The state's election filing period began Monday with a few familiar names making their candidacies official.
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- More wintery weather heading for the NC mountains
- Judges to hear first case from NC innocence panel
- Funeral is Saturday for soldier from eastern Ky.
- Attorneys differ on trial start for NC gov's aide
- Retired NC fire department worker wins $47 million
- Retired fire department worker claims cash prize
- $250M biomass energy plant planned at Shelton
- NC GOP head wants 2 top Perdue aides to quit
- APNewsBreak: Officer to retrieve Edwards sex tape
- NC mudslide evacuees urged to stay away for weeks
- NC college offers a degree in just 3 years
- APNewsBreak: FairPoint files its bankruptcy plan
- Charges dropped against NC sheriff in DWI case
- Pentagon: Mich. soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Smokies charity group to give $1M to park programs
- Discussion on NC jetties heads next to scientists
- Minnesota gov. speaks to NC forum on creativity
- NC candidate hopefuls begin official signup
- Mountain of cash: Powerball winner from western NC
- Planners in NC city concerned with gaming parlors
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"The conventional wisdom is that the election preceding redistricting is the most important one of the decade. I would not quarrel with that."
House Speaker Joe Hackney, D-Orange, on the 2010 elections.
THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 2/09/10
Dental Workers
As a way to expand dental care to people in poor and rural areas, some North Carolina dentists are pushing for the creation of a new kind of mid-level dental worker.
Perdue Aides
State Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said Monday that two top aides to Gov. Beverly Perdue should be fired or resign over poor performance.
Speedy Trial
The federal prosecutors pressing the case against Ruffin Poole want a trial by mid-May on the 51 corruption charges leveled against the former Gov. Mike Easley's right-hand man.
Emerging Issues
Public schools and higher education nationwide must adapt to the "radical decentralization" of information caused by technology, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said during the 25th annual Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh.
Lincoln County Sheriff
Lincoln County prosecutors have dropped obstruction of justice charges against Sheriff Tim Daugherty.
Cherry Hospital
An elderly patient died at a state mental hospital in Goldsboro last week after reportedly choking on his food. Lawrence Russell Jr., 80, died last Tuesday after the incident at Cherry Hospital.
Mudslide
Officials are urging evacuees from last week's mudslide in Haywood County to stay away from their mountainside homes as the approach of more rain threatens to further wash out the slope.
Appointments
Gov. Beverly Perdue announced a number of appointments Monday.