➤ Western NC: Federal agencies are asking a North Carolina judge to rule that his March order on a flawed biological opinion about endangered bats did not void the 2023 forest management plans for over 1 million acres of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. (More) ➤ High Point: The remains of First Sgt. David Crouse of High Point, who died in 1942 as a POW in the Philippines, were returned home Friday to Piedmont Triad International Airport for burial with military honors. (More) ➤ Greensboro: State alcohol law enforcement agents and local police seized over 172 grams of cocaine, 25 grams of methamphetamine, two guns, and over $10,000 at Pura Vida Cocktail Bar and linked sites Sunday, leading to multiple arrests on drug and alcohol charges. (More) ➤ Winston-Salem: Two people were killed and multiple others were injured on Monday morning in a mass shooting at Leinbach Park in Winston-Salem that erupted from a planned fight involving juveniles near Jefferson Middle School. (More) ➤ Mecklenburg County prosecutors dropped first-degree murder and attempted murder charges Thursday against Marion McKnight, ruling they could not disprove self-defense in the May 2025 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Jamariyae Dixon after a group in Charlotte surrounded McKnight. (More) ➤ Fort Fisher: The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher will close May 26 for a $65 million renovation and expansion project that is expected to last about 30 months. A temporary Discovery Bay exhibit is opening at Wilmington’s Independence Mall. (More) ➤ UNC-Chapel Hill’s Army ROTC program received the prestigious General Douglas MacArthur Award for the fifth time on April 17, recognizing it as one of the nation’s top eight programs for excellence in leadership, training, academics, fitness, and cadet performance. (More)
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