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North Carolina Reports 1,875 School Weapons-Possession Offenses in 2024-25, Lowest Since 2006-07
State data released in February 2026 shows weapons offenses in North Carolina public schools at their lowest recorded level since 2006-07, while districts including Sampson County continue installing weapons-detection systems this August.
NC Rural Infrastructure Authority Approves $4.93 Million in Grants; State Projects $1 Billion in Private Investment, With $900 Million From One Wilson Project
Gov. Josh Stein announced 11 local-government grants totaling $4,933,520 on August 20, 2026, tied to 673 committed jobs — 342 of them newly announced — with most of the projected private investment coming from a single Johnson & Johnson expansion in Wilson.
NC Supreme Court Reinstates Turpin Family's Claims Against Charlotte Latin School in 5-2 Ruling
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on August 14, 2026 that a couple's breach-of-contract, fraud, unfair-trade-practices and defamation claims over their children's 2021 expulsion were pleaded well enough to go forward, sending the case back to trial court without deciding who is right.
NC Elections Board Meets to Set Early Voting Plans for 20 Counties After County Boards Split
State law sends any early voting plan that a county board cannot approve unanimously to the five-member State Board of Elections, which took up 20 such plans for the November 3 general election on August 20.
UNC System Sends 10-Page Reply to Education Secretary McMahon's 'Call to Action' Letter
President Peter Hans and Board of Governors Chair Kellie Hunt Blue answered the U.S. Education Department's seven questions by citing the system's DEI repeal, its tuition record, and its foreign-influence security steps.
Four Health Systems Pitch Rival Plans for 92 Hospital Beds at Asheville Public Hearing
Mission Health, Novant Health, UNC Health and AdventHealth made their cases to North Carolina regulators on Aug. 19 for the right to add up to 92 acute-care beds across five western counties; a state decision is expected by late November.
Wake County Judge Rules North Carolina Breached Public-Trust Duty on Coastal Fisheries; Parties Given 45 Days on Remedy
Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins issued a 190-page decision on August 18, 2026 in a suit brought by the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina, and ordered both sides to report back within 45 days on scheduling a remedy phase.
Annexation Bid for Southeast Raleigh Data Center Withdrawn Before Aug. 18 Council Vote
The petition to annex a nearly 14-acre site at 3101 Jones Sausage Road was pulled after about 70 residents signed up to speak; Raleigh remains the state's largest city without a data center moratorium.
Nippon Electric Glass Unit to Cut 282 Jobs at Shelby, N.C., Plant, With Separations Starting Aug. 31
Electric Glass Fiber America told North Carolina regulators it will end 282 jobs at its Cleveland County glass fiber plant, part of the Japanese parent's stated withdrawal from glass fiber production in North America.
NC Sen. Norman Sanderson Given Suspended 30-Day Sentence in June 10 Plea to Raleigh DWI
Court records retrieved in August show the Pamlico County Republican pleaded guilty in Wake County on June 10, 2026, to a Level 5 DWI stemming from an October 2025 arrest with a reported .16 blood alcohol level.
NC Gov. Stein Vetoes Two GOP Bills: One Cutting Primary Early Voting to 10 Days, One Letting the Chief Justice Suspend Trial Judges Without Pay
Stein rejected House Bill 958 and House Bill 377 on Aug. 17; both passed on party-line votes, and House Republicans say they will try to override.
Records Show NC Auditor's Staff Urged County Boards on Early-Voting Sites; Watchdog Asks Elections Board to Subpoena Ex-Liaison
American Oversight released texts from former auditor's-office elections liaison Dallas Woodhouse and asked the State Board of Elections to subpoena him, weeks after the board's Republican majority rejected a similar request 3-2.