Engineers say the GOES-19 satellite experienced a technical anomaly and entered a protective safehold mode. The spacecraft serves as the primary eye in the sky for tracking tropical systems in the Atlantic and monitoring drifting Canadian wildfire smoke.

Congressman Dr. Greg Murphy said the current system is unsustainable, forces medical consolidation, and drives up costs for families.

United States District Judge Terrence Boyle has announced plans to take senior status on the federal bench. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, Boyle became the nation’s longest-serving active federal District Court judge last year.

The Department of Environmental Quality issued advisories for public access areas at Banks Channel in Wrightsville Beach, and two sites along Bogue Sound in Morehead City.

The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries says opening dates will depend on location and equipment type to help keep harvests within strict environmental quotas

The PROMISE Act instructs the bipartisan Social Security Advisory Board to submit a "base bill" to extend the program's financial solvency. If the board fails to do so, the bill creates a backup process allowing lawmakers to put forward their own bipartisan proposals.

The law removes the ability of individual school districts to set their own review policies. It establishes a uniform system across all 100 counties.

Detectives say Sandy Landis wrote more than $21,000 in unauthorized checks to herself while working as a transitional consultant. Bank records show the funds were deposited into her personal account and masked as consulting fees and vacation pay.

Tillis gave an ultimatum to Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche. saying his vote to advance the nomination out of committee is entirely dependent on Blanche holding a face-to-face meeting with Epstein's victims within the next two weeks.

While hospital services remain covered under the extension, officials note that ECU Health physician clinics and outpatient facilities are still out of network.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to completely dismiss a complaint filed against Pitt County Board Chairman Neal Driver. However, the state board refused to throw out a cross-complaint filed by Driver against fellow board member Etsil Mason.

The proposal was removed from the agenda and not brought forth for a vote.