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Twelve Lessons from the First Few Days of Early Voting

The State Board of Elections asked the county boards of elections across North Carolina for common voter questions, concerns, and misconceptions during the first days of in-person early voting

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How to Maintain Healthy Smartphone Habits

What is the first thing you do in the morning after you awaken? Many people immediately check their phones for notifications of messages, alerts and social media updates by their social ties.

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Fresh at Farmers Markets This Week

As we move further into the fall season, one like any other we have experienced, apples reach their prime for picking.

Wood and wreckage strewn across a muddy street.

The Lives We Lost: Helene Took Entire Families, Couples, Children

They perished under the most harrowing circumstances: entire families swept away by raging floodwaters, couples tossed out of their homes or crushed as the land underneath gave way, people battling diseases unable to access the treatments that kept them alive.