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• 2 Annexation Bid for Southeast Raleigh Data Center Withdrawn Before Aug. 18 Council Vote
• 3 NC Sen. Norman Sanderson Given Suspended 30-Day Sentence in June 10 Plea to Raleigh DWI
• 4 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
• 3 Records Show NC Auditor's Staff Urged County Boards on Early-Voting Sites; Watchdog Asks Elections Board to Subpoena Ex-Liaison
• 2 Goldsboro Police Charge 17-Year-Old in Aug. 15 Double Homicide; Third Juvenile Charged in Two Separate City Killings Since Aug. 13
• 3 NC Attorney General Says Duke Energy Misstated Residential Rate Increase Under Oath; Duke Calls It a Mix-Up
• 2 NC Reports 2,031 Opioid Overdoses in Emergency Rooms Through June 2026, Down 27% From Same Period in 2025; Fayetteville Police Report Local Increase
• 4 NC Budget Corrections Bill Ratified Aug. 6 Adds No Wake County Prosecutors; Office Funded for 45 of the 69.7 Positions a State Workload Study Lists
• 3 Moore County Deputies Charge Pinebluff Man With Three Counts of Murder and First-Degree Burglary
• 2 Elon University Poll Finds Cooper at 53% and Whatley at 42% Among Likely North Carolina Voters
• 3 North Carolina Commits $40 Million Over Four Years to Greensboro PGA Tour Event; Tour Names It a 2028 Championship Series Stop
• 2 33 of North Carolina's 115 School Districts Set 2026-27 Start Dates Before the Legal Aug. 24 Opening
• 4 N.C. Gov. Stein Signs Regulatory Reform Act Requiring Cities Over 50,000 to Allow Accessory Dwelling Units
• 3 N.C. House Puts Off Vote on Senate-Passed Hemp THC Bill Until at Least November
• 3 North Carolina Board of Education Approves Salary Schedules Carrying the Budget's 8% Average Teacher Raise