In a midterm rebuke, Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and Republicans lost key state-level races. Plus, historic firsts of election day 2026.
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Democrat Roy Cooper has defeated Republican Michael Whatley in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race, flipping a seat Republicans have held since 2015.
- Mike Conley
During the 2026 elections for McDowell County, Republicans again won in all the local races for the County Commission and the Board of Education.
- Alan Wooten The Center Square
The election was called about 35 minutes after the last of the polls with extended time closed.
- Mike Conley
The polls opened at 6:30 a.m. today and will remain open for voters until 7:30 p.m. tonight in McDowell.
- Tiana Kennell Asheville Citizen Times
The Christmas season has officially begun at the famed Biltmore Estate, marked by the raising of its grand Christmas tree in Biltmore House's Banquet Hall.
- Mike Conley
Shortly after being reported missing, the tractor was found abandoned at a property on Lawing Road in Marion.
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The state biologist assigned to Buncombe County asked the Asheville City Council to bring back funding for bear-resistant trash cans and beef up the penalties for feeding bears.
Three customers suffered burns from margaritas at a Chili’s Grill and Bar, after the popular cocktails were prepared with a toxic degreasing chemical, according to health department officials in western North Carolina.
N.C. 12, the only highway access to Hatteras Island, will reopen at 4 p.m. Thursday to one-way traffic through the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, more than a week after a coastal storm forced the state to close the road for the second time in a month.
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Catawba Hills will add 13 homes for permanently affordable workforce housing for families in McDowell County.
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The NFL trade deadline used to be a yawn-inducing nothingburger, served cold. Major League Baseball reshuffled pennant races with its annual midseason yard sale. The NBA spent February swapping stars and setting social media on fire. Football usually offered up a backup lineman for a conditional seventh-round pick. Then the league pushed its deadline back, front offices mastered salary-cap ...
DALLAS — The College Football Playoff committee unveiled its first rankings of the 2026 season Tuesday night, giving an early indicator of how the committee sees the top teams in the country weeks away from the start of the playoff. Only one Texas team cracked the top 12 — No. 7 Texas— with several others on the outside looking in. Here are five takeaways from the first CFP rankings: Texas ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — If the 2026 college football season ended today, Kentucky would be in the 12-team playoff field. The Wildcats were slotted at No. 6 in the playoff committee’s first in-season ranking revealed Tuesday on ESPN. That is the highest ranking for the program at any point in the 12 years of the playoff era. At No. 6, Kentucky would host a first-round playoff game against No. 11 Notre ...
MIAMI — The Miami Hurricanes are entering their third week as the No. 1 overall team in the AP top 25 poll, a ranking they hadn’t had since the 2002 season. On Tuesday, they also found themselves atop another poll, one that plays a much more significant role in their season. The Hurricanes are the No. 1 team in the first of six weekly rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection ...
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Mooresville’s Board of Commissioners approved a 12-month moratorium on new data centers to review zoning standards and address potential community impacts.
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City Council meets tomorrow with public comment, PumpkinFest fills downtown Saturday, and this is a BLUE recycling week in Statesville.
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Catawba men’s soccer earned its first postseason win since 2021, defeating Mars Hill 3-1 in a SAC quarterfinal to advance to face Anderson in the semifinals.
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Rebekah and Maggie Ayers combined for 32 kills to lead Catawba past Newberry in a five-set SAC road win that keeps the Indians in the conference playoff hunt.
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