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Primary Election 2026: Rebecca Trammel is pursuing an unaffiliated campaign for NC Senate District 7On this edition of The Newsroom, we're speaking with Rebecca Trammel, a nonprofit founder, community organizer, and advocate for public education funding who aims to run as an unaffiliated candidate for North Carolina’s Senate District 7. We asked about her decision to run without major party support — and where she lands on some contentious state-level policies.
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Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
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National News
- FBI says it's taking ransom notes 'seriously' in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance
- Day 5 of search for Nancy Guthrie: 'We still believe Nancy is still out there'
- Homan to draw down agents in Minnesota. And, U.S.-Russia nuclear arms deal expires
- The Winter Olympics get 8 new events, including the first new sport in decades
- Team USA settles in to athletes' villages, 'smash' pizzas
- The Trump administration is reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota by 700
- Minnesota AG Keith Ellison on withdrawal of federal immigration agents
- How the new dietary guidelines could impact school meals
- Savannah Guthrie shares emotional video asking for missing mother's safe return
- Former hostage negotiator talks about the abduction of Savannah Guthrie's mother
State News
- Public expresses concerns over building new natural gas plants, delaying coal retirement
- State highlights Randolph, Lexington schools for Career and Technical Education growth
- High Point Market Authority to move headquarters
- Despite opposition, DOT says it will build elevated express lanes on I-77 in uptown
- North Carolina schools see drop in crime, but drug possession ticks up
- New WS/FCS audit lists finance department vacancies as top challenge
- Another round of winter weather is expected tonight
- Greensboro business owners call on City Council to improve downtown conditions
- 'Inhumane treatment': Western NC United Methodists condemn ICE actions
- Greensboro celebrates Transit Equity Day
