For the first time in years, more child care programs in North Carolina closed than opened this August.

Democratic Party leaders in Guilford County will meet next week to select a replacement for Rep. Cecil Brockman. The House seat representing the High Point area is vacant after Brockman resigned Friday, citing his recent criminal charges.

The federal program provides food, formula and support to about 262,000 people in North Carolina.

Local and state government organizations in Tennessee are paying $80,000 a week to keep the park open through Jan. 4.

Nano Tyrannus lancensis was first identified in the 1940s but later largely dismissed by the paleontological community as just a younger T-rex. But the head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences said research has confirmed the differences between the two Tyrannosaurs were far greater than just size.

The closures could impact roughly 4,500 children in the state — many in rural counties where other child care options are limited, or nonexistent.

Authorities say a North Carolina man charged with killing four of his children and placing their remains in the trunk of a vehicle believe the slayings occurred over several months.

While Virginia’s Republican governor announced plans this week to continue SNAP benefits in November using state funding, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein doesn’t have the power to make a similar move.

More than two dozen people of Latin American descent registered with the State Board of Elections to run for local office across North Carolina this year.

The Trump Administration has said it will not use reserve funds to continue providing SNAP amid the federal shutdown. More than 1.3 million North Carolinians use the program to buy food.