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Vance Rallies Republicans, World-Class Rowers, and Koch’s NASA Promotion

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1898, John Merrick and six fellow investors organized the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association in Durham. It grew into the nation’s largest black-owned business and the anchor of the city’s Black Wall Street.

World champion rowers will converge on High Point this weekend. Learn more in Top Stories.

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Vance Touts $858M in Helene Aid at Rally

Vice President JD Vance campaigned Monday in Hendersonville for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley and Republican House candidates Jennifer Balkcom and Laurie Buckhout.

He promised $858 million in additional Department of Transportation funding for Hurricane Helene recovery, saying it would rebuild eight major corridors, including I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge.

A protester seated behind Vance interrupted by shouting “Release the Epstein files!” Security removed the man as the crowd booed and chanted “USA!”

Vance’s Hendersonville stop is part of the Trump administration’s push to encourage GOP turnout for the midterm elections. President Trump will hold a midterm rally in Greenville today, with doors opening at 3:30 p.m. and his remarks scheduled for 7 p.m.

Early Voting Surges across NC

More than 500,000 North Carolinians had cast ballots by Saturday, the third day of early voting for the November midterms, running well ahead of the same point in 2022.

Democratic turnout has climbed, while Republican turnout is roughly flat with 2022, according to Catawba College political scientist Michael Bitzer.

The open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis tops the ballot and was a key focus of Vice President JD Vance during his Hendersonville rally on Monday. Former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, faces Republican Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chair.

An ECU poll conducted Sept. 30 through Oct. 8 put Cooper ahead 50% to 43% among likely voters. Cooper also outraised Whatley for a third straight quarter.

World-Class Rowers Converge on High Point

The reigning world-champion U.S. women’s four will headline the High Point Autumn Rowing Festival on Saturday, racing an international crew on Oak Hollow Lake.

The Oct. 24 regatta, set at Festival Park on Oak Hollow Lake, pits Team USA against a World squad in a match that has made the Triad an unlikely stop on the elite rowing circuit.

The field is capped at 420 entries this year and runs collegiate, high school, and masters races alongside the marquee event, with a livestream planned for those who can’t line the banks.

New this year, dragon boat racing joins the traditional categories, and High Point University’s second-year program will compete on its home water.

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➤ Statewide: AAA reports that, as of Monday, North Carolina fuel prices have fallen to $3.60 for unleaded and $5.60 for diesel, among the nation’s lowest, after lawmakers suspended the 41-cent per-gallon fuel tax through Nov. 30. (More)

➤ NC Coast: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revisit Frederick Allen’s copyright lawsuit against North Carolina over images of Blackbeard’s flagship, leaving intact a 4th Circuit ruling for the state. (More)

➤ Dare County: The school system dismissed Cape Hatteras Elementary and Secondary students early Monday as a coastal storm, expected to last into Thursday, eroded NC 12 and brought overwash to Rodanthe, though the highway remains passable. (More)

➤ Rodanthe: Cape Hatteras National Seashore is again warning that several structurally compromised oceanfront houses could collapse during high surf, scattering debris for miles. The Park Service said beachgoers should steer clear of the threatened homes and downwind areas. (More)

➤ Wilmington: Novant Health will hold a free drive-thru medication take-back from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at two sites, accepting unused medicines, syringes, and vaping devices for safe disposal. (See Details)

➤ Charlotte: Jocelyn Nolley will not seek another term as chair of the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, a post she has held for four years. Nolley, whose term ends in December, told members she'll remain with the group. (More)

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➤ UNC men’s basketball was routed 76-58 by Indiana in an exhibition Sunday in Indianapolis, the second tune-up of Michael Malone’s debut season. The Tar Heels were outrebounded 33-21 and trailed by as many as 22. (More)

➤ UNC women's basketball, meanwhile, rode a fourth-quarter surge to a 76-66 exhibition win over Davidson in Chapel Hill on Sunday. (More)

➤ Sun Belt-leading James Madison visits Appalachian State in Boone on Thursday night, with the 4-2 Mountaineers' starting quarterback Malachi Singleton uncertain unless App State rules him out. The 7-0 Dukes are favored by 10.5 points. (More)

➤ Duke cornerback Kimari Robinson apologized after video showed him swatting away an athletic trainer’s arm as she tended to an injured teammate during the Blue Devils’ 24-20 loss to North Carolina. He said he was wrong and that she didn’t deserve it. (More)

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➤ TSA pulled Piedmont Triad International Airport from its Gateside by TSA PreCheck program, which let PreCheck members without tickets go past security to meet or see off travelers. The agency scaled the program back to its 13 original airports while it evaluates participation and operational impacts. (More)

➤ Greensboro-based Triad Business Bank continues pursuing a merger with Durham’s historic M&F Bancorp after the board rebuffed its multiple unsolicited proposals amid a competing Optus deal. (More)

➤ Pella will shut down its Reidsville manufacturing facility in Rockingham County by Jan. 31, 2027, cutting 133 jobs. Some employees face layoffs starting Dec. 3. All laid-off employees will get eight weeks’ pay. (More)

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➤ NASA has named astronaut Christina Koch—a three-time NC State graduate who flew on Artemis II in April—as its acting deputy chief engineer, effective Nov. 1. The role makes her a management astronaut and ends her eligibility for future spaceflights. (More)

➤ Early risers today may have spotted the glowing “space jellyfish” exhaust plume of SpaceX’s pre-dawn Bandwagon-5 Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. The southeast-bound mission was expected to hang lower and dimmer in North Carolina’s skies than last week’s show. (More)

➤ Nearly 400 runners gathered at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary on Sunday for a 5K benefiting victims of catastrophic flooding and landslides in Nepal. Organized by the Nepal Center of North Carolina, the effort has raised close to $70,000 for flood relief. (More)

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