The dispute comes months after Boonville residents voiced concerns about the fire department's response times.

The tax increase comes as officials look to pay for growing expenses and get ahead of legislation that could threaten the town charter.

Leaders from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services held a virtual educational briefing on Tuesday. The goal was to clarify how federal proposals in the House and Senate could impact recipients of Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in North Carolina.

Heath Belcher has worked in public education in North Carolina for more than 20 years.

The roll call of Republican senators in the U.S. Congress who have called it quits, rather than endure a political career sideways with President Donald Trump, is long, notable -- and apparently, still growing.

The budget reconciliation bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate may have a profound impact on North Carolina's Medicaid expansion recipients. NC Medicaid Deputy Secretary Jay Ludlam says he is mostly concerned with the bill's new work verification requirements and its proposal to freeze the provider tax.

Employees began receiving 60-day notices incrementally in April, according to a WARN notice filed with the state.

The report shows guns were involved in roughly 80% of homicides over the past decade in Guilford and Forsyth counties.

Halford had served in the position since 2021.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is cutting positions in light of the district’s financial crisis. But impacted school librarians say losing their expertise will cost more than it saves.