Freelance photographer Matt Ramey was on assignment for WUNC after a gunman shot and killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on Monday, August 28, 2023. Here are photos from around campus after officials gave the all clear.
The three Democrats running for Mecklenburg’s House District 105 met at a forum in Matthews Thursday, with much of the discussion focusing on the woman they want to beat in November: Republican Tricia Cotham, whose switch from the Democrats last year still haunts her old party.
Over half of the gravesites at the historic African American Maides Cemetery in Wilmington are unidentified. UNC-Wilmington researchers are working with the Historic Wilmington Foundation to identify them and bring about better recognition for the history of Black residents in the area.
New redistricting lines for the state legislature will mean few swing districts in November’s general election — most districts strongly favor either Democrats or Republicans. In some of those districts, the action will be taking place in the March primary.
Five new members of Congress will likely be chosen in the Republican primary, since the districts make it nearly impossible for a Democrat to win in them in November.