Thursday’s drought monitor update brings good news for eastern North Carolina. The remnants of Beryl combined with a stationary front brought much needed rain to Eastern NC in early July.

RALEIGH. Two voters in Eastern North Carolina are challenging the state’s new map of state Senate districts in federal court, arguing that it dilutes the voting power of Black residents.

But the drought is still a long ways off the state's multi-year droughts that persisted in 2000-02, 2007-09 and 2010-12. "Each of those lasted 100 weeks or more, so we're not even a third of the ...

NC House passes new maps, despite Democrat concerns about Eastern North Carolina By Will Doran. Updated September 14, 2019 2:57 AM. RALEIGH.