August 20, 2025 • 32 mins
Hurricane Erin has triggered a state of emergency in North Carolina. In Wilmington, several firefighters were injured following a building explosion. In Apex, authorities have called off a search for a criminal illegal alien who remains at large. Despite steep tariffs, trade with Mexico continues to grow, and the State Board of Elections reports it has corrected over 20,000 voter records while still working to collect additional ID numbers.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
It's five oh six and welcome into a Wednesday edition
of the Carolina Journal News Our Newstock eleven, ten ninety
nine three WBT. I'm Nick Craig, a good morning to you.
We are keeping our eyes once again this morning on
the tropics, tracking Erin as it continues to move ever
closer to the continental United States, particularly the east coast.
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As of the five am advisory just down minutes ago
from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, Aarin does
continue to weaken this morning. It is now a low
grade category two storm with its maximum sustained winds around
one hundred miles up per hour, pressure sitting at nine
hundred and fifty four millibars, moving north northwest at thirteen
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miles an hour. The latest on the storm and as
we stand here this morning, it sits about five hundred
or soles from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and is expected
to continue northward, bringing the worst of the weather and
the worst of the impacts to North Carolina's outer Banks
area as we get into the latter parts of today,
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Wednesday and through tomorrow, before continuing to make its transition
east and moving away from the North Carolina coast. And
really the coast of the entire country. What makes the
storm interesting as it is expected to strengthen as we
get through the day tomorrow. The storm is estimated to
be somewhat near five hundred miles wide, meaning that its
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impacts it could span very far from the center of
the storm. Earlier this week, we covered multiple areas across
North Carolina that do have emergency orders in effect. Local
states of emergencies declared for Dare and Hyde Counties in
the outer Banks, with mandatory evacuations in place in place
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for places like Okracoke and Hatteras Island. We're learning details
this morning that Governor Josh Stein has declared a state
of emergency as the tar Hill State prepares for some
limited impacts from Hurricane Aaron. The Governor will be holding
a press conference at ten point fifteen this morning where
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he will brief medium, provide updates and on the status
of the storm and emergency efforts across the across the state.
The governor said in a press release yesterday. Quote. Hurricane
Aaron will bring threats of coastal flooding, beach erosion, in
dangerous surf conditions. North Carolinians along the coast should get
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prepared now and sure their emergency kits are ready, and
listen to local emergency guidelines and alerts in the event
that they need to evacuate. North Carolinians who have evacuated
the Outer Banks area can find one shelter operating. The
state operated Disaster Shelter is operating in Warren County and
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being hosted by the Warren County Emergency Management Group. Pets
are allowed at that shelter. As the storm is expected
to increase in size and strength during the next forty
eight hours, causing extensive beach erosion. Waves could be anywhere
between fifteen and twenty five feet. Coastal flooding could impact
some roads. We've been talking about North Carolina Highway twelve
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throughout the week that runs through the Outer Banks. Some
video I saw yesterday shows that even some of the
high tides are already causing the road to be taken
over by water. That is why those emergency orders were
put into effect and evacuations took place on Monday and Tuesday.
In terms of the impact across the rest of the country,
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the National Hurricane Center makes it immediately clear right on
their homepage, noting that beachgoers are cautioned against swimming out
at the most United States East Coast beaches due to
life threatening surf and rip current conditions, and that is
exactly what we have seen. A no swim advisory has
been put in place for Wrightsville Beach that's just outside
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the Wilmington area after more than seventy water rescues on Monday.
As the storm does continue to churn in the Eastern Atlantic,
we will continue to track those details and we'll be
covering Josh Stein's emergency press conference, his state of emergency.
We'll have those details a little bit later on today
over on our website, Carolina Journal dot com, and we'll
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have any relevant information from the governor coming up for
you tomorrow morning right here on the Carolina Journal News Hour.
Turning our attention to another statewide story this morning that
did get some pretty big national news yesterday. Up to
four firefighters have been injured after a gas leak and
massive building explosion in midtown Wilmington yesterday morning. In a statement,
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the Wilmington Police Department noted that a vehicle struck a
building's game gass line on New Center Drive in Wilmington.
The driver of that car fled the scene. The suspected
hit and run driver was then taken into custody, with
authorities believing that impairment was the factor, and overnight we
are learning details about that individual. Forty six year old
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Jason Lee Beach of Wilmington has been charged with a
felony DWI causing serious injury, possession of drug paraphernalia, hit
and run, the leaving the scene, reckless driving, and failure
to maintain a lane. He is currently being held under
a one hundred thousand dollars bond at the new Hanover
County Detention Center. With this after the gas leak took place,
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the building later exploded. Fortunately it was under construction and
not currently occupied, but it was set to open in
less than a couple of weeks as the new home
of the Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center that was scheduled
to open within the first couple of weeks of September.
According to the medical center's Facebook page, they noted that
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all staff and construction workers were safely accounted for and
no pets were inside at the time of the explosion.
