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Good morning, readers.

In this fall’s Chapel Hill town council race, six candidates will vie for four at-large seats.

It’s one of the few competitive races Orange County voters will see in the upcoming election, other than the four candidates running for three seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. Chapel Hill mayor Jess Anderson is unopposed in her reelection bid. Carrboro mayor Barbara Foushee is likely to prevail over an unknown challenger and there are no face-offs for the town council. Incumbents in Hillsborough are also unopposed.

INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur writes that perhaps what’s most notable so far about the Chapel Hill town council race is the relatively small pool of contenders—and apparent absence of advocacy group Chapel Hill for a Livable Town (CHALT), which backed nearly half of a crowded field in 2023.

Read more below about how the Chapel Hill town council race is shaping up, and have a good Wednesday.

—Sarah W.

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Who’s Running: Wake County

From open council seats in Apex to a stacked mayoral race in Zebulon, here’s how elections in Wake County’s municipalities are shaping up, from INDY’s Jane Porter.

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“Busting At The Seams”

At a discussion on higher education, NCCU Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon said the school is struggling to house a growing student population, INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur reports.

Photograph of the stone gate at the entrance of St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina
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In the Red

Saint Augustine’s University’s current debts exceed $47 million, school leaders said in a call with alumni as they vow to fight the school’s accreditation loss, INDY’s Chloe Courtney Bohl reports.

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DURHAM COUNTY: A hotel turned away a local couple whose home flooded because they live in Durham, WRAL reports.

STATE: President Trump’s shifting position on FEMA has created uncertainty for storm-prone southern states like North Carolina, NOTUS reports.

WAKE COUNTY: Kane Realty is making a new attempt to build higher in North Hills, as tall as 37 stories, Axios reports.

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