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.
North Carolina
Brunswick County Highway Reopens After Improvements
Down Ballot Staff Reports FUNSTON - A portion of River Road (N.C. 133) in Brunswick County will reopen to traffic on schedule after being closed for several months for improvements. The road near Funston Road is scheduled to open on Friday, Sept. 5. It has been closed since mid-December.
Local Government
Each New Hanover County Schools campus to have an on-site nurse
5 local governments meeting on Tuesday
Medicaid Cuts
Medicaid cuts could jeopardize Martin Co. hospital in NC
Jackson, Miss. Police Chief resigns; New Texas map the target of lawsuits; Virginia getting another data center
Mitchell County
NC DEQ denies Horizon 30 mining permit
Company was mining without a permit in Mitchell County
Local Government
Briefs: Durham offering free internet hotspots to hundreds of low-income households
Brunswick County offering free cleanup week at its landfill in September