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Winter Storm Cleanup Continues
State transportation and emergency services continue to work in response to the snowstorm that swept through the Triad.
Governor Roy Cooper urged residents to stay off the roads, if possible. So far there have been several reported snowstorm-related deaths, including one involving a truck driver who appeared to have a heart attack while working to free his stuck rig.
Slick roads and black ice will be a concern for the next few mornings, but forecasters say temperatures should return to normal on Friday.
Department of Transportation crews say that clearing interstates and primary highways will remain their top priority. NCDOT has 2,300 employees working on cleanup efforts.
More Time May Be Needed For North Carolina Election Decision
The head of the North Carolina elections board is suggesting more time may be needed to decide whether a new congressional district election is necessary due to absentee ballot fraud allegations.
Chairman Joshua Malcolm wrote state judges Monday that those subpoenaed in the 9th Congressional District case have said they need more time to produce additional records. Malcolm says the delays may "lengthen the timeframe" the board initially contemplated. The board previously scheduled an evidentiary hearing on the district race on or before Dec. 21.
The schedule is important because a new session of Congress begins Jan. 3.
North Carolina Legislator To Run For Lieutenant Governor
A North Carolina state senator wants to become the next lieutenant governor.
Democratic Sen. Terry Van Duyn of Asheville announced her campaign plans in a social media post Monday.
Van Duyn is a retired computer systems analyst who succeeded Sen. Martin Nesbitt after he died in 2014. She is currently the Senate Democratic whip.
Former Davidson County Sen. Cal Cunningham announced two weeks ago that he is preparing his own Democratic bid for lieutenant governor.
2 More North Carolina Sheriffs End Agreements With ICE
Two more newly elected sheriffs in North Carolina have announced an end to their counties' agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker and Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead announced their respective policy changes Friday.
Wake County joins Mecklenburg County in pulling out of the federal 287(g) program, in which local law enforcement agencies check the immigration status of people they've arrested. The 287(g) program has sent thousands of people into deportation proceedings since 2006. Mecklenburg and Wake counties are North Carolina's largest.
Durham County hasn't participated in 287(g), and it will no longer honor ICE detainers, which are used to hold suspects up to an additional 48 hours.
African-American North Carolina Voting Rights Activist Dies
African-American North Carolina voting rights activist Rosanell Eaton has died at age 97.
Eaton's daughter, Armenta Eaton, says her mother died Saturday at home in Louisburg, North Carolina.
Rosanell Eaton was a poll worker or precinct judge for decades who registered to vote as a young woman in rural Franklin County despite Jim Crow restrictions.
In her 90s, Rosanell was a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit successfully challenging voting restrictions supported by North Carolina Republicans.
Eaton was honored at the White House by then-President Barack Obama in 2016.
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