UNC Greensboro
Altercation involving UNC Greensboro police drawing strong reactions
Cops on Ketamine? Largely Unregulated Mental Health Treatment Faces Hurdles, Mississippi prison chief reopens homicide cases following news investigation
South Carolina
South Carolina has 12 measles cases tied to Upstate outbreak
Spartanburg and Greenville counties are located on Interstate 85 between Charlotte and Atlanta
Mental Health
Students at Miss. college supporting each other through grief
Threat of ICE raids shadows every shift in Chicago’s food warehouses; Good night for incumbents in 18 NC counties that had elections; Data centers in other states are raising power costs in West Virginia
Helene
Difficulties in getting FEMA housing assistance after Helene
Tech giants Open AI, Oracle behind $165 billion data center campus near El Paso; New Orleanians are being priced out of the city; NY MTA Locks in $3 Subway Fare to Start in January.
Local Government
BRIEFS: Local governments in the Carolinas to meet next week
Down Ballot Staff Reports Durham City Council will meet Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. and one of the agenda items deal with the second amendment to the building services agreement between the city and The Carolina Theatre. Public hearing items include designating The Chicken Hut as a local
North Carolina
DEQ releases revised Martin Marietta permit for public notice
The site is in Craven County, near New Bern
new hanover county
New Hanover County parking deck on 2nd Street to reopen Monday, Sept. 22
Down Ballot Staff Reports Beginning Monday, September 22, the New Hanover County-owned parking deck located at 212 North 2nd Street (between Chestnut and Grace streets) will reopen for public use. The deck has been closed since August 4 to allow for essential structural repairs. The deck will provide free and
California
California redistricting could silence rural voices
Mobile reentry center helps people get back on their feet after incarceration; Artist-in-residence program highlights Danville’s growing public art scene
Helene
N.C. DEQ awards $3M for Helene debris removal, biochar for farms in Haywood County
Tropical Storm Helene devastated more than 800,000 acres of forestland across Western North Carolina, leaving behind massive amounts of downed trees and stream debris.
State and Local Government
Next phase of American Tobacco waterline replacement starts in Durham on Monday, Sept. 15
Spartanburg County Council to consider joint industrial park with Cherokee County
climate change
Duke Health aims for statewide expansion
Growth collides with rising seas in Charleston, Why Dozens of Killings In Mississippi Prisons Go Unanswered, Feds Cancel Study on Health Impacts of Industrialized Hog Farms That Produce Biogas
Environment
N.C. requiring Chemours to expand well testing in the Lower Cape Fear
The state agency is requiring Chemours to expand sampling eligibility for PFAS contamination in private drinking water wells, now including additional portions of New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus and Pender counties in southeastern N.C.