitchell Cagle as the selection for the city’s 2024 Citizen of the Year award. At the Locust City Council meeting last month, Locust Police Chief Jeff [...]
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