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In a neck-and-neck race, incumbent Betty Lou Ward and newcomer Caroline Sullivan beat out their challengers for seats on the Wake County Board. Voters also approved the Wake Technical Community College bond.
Democrats running for seats on the Wake County Commission have raised more than six times the funds that Republicans have brought in this election cycle.
UNC Health Care will soon manage care at the Wakebrook Recovery Center. In other business at Monday’s County Commission meeting, Commissioners are looking for an alternate source of funding for the Veterans Day Parade and approved a new roof for the firearms education and training center.
New zoning changes for RTP will allow the area to have a more urban feel.
At their meeting Monday county commissioners unanimously approved a contract to renovate a waste station in eastern Wake County. The contract went to Chair Paul Coble’s brother-in-law’s company.
After months of negotiations, Wake County has reached an agreement with its voting machine vendor, ES&S.
County Commissioners are working on their open spaces wish list.
County officials are considering changing the makeup of WakeBrook Recovery Center to keep people with mental illness out of emergency rooms.
County officials Monday approved a Wake Tech bond for the November ballot, a business grant for NetApp, a facelift for the sixth floor of the courthouse and a new downtown school.
Wake County Commissioners approved stricter stormwater rules for new development in Wake County, funding for affordable housing and the first steps of a November bond referendum.
