by Kari Travis The waiting truly is the hardest part. As election results trickle in, North Carolinians are watching, trying to make sense of which ballots we’re counting, which races are safe to predict, and which races may flip. Prolonged ballot counting doesn’t neces
President Donald Trump leads Democrat Joe Biden by 76,701 votes with 100% of the precincts counted. According to the N.C. State Board of Elections website, there were approximately 117,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. The NCSBE website adds that this number do
While some of the races are still too close to call, Republicans hold leads in all statewide Judicial races that were on Tuesday
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Incumbent Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, won re-election over Republican Lt. Governor Dan Forest, 51.48% - 47.06%. County-by-county results of the race for N.C. Governor (blue = Cooper, red = Forest) Republican Mark Robinson was elected Lt. Governor, becoming the
CLAYTON, N.C. -- Political life has come full circle for Johnston County businessman Fred Smith. Smith, a Republican, entered the public square by winning election to the Johnston County Board of Commissioners in 2000. In 2002, he was elected to the State Senate, handily defeating longtime Democrat
RALEIGH - The City of Raleigh’s Nov. 3 affordable housing bond passed with 71% of the vote. According to a press release, the result finalizes "a successful campaign represented by a diverse coalition of community stakeholders, businesses, and nonprofit leaders." The release adds that the
Election Day is tomorrow, and both major parties have reason to be optimistic, depending upon which poll they choose to believe. Tuesday
WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) issued the following statement on the House passage of the Updated Heroes Act: “North Carolinians continue to struggle amidst the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. This continuing health and economic crisis requires urgent fe
By Julie Havlak, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor. The two candidates — Republican state Rep. Josh Dobson, R-McDowell, and Democratic county commissioner Jessica Holmes — w
Merchants Distributors, LLC, a wholesale grocery distributor founded in Hickory in 1931, will invest $120 million to expand its services and operations, creating 111 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced Thursday. The company anticipates adding approximately 200,000 square feet to its Caldwell County
Jenna Wadsworth, the Democratic nominee for N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture, tweeted -- and then deleted -- a video in which she ranked President Donald Trump
Yesterday, state recreational water quality officials lifted a water quality swimming alert at a sound-side site in Carteret County. Subsequent sampling of the site shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and wa
