MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025

Good Morning! On this day in 1891, North Carolina Gov. Daniel Fowle died. He was the first occupant of the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, which was built that year as an example of Queen Anne-style Victorian architecture and has been continuously used for each successive governor since.

While the Duke men’s basketball season didn’t end the way they hoped, Flyover North Carolina congratulates the Blue Devils on a great run and Cooper Flagg on being named the John R. Wooden top men’s player of the year.

Learn more in Top Stories, and let us know when you think Flagg will go pro by answering today’s Poll.

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Appeals Court Sides with Griffin

A North Carolina appeals court ruled Friday that 65,000 ballots being challenged as ineligible by Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin were wrongly allowed in his race against incumbent Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs.

The court also ruled that ballots cast by overseas voters who have never lived in the U.S. should not count.

The ruling gives the affected voters 15 days to provide the information needed to prove their ballots are eligible. Ballots belonging to voters who don’t meet the deadline will not count.

The 2-1 decision, with Republican judges composing the majority, could flip the result, which currently gives Riggs a 734-vote lead.

Duke Falls to Houston

The Houston Cougars overcame a 14-point deficit in the final eight minutes of Saturday’s NCAA semifinal to defeat the Duke Blue Devils 70–67. The win secures Houston's place in tonight’s national championship game against Florida, set for 8:50 p.m.

Duke freshman standout Cooper Flagg scored 27 points but didn’t attempt another shot after hitting a three-pointer with 3:02 remaining—a moment when the Blue Devils held a 9-point lead.

Houston capitalized on key plays, including a controversial foul that enabled J’Wan Roberts’ free throws to give the Cougars the lead with 19.6 seconds remaining.

Ahead of the semifinal, Flagg was announced as the John R. Wooden Award men’s winner, which honors the country’s top player.

Thousands March in ‘Hands Off’ Protest

Protestors across North Carolina participated in a nationwide “Hands Off! condemnation of the Trump administration’s layoffs and infrastructure cuts Saturday.

Triangle demonstrations were held in Morrisville, Durham, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, and near the State Capitol in Raleigh, with one resident calling it an “abuse of power.” The Raleigh protest attracted around 4,000, while in eastern North Carolina, 1,100 protested near the Azalea Festival in Wilmington.

An estimated 3,500 people attended the Charlotte rally, with protesters marching from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Social Services Department to the Mint Museum.

Over 2,000 people gathered in downtown Greensboro with some chanting, “Forward together—not one step back!”

A North Carolina GOP spokesperson defended President Trump’s actions as rebuilding the nation’s economy to make the country a “manufacturing superpower again.”

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➤ Charlotte: A U.S. House bill seeks to update aging radar systems in cities like Charlotte, which suffers from what meteorologists call a “radar hole”—a gap that allows certain weather events to literally slip under the radar. (More)

➤ Raleigh: City leaders are working with Dreamville Festival organizers and its creator, J. Cole, to launch a new spring festival at Dix Park featuring some of the same talent. (More)

➤ Pisgah National Forest: Federal and state agencies will allow NCDOT to mine rock on 600-plus acres of forested land to harvest aggregate material as part of efforts to rebuild I-40 along the Pigeon River Gorge. (More)

➤ Dare County: The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island won a 2025 Newsweek Readers’ Choice Award for “Best Aquarium,” thanks to its flagship Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center. (More)

➤ Chapel Hill: A federal appeals court ruled that a UNC-Chapel Hill student who was expelled and lost his scholarship after being charged with sexual assault can’t seek monetary damages, but he can be reinstated and have his record cleared. (More)

➤ Swannanoa: A piece of machinery caught fire on top of a debris field Saturday that officials say could “burn for days.” Multiple agencies are helping put the fire out. (More)

➤ The Charlotte Hornets were blown out again Friday, falling 125-102 to the Sacramento Kings. Charlotte shot just 22% of three-point range, dooming any hopes for a late comeback. (More)

➤ The Carolina Hurricanes took an embarrassing 5-1 loss against the Boston Bruins Saturday, which entered the game as losers of 10 consecutive games. (More)

➤ Eighteen-year-old Connor Zilisch will race in this year’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway as he continues his meteoric rise in NASCAR circles. (More)

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➤ Reynolds American will add 300 new jobs at its Tobaccoville operations center to expand the production of smokeless tobacco products. (More)

➤ Infrastructure and utility work is underway for Apex’s $3 billion Veridea development, which will span 1,100 acres and bring retail, offices, restaurants, and roughly 8,000 apartments and homes to the area. (More)

➤ Duke Energy moved a 16-foot-tall, 24-foot-wide, 460,000-pound transformer from northwest Charlotte to Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Plant near Lake Norman on Wednesday. (See Photo)

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➤ Raleigh and Shelley, two bald eagles that have been nesting at Wake County’s Shelley Lake for 10 years, recently welcomed two eaglets that hatched in early March. (See Eaglets)

➤ A compilation of 10 great North Carolina road trips includes the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, Nantahala Byway, Waterfall Byway, and the Cherohala Skyway, among others. (See Roadtrips)

➤ Blue Ghost Firefly Tour tickets go on sale tomorrow, giving visitors a chance to witness this rare spring phenomenon in Pisgah Forest—described by organizers as “a collection of fairies carrying blue candles through the forest.” (See Photo)

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When will Cooper Flagg enter the NBA draft?

Friday’s Results:

Who will advance to the NCAA men’s basketball championship this weekend?

Duke and Florida: 28%
Duke and Auburn: 23%
Houston and Florida: 14%
Houston and Auburn: 14%
No clue: 21%

Which president officially recognized the bald eagle as the national bird of the United States?

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