The video which if you haven't seen it, and some
pictures of that, we've got those linked over on our
story on our website this morning, caused debris from the
building to rain down on nearby businesses, forcing some of
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them to suspend operations and evacuate staff and customers due
to the falling at debris. Rebecca Thurston with the Wilmington
Fire Department confirmed that originally three firefighters were injured as
a result of the explosion. That number has now ticked
up to four, three of them dealing with minor injuries. However,
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one of those firefighters dealing with some very severe burns,
being rushed at to the Chapel Hill Burn Center throughout
the day yesterday for burns on the firefighters hands and arms.
This was a very active situation that had a major
road in Wilmington closed for a couple of hours, or
more than a couple of hours, I should say, probably
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a little over six or seven hours throughout the day yesterday.
The Wilmington Police Department, noting that it was a very
active situation. Emergency crews were clearing out the building while
the gas leak was taking place, as they were trying
to do their best job as first responders to try
and secure the scene. It was during that process in
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which something sparked the gas leak, causing that massive building explosion,
causing debris to shoot up seemingly hundreds of feet into
the air. Then that out of control fire burned in.
From all accounts and all videos and pictures that have
been made available, that building appears to be a complete
and total loss this morning, with extensive damage seen throughout
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the entirety of the building. A pretty wild situation did
make some pretty big national news throughout the day yesterday. Again,
one firefighter is at the Chapel Hill Burn Center this morning.
Three others have been released from New Hennerver's Novont Health
Regional Medical Center with those minor burns. We will continue
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to track any additional details on this story, potentially what
caused the ignition of that gas leak, and more information
about the individual who is now in custody this morning
charged with this and has been arrested and booked under
causing this situation too unfold. We've got a story this morning,
including again some pretty wild pictures, over on our website,
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Carolina Journal dot com, the headline story firefighters injured after
building explosion in Wilmington. You can read that and view
those pictures at Carolina Journal dot com. It's five twenty one.
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Carolina Journal YouTube channel. In some other statewide news this morning,
the United States Department of Homeland Security as well as
the Apex Police Department. That's a municipality in Wait County.
We're working earlier this week, and I searched for a
criminal illegal alien wanted on multiple sex offense warrants after
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he was able to escape from police. Law enforcement says
that twenty seven year old Jonathan Escabido Ramirez ran away
from officers in the area of Lufkin Road and East
Williams Street on Monday morning. Reports say that DHS had
warrants for Ramirez, who was convicted of sexual battery against
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a fourteen year old in May of twenty eighteen. A
couple of months later, he was deported. That was July
of twenty eighteen. However, he later illegally re entered the
United States. He has also wanted for illegal re entry
after deportation and failure to register as a sex offender.
According to the Department of Homeland Security. The search, which
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took place on Monday, included police drones and canines in
a wooded area and was called off several hours later.
Ramirez is described as a Hispanic adult male about five
feet tall who was last seen wearing a yellow neon shirt.
Apex police set in a Facebook post that people in
the area should continue to quote be on the lookout
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for this wanted fugitive and call nine to one one
immediately if they see him. Illegal immigration has been an
important issue for elected leaders across the political spectrum, both
nationwide and here in North Carolina over the last couple
of years. The General Assembly recently overrode one of Democrat
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Governor Josh Stein's vetos involving an immigration bill, while the
other one is calendar to be voted on that could
happen over the next couple of weeks. Senate Bill one
fifty three, the North Carolina Border Protection Act, mandates a
broad cooperation between state agencies and federal immigration authorities. That
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piece of legislation seeks to curb sanctuary city policies across
the state as well beyond law enforcement, Senate Bill one
fifty three instructs state agencies such as the Department of
Health and Human Services, as well as the Division of
Employment Security, to review public benefits distributed to unauthorized immigrants
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and ensure that those benefits are curtailed where prohibited by law.
The bill also includes a provision to waive local government
immunity for jurisdictions that are deemed sanctuary cities or counties,
allowing private citizens to sue them meeting this city or
county or municipality to sue them if they suffer harm
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as a result of a legal immigrant activity. Additionally, it
bars the entire UNC system and their campuses from adopting
policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Governor Josh
Stein said in June, at a time when our law
enforcement is already stretched thin, this bill takes state law
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enforcement officers away from their existing state duties and forces
them to act as federal immigration agents. Furthermore, under current law,
people without lawful immigration status are already prevented from receiving
Medicaid snap Section eight housing and other benefits. The Senate
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overrode that veto back on July the twenty ninth, and
the House is expected to try and override the veto
coming up here in less than a week on August
the twenty sixth, when the General Assembly is back in session.
Another piece of legislation dealing with the hot button topic
of illegal immigration is House Bill three eighteen. That's the
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Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act. That legislation compels law enforcement
agencies to honor detainer requests from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
also known as ICE. When an undocumented individual is arrested
and an ICED issues a detainer, local officials must hold
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the person for up to forty eight hours to allow
for federal authorities to exchange and rather hold a federal pickup.
