A federal immigration crackdown centered around North Carolina’s largest city of Charlotte appeared to be tapering off Thursday, local law enforcement leaders said, but a Homeland Security official insisted the arrests would not let up.

Federal judges on Thursday upheld several U.S. House districts that North Carolina Republicans drew in 2023 that helped the GOP gain additional seats the following year. They rejected accusations the lines unlawfully fractured and packed Black voters to weaken their voting power.

Legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist Alice Gerrard is a Grammy nominee, North Carolina Folklore Society Award-winner and a 2017 inductee into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame. This weekend, she’ll perform with Kay Justice, Laurelyn Dossett, and Kari Sickenberger at the Arts Place of Stokes in Danbury.

Interim Superintendent Catty Moore shared the debt reduction news with the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners at a meeting this week.