Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Good morning! On this day in 1935, Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Perry was born in Williamston, North Carolina. Perry pitched from 1959 to 1975 and ended his career with 215 wins, 1,576 strikeouts, and a 3.45 earned run average.

A “tree-mendous” gift from western North Carolina will grace the White House’s Blue Room this holiday season, and two of our lake towns made a top 10 list. Learn more in Around North Carolina and Et Cetera.

We work hard to bring you Flyover North Carolina every day, without the legacy media bias. If you appreciate our work, please read a special message below from our CEO, Cole.

Board of Elections Battle

Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein filed briefs asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to uphold a ruling that blocks a proposal to change how many—and how—N.C. Board of Elections members are selected.

Currently, the governor appoints five NCBOE members with input from legislative leaders. Passage of Senate Bill 749 would transfer this authority to legislative leaders and increase the number of NCBOE members to eight seats split evenly among Republicans and Democrats.

The current odd number enables sitting governors to weigh the NCBOE toward their party.

In March, a unanimous three-judge trial court panel ruled in Cooper's favor. The state Supreme Court rejected an attempt to create a bipartisan elections board in 2018, and voters defeated a constitutional amendment addressing the issue that year as well.

Election Watch: Citizens-Only Constitutional Amendment

A North Carolina Constitutional amendment on this year's ballot asks voters to choose whether they are "for" or "against" revised language surrounding who can vote in state elections.

The amendment replaces "Every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized" with "Only a citizen of the United States," then continues with "who is 18 years of age and otherwise possessing the qualifications for voting shall be entitled to vote at any election in this State, except as herein otherwise provided."

In a related matter, the U.S. Department of Justice failed to respond to a congressional request for answers regarding cases of illegal immigrants registering to vote in North Carolina and other states.

Also, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit unanimously ruled Tuesday that it was "improper" for a district judge to send a national and state Republican case back to state court that alleges that up to 225,000 North Carolina voters failed to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The challenge will remain in federal court.

33 Counties Switch to Debit Jury Duty Payments

Jurors in 33 North Carolina counties will begin receiving prepaid debit card payments instead of paper checks for jury service by the end of October.

By January 2025, 100 counties are expected to switch to debit payments.

Counties making the change this month include Alamance, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Catawba, Cumberland, Dare, Davie, Duplin, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Guilford, Iredell, Jackson, Lee, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pender, Randolph, Rowan, Sampson, Stanly, Surry, Transylvania, Union, Wake, Wilkes, and Yadkin.

The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts switched to debit payments as part of efforts to improve efficiency and adopt paperless processes.

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The election will be over in six days, but we might not know who wins for many more.

It seems like virtually every other commercial is a political ad, half the neighborhood has a candidate sign stuck in their yard, and there’s an absolute spin-fest coming from the legacy media outlets.

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Americans don’t trust the legacy media anymore—and with good reason.

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➤ Statewide: The 2024 North Carolina State Fair was attended by 998,926 people—the sixth most to attend in a single year since the fair started in 1853. (More)

➤ Newland: White House staff chose a 20-foot tree nicknamed "tree-mendous" from Cartner's Christmas Farm for display in the Blue Room. (See Photos)

➤ Raleigh: Five candidates are running for Raleigh mayor: Janet Cowell, Paul Fitts, Eugene Myrick, Terrance "Truth" Ruth, and James Shaughnessy IV. (Meet Candidates)

➤ Greensboro: Atrium Health broke ground on a plaza just off I-840 that will encompass an outpatient surgery center, cancer center, and medical office buildings. (More)

➤ Greenville: ECU Health introduced a device called FARAPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation that treats atrial fibrillation. (See Details)

➤ Ocracoke Island: Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree invades Berkley Manor Grounds Nov. 1-2. The event will feature reenactments, a colonial encampment, family fun, and more. (See Details)

➤ The Carolina Panthers have traded wide receiver Diontae Johnson to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for draft compensation. (More)

➤ The Charlotte Hornets have refurbished north Charlotte's Druid Hills Park. The team held a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday to open the park to the public. (More)

➤ Seven players for No. 9 UNC basketball scored double-digits in the team's 127-63 exhibition win over Johnson C. Smith. (More)

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➤ All Things Open attracted 5,500 open-source community members to the Raleigh Convention Center to listen to over 200 speaker presentations and experience three days of industry activities. (More)

➤ The N.C. Railroad Company received $105.6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for infrastructure enhancement and improvement of passenger and freight services. (More)

➤ The N.C. Utilities Commission approved modifications to the Bald Island Ferry schedule in response to a settlement between various island organizations and Bald Head Island Transportation. (See Schedule)

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➤ Cornelius and Davidson ranked fifth and ninth, respectively, on a top 10 list of the country's best lake towns. (See List)

➤ Hurricane Milton prevented 25 guests from attending a Florida couple's wedding in Asheville, so the bride and groom invited staff members at Asheville's Mission Hospital to attend in their place. (More)

➤ A pair of red wolves are heading to the Red Wolf Center in Tyrell County as part of a collaboration between state and federal wildlife agencies. (See Details)

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