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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission usually starts stocking waters with trout for a program called Delayed Harvest in October. But staff say there aren’t enough this year. Officials with The Armstrong State Fish Hatchery in Marion estimate they lost about 70% of the fish since June.

The Charlotte area’s regional transportation board voted Wednesday to reverse an earlier decision and support the state’s plan to install privately managed toll lanes on an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 77.

Cape Fear River Watch says Chemours has allowed groundwater contamination to continue at levels well above limits required in the 2019 agreement, in part because of ultra-short chain PFAS.

State Auditor Dave Boliek made an unannounced visit to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools headquarters on Wednesday amid ongoing turmoil at the district, after the board took a 5-4 vote to fire Superintendent Crystal Hill the night before.

The North Carolina Folk Festival drew more than 160,000 music lovers to the Gate City, a new attendance record.

Indictments allege that Sarah Santiago, 17, recorded a livestream of the attack that killed three people in May and disseminated the killers’ manifesto. Her lawyer says the prosecution has provided no evidence to back up the claims.

What you need to know from the Sept. 22 Asheville City Council meeting.

A coalition of left-leaning groups is suing to block new absentee ballot guidelines approved by the State Board of Elections, arguing that mail-in voters could be disenfranchised.

Bridges will begin Oct. 1 and serve through the end of the school year.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court currently has a 5-to-2 Republican majority, and just one of those seats will be on the ballot this November. Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat, faces former N.C. Rep. Sarah Stevens, a Republican who stepped down from the legislature earlier this year.