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New census estimates show movers swelling population in small Southeast counties

By Tim Henderson (Stateline) Small counties in the coastal Southeast had some of the largest population gains between mid-2024 and mid-2025 in estimates being released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, mostly because of people moving from larger areas. Jasper County, South Carolina, where there’s a building boom

Federal Government

Lawmakers seeking answers following FAA restrictions in El Paso, Texas region

NOLA group works to improve conditions for Mardi Gras clean-up workers, MS senators call for improved disaster response after winter storm, Tribal court hearing for former Swain, NC sheriff delayed

North Carolina

Brunswick County Commissioners approve purchase of 380 acres for future raw water reservoir

Land is in the Leland area near the Northwest Water Treatment Plant

Fuquay-Varina

UPDATE: NCDEQ to extend comment period for Fuquay-Varina Interbasin Transfer Certificate request

Dec. 9 Raleigh hearing will also be accessible via livestream and comment period has been extended until April 1, 2026; Spartanburg City Council to meet Monday, Nov. 24, 2025

Upstate South Carolina

BRIEFS: Palmetto State measles cases at 47

SC Department of Public Health will have mobile units in Landrum, in northern Spartanburg County on Monday, Nov. 17 and Tuesday, Nov. 18; Brunswick County to oppose Fuquay-Varina’s interbasin transfer

North Carolina

N.C. DEQ to hold public hearings on Transco and Fuquay-Varina's Interbasin Transfer request

Fuquay-Varina's current water supply is projected to fall short of future demands by 2030