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Gov. Roy Cooper speaking to veterans in Raleigh, Spring 2021. (Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

Gov. Roy Cooper speaking to veterans in Raleigh, Spring 2021. (Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal)

Cooper vetoes pistol permit repeal, hotel safety measure

News Staff
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a high-profile bill that would have ended North Carolina's pistol permit requirement. The governor also nixed a hotel safety bill. With his sixth and seventh vetoes of this legislative session, Cooper has now issued 60 vetoes since taking office in 2017. No other N.C.
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay

Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay

Voting rights restored to 55,000 North Carolinians

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
The largest expansion of voting rights in North Carolina since the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971 and the largest expansion of disproportionately black enfranchisement since the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 is happening today.
U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, home to Fort Bragg. (CJ photo by Maya Reagan)

U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, home to Fort Bragg. (CJ photo by Maya Reagan)

N.C. House passes unanimous resolution on Afghanistan evacuation

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
The N.C. House voted unanimously Wednesday, Aug. 25, to pass a resolution urging Congress and the Biden administration to take additional steps to ensure all U.S. troops, American citizens, and Afghan allies are evacuated from Afghanistan before withdrawing a U.S. presence there.
Washed out road section on FS 475 (Davidson River Road) near Daniels Ridge trail.

Washed out road section on FS 475 (Davidson River Road) near Daniels Ridge trail.

Status Update for the Pisgah Ranger District

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
It has now been a week since historic flooding took place on the Pisgah Ranger District. Crews have worked hard to assess and open areas in that week, but many areas remain closed.
Georgia Department of Education Chief of Staff Matt Jones and TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier sign articulation agreements that will allow students to receive TCSG college credits for certain Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) courses.

Georgia Department of Education Chief of Staff Matt Jones and TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier sign articulation agreements that will allow students to receive TCSG college credits for certain Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) courses.

GaDOE, TCSG agreement will allow students to receive college credit for identified high school Career Pathways

News Staff
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
The Georgia Department of Education and Technical College System of Georgia have collaborated to develop statewide articulation agreements that will allow students to receive TCSG college credits for certain Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) courses.