/tags/granville-county Granville County en-US Copyright Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:15:00 GMT /politics/2024-08-18/granville-county-nc-voters-abortion-rights-inflation-issues-voices While campaign ads and media coverage help drive the narrative in political races, voters determine outcome. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Rusty Jacobs sets out to hear what some North Carolina voters are thinking and saying about this year's election, stopping first in Granville County. Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:15:00 GMT /politics/2024-08-18/granville-county-nc-voters-abortion-rights-inflation-issues-voices Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-06-17/north-carolina-campaigning-rural-voters-swing-state-takeaways Democrats are outpacing Republicans on advertising spending in North Carolina, hoping to make up for Joe Biden's losing the state in 2020. Both parties also face the challenge of engaging with voters who may feel indifferent or even disgusted with the ballot choices they face. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:16:56 GMT /politics/2024-06-17/north-carolina-campaigning-rural-voters-swing-state-takeaways Associated Press /sports/2024-05-13/legalized-sports-betting-college-athletes-gamblers-north-carolina NCAA President Charlie Baker recently posted a statement urging lawmakers to ban collegiate-level prop betting, where bets are based on the individual accomplishments of individual players. In the statement, he mentioned his concern over prop betting’s effect on the integrity of games and athlete harassment. Mon, 13 May 2024 14:49:14 GMT /sports/2024-05-13/legalized-sports-betting-college-athletes-gamblers-north-carolina Jessica Walker | UNC Media Hub /politics/2024-02-13/latino-mayor-oxford-nc-first-black-mayor-guillermo-nurse When Guillermo Nurse was elected mayor of Oxford, North Carolina in November, he became the first Latino mayor in the state. He's also the first Black mayor of Oxford. Nurse ran on a platform of unity in a town that he says has struggled with racial and economic division for decades. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:05:09 GMT /politics/2024-02-13/latino-mayor-oxford-nc-first-black-mayor-guillermo-nurse Will Michaels /health/2022-12-13/state-and-unc-partner-on-mental-health-hospital-for-young-people The 54-bed hospital will support children and teens experiencing mental health crises. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:29:57 GMT /health/2022-12-13/state-and-unc-partner-on-mental-health-hospital-for-young-people Jason deBruyn /news/2020-11-09/nc-looks-to-remove-jefferson-davis-name-from-highway It’s the end of the road for an unofficial honorary designation naming a highway route of about 160 miles through North Carolina for the president of the… Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:45:52 GMT /news/2020-11-09/nc-looks-to-remove-jefferson-davis-name-from-highway Jay Price, Associated Press /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-10-27/its-the-voters-turn One week to go before Election Day 2020 and the votes continue to pour in by the millions. Behind every ballot cast is a voter wielding the pen and… Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:05:22 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-10-27/its-the-voters-turn Jeff Tiberii, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /politics/2020-10-14/first-presidential-debate-disappoints-some-granville-residents-solidifies-votes I first spoke with David Quinn a couple of weeks ago, before the first presidential debate. Quinn, 64, was coming out of the post office branch in… Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:42:25 GMT /politics/2020-10-14/first-presidential-debate-disappoints-some-granville-residents-solidifies-votes Rusty Jacobs /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-10-13/every-vote-counts Early voting starts this week in North Carolina, and the pandemic has forced many people to re-think how they’re casting their ballots. As accounts… Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:37:21 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-10-13/every-vote-counts Dave DeWitt, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /news/2020-09-29/how-will-granville-county-voters-cast-their-ballots-this-year Granville County is a swing county in a swing state. In 2008 and 2012, voters there went for Barack Obama by healthy margins. But the county flipped in… Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:59:35 GMT /news/2020-09-29/how-will-granville-county-voters-cast-their-ballots-this-year Rusty Jacobs