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WHAT’S HAPPENING RNC Chairman Whatley plans U.S. Senate run with Trump’s backing Michael Whatley, chairman of the Republican National Committee, plans to run for an open Senate seat in North Carolina in 2026 with the blessing of President Donald Trump, after Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara, passed on the opportunity to run. Democrats see the race as their top chance to flip a seat as they try to regain control of the Senate. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced last month that he wouldn’t run for a third term, a decision that came after clashes with Trump. Whatley’s decision was confirmed by two people familiar with his thinking.
Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M to restore federal funding Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government. The agreement was made to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus. The Ivy League school announced the agreement Wednesday. It will pay a $200 million settlement over three years to the federal government. The White House says it will also pay $21 million to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Jewish employees that occurred following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. The school had been threatened with the potential loss of billions of dollars in government support.
House subcommittee votes to subpoena DOJ files on Epstein A House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for the subpoena Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the House was scheduled to end its July work session and depart Washington for a monthlong break. Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 vote tally.
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Members of Stanly County Schools, various elected officials and representatives from both the architects and construction company join in a ribbon cutting for the new classroom building at Endy.
Stanly County Schools dedicates new Endy Elementary building SCS staff and elected officials took part in the ceremony By Charles Curcio Stanly News Journal ALBEMARLE — Many of the fourth and fifth graders scheduled to go attend Endy Elementary will return to school next month in a newly constructed building. Stanly County Schools (SCS), along with district staff, members of the school board, county commissioners and more, gath-
ered Wednesday morning to celebrate the building’s opening with a ribbon cutting. The new extension at Endy has 10 classrooms along with a professional learning community room for teachers. According to staff, the PLC room may eventually become an 11th classroom. The new 14,331 square-foot classroom building was contracted at $3.982 million and the built price was $3.931 million. At the dedication ceremony, SCS Superintendent Jarrod Dennis welcomed public officials, staff and members of the community to the ceremony.
The Rev. Warren Brown from West Stanly Baptist Church delivered the invocation, noting his church’s dedication to youth and community outreach. Robin Whittaker, Stanly County School Board chair, spoke about her experiences with Endy Elementary. She said when her granddaughter, Kennedy Whitley, attends school next month, four generations of her family, including herself, will have gone to Endy. “That’s something you don’t see every day, and it’s something
Robin Whittaker, Stanly County School Board chair
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RICHFIELD — The town commission this week updated citizens on the law enforcement situation while welcoming back one board member who had missed a couple of regular meetings. Coupled with the resignation of its elected mayor, one town commissioner missed two consecutive months of regular meetings before at-
From high school sports to the pros, ACL injuries seem to be an epidemic. We look inside the rash of knee injuries on page B5
tending Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. Mike Beaver, the commissioner in charge of the town’s maintenance department, said he informed the town commission about a change in his job, which would temporarily mean he would have to work nights. “What I’m doing now is just temporary,” Beaver said after Monday’s meeting. “I have been a manager all my years, so (the manager) needed somebody to run second shift.” Beaver added, “Come May of next year, (the job) will be
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