North Carolina

Voting time extended at two North Carolina polling places. Here’s why.

Published

1 year ago

November 5, 2024

Voting time extended at two North Carolina polling places. Here’s why.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Tuesday to extend hours for two polling places due to delays at the beginning of the day.

Voting will be extended by 30 minutes at Wilson County’s Gardners Elementary School and the Pilot Mountain polling place in Burke County. These locations will now close at 8 p.m.

In Wilson County, poll workers were unable to print authorization to vote forms from about 6:40 a.m. to 8:07, resulting in about 10 voters leaving the location. If a voter casts a ballot at this location after 7:30 p.m., they will vote by provisional ballot, the board said. In Pilot Mountain, voting was delayed due to laptop technological issues. Around five voters left at the Pilot Mountain location.

This extension will only impact results being processed in Wilson and Burke counties. All other counties can close like there were no extensions, the board’s general counsel Paul Cox said in the meeting.

Polling location hours can be extended if there is a delay that extends more than 15 minutes, State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said.

Out of the over 2,600 polling places across the state, those were the only two reported extensions as of 4:30 p.m.

Source link

Click to comment

North Carolina

North Carolina residents receive training on their rights when interacting with federal officers

Published

2 hours ago

November 15, 2025

Press Room

North Carolina residents receive training on their rights when interacting with federal officers

North Carolina residents attended a training session on what rights people have when interacting with immigration authorities and how to spot federal immigration agents Friday in Charlotte, N.C. (AP video: Erik Verduzco)

Source link

North Carolina

NC State’s Board of Trustees will vote on tuition increase for all students on Friday

Published

20 hours ago

November 14, 2025

Press Room

NC State’s Board of Trustees will vote on tuition increase for all students on Friday

Friday, November 14, 2025 12:11PM

UNC trustees votes in favor of 3% in-state tuition hike

The proposal, which passed in a 6-5 vote, follows the committee’s rejection just a day earlier.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A proposed 3% tuition increase for all students is now on the table at North Carolina State University.

The university’s Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the proposal Friday, just one day after UNC’s board approved a tuition increase for incoming in-state undergraduates for the first time in nearly a decade.

School leaders say the changes keep the university on pace with inflation.

If approved by UNC Board of Governors, the changes would impact new students coming in Fall 2026. The rate would not apply to current students.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Source link

North Carolina

Charlotte woman wins $4M on scratch-off ticket at Asheville convenience store

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2025

Press Room

Charlotte woman wins M on scratch-off ticket at Asheville convenience store

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A Charlotte woman has struck it rich after she won a $4 million top prize on a scratch-off ticket from a west Asheville convenience store.

Swati Amin purchased her winning $30 Carolina Black Premier ticket at BJ’s Food Mart on Michigan Avenue after she finished her shift at the store, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.

POWERBALL JACKPOT AT $512M, MEGA MILLIONS HITS $965M

Between a $200,000 annual payment over 20 years or a lump sum of $2.4 million, Amin decided on the latter. After state and federal taxes, she took home $1,722,008.

BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT

The Carolina Black Premier game, which launched in July, still has two $4 million prizes and six $100,000 prizes available.

Source link