Pender County’s new county Emergency Services department replaces Pender EMS and Fire, a longstanding nonprofit organization, but continues to work with small local nonprofit fire departments and a largely volunteer EMS nonprofit.

While early voting in New Hanover County broke records, Election Day turnout was more modest, according to electioneers at sites around the county. WHQR’s Ben Schachtman visited polls to talk to voters.

The Guilford County Sheriff's Office has concluded an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at Ragsdale High School in September. Detectives say they found no evidence to fully support the initial allegation and have characterized the incident as “hazing or horseplay.”

It’s Election Day for the 2026 midterms, and WFAE reporters are talking to voters outside polling stations throughout the region.A record 2.8 million North Carolinians cast their ballots early this year, with long lines reported at the end of the early voting period on Saturday. Turnout appeared steady on Tuesday, with streams of voters filing through voting booths. The state’s open U.S. Senate seat is the highest-profile contest this year, but the ballot also includes a state Supreme Court seat, constitutional amendments limiting income tax rates and property taxes, as well as a host of local races and county bond questions.