Politics & Government

House Bill 306 would authorize Boone, Blowing Rock and the Watauga County Board of Education to provide workplace housing for town and county staff and teachers.

The Triad Regional Grants bill is sponsored by GOP Representatives Donny Lambeth and Jeff Zenger, both of Forsyth County.

A bill filed Monday seeking to ban most abortions in North Carolina will not be heard in the N.C.

Many affected voters can ensure their ballots are counted by updating their registration forms online, officials say.

North Carolina's Supreme Court temporarily halted enforcement on Monday of an appeals court decision that favored a Republican candidate in a close and unresolved November election for a seat on the state's highest court.

County Manager Shontell Robinson says federal funding is critical to many departments, including social services and environmental protection. The public health department has already been impacted, losing access to nearly $1 million set aside for COVID relief. 

In September, the forecasts from the weather monitoring service sent workers at Hospitality House into motion ahead of Helene. Chief Development Director Todd Carter says the Boone-based nonprofit was able to get many homeless people living in the woods and by the rivers into shelters before the storm hit.