The legislation prohibits local governments from adopting sanctuary policies and
introduces penalties, including a loss of state funding, for non compliance. Additionally,
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it requires jail administrators to notify ice when they reasonably
believe that someone is in custody who is unlawfully present
in the United States, even if a detainer has not
yet been issued. Governor josh Stein said while he vetoed
House Bill three eighteen because he believes it's unconstitutional, he
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in fact does support the bill's efforts to require sheriffs
to contact federal immigration authorities about people in their custody
charged with things like sexual battery, armed robbery, arson, assault
on public officials and court personnel, alongside other dangerous crimes,
with the governor noting people who commit these crimes should
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be held accountable whether or not they are here without
legal authorization, and those charged with serious offenses ought to
receive increased scrutiny from federal immigration officials. However, the governor
says his oath of office requires that he upholds the
Constitution of the United States, with the governor saying quote, Therefore,
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I cannot sign this bill because it would require sheriffs
to unconstitutionally detain people for up to forty eight hours
after they would have been otherwise released. The Fourth Circuit
is clear that local law enforcement officers cannot keep people
in custody solely based on suspected immigration violations. But let
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me be clear, anyone who commits a serious crime in
North Carolina must be prosecuted and held accountable, regardless of
their immigration status. Now, the governor releasing that nice press
release saying that he is in fact in favor of
the legislation, but for whatever reason, he couldn't sign it
into law. While the General Assembly did the governor's work
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for him, they did deal with the override of that
back on to lie the twenty ninth, with both Democrats
and Republicans of dealing with this in both the North
Carolina Senate and House. It did in fact become law
and is currently law now, regardless of the Governor's veto.
We've got some details on both of these pieces of
legislation House Bill three eighteen as well as Senate Bill
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one fifty three. And this very interesting story unfolding in Apex,
North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, earlier this week. All
of that available on our website This Morning, Carolina Journal
dot com. You'd like to read some more the headline
story criminal illegal aliens still at large after search called
off in Apex. You can read those additional details over
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at Carolina Journal dot com. It's five thirty six. Welcome
back to the Carolina Journal News our newstock eleven ten
ninety nine three WBT. As we continue to track tariffs
and there are impacts not only across the United States
but here in North Carolina, we focused this morning on
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countries like Mexico, and while Mexico was not included in
the August the seventh tariffs, President Donald Trump did impose
a twenty five percent tariff on Mexico back on March
the fourth last year. In twenty twenty four, Mexico emerged
as a top export destination for US agricultural products, with
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sales exceeding more than thirty billion dollars and supporting an
estimated one hundred and ninety thousand American jobs. That's according
to a press release from us DA. Agricultural trade between
the United States and Mexico under the USMCA, that's the
United States Mexico Canada Agreement totaled nearly seventy nine billion
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dollars last year. As continuing a steady growing trend over
the past decade. Between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty four,
agricultural imports from Mexico to North Carolina rose sharply, climbing
from forty five and a half million dollars to more
than one hundred million dollars in that ten year timespan,
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an increase of approximately one hundred and twenty two percent.
According to data from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services in twenty twenty four, the top three
agricultural imports from Mexico were cigars and cigarettes made with
tobacco or substitutes, edible vegetables and certain roots, as well
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as prepared cereals, flours, starches, or milk products including baked goods.
During that same time period, agricultural exports from North Carolina
to Mexico remained relatively flat, from two hundred and twenty
four million dollars in twenty fourteen to two hundred and
forty one million in twenty twenty four, a rise of
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just eight percent over that same ten year timespan. Again,
that data coming from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
According to Joseph Harris with the John Locke Foundation, the
leading agricultural exports to Mexico in twenty twenty four included
miscellaneous edible preparations, a broad category that covers items such
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as condiments, soups, protein powders, and processed foods, along with
unmanufactured tobacco, as well as a manufactured tobacco products and
related tobacco goods. According to Harris, yet despite imports growing
much faster than exports, exports are still more than double
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the value of imports, driven mainly by miscellaneous preparation items,
unmanufactured tobacco, and processed tobacco products. One exception to Trump's
twenty five percent tariff on Mexico is a material commonly
used in fertilizer, which was given a lower rate of
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just ten percent. Joseph Harris noted through May twenty twenty five,
agricultural imports from Mexico totaled seventy six point six million dollars,
more than double the thirty five point eight million dollars
recorded in May of twenty twenty four, with him saying
much of this year to date surge likely reflects importer's
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front loading orders in anticipation of those tariffs taking effect.
According to the USDA, the growth of US exports to
Mexico is driven by several key factors, including increasingly disposable
income among Mexico's upper middle class, widespread recognition of US
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brands and food trends, and robust demand for premium agricultural products.
Steve Troxler, the Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture,
told The Carolina Journal quote, Mexico is a long value
trading partner with the United States, and I don't see
that changing. We've got details not only on the back
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and forth trade between the United States and Mexico, but
all of the other tariff discussions, including the August seventh
tariffs that went into effect back a few weeks ago,
and some of the other impacts on North Carolina's various industries.
I'll note agriculture does continue to be the largest of
those industries in the state of North Carolina. You can
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read this story and all of our other tariff coverage
on our website this morning at Carolina Journal dot com,
where it's now five point forty one News Talk eleven
ten ninety nine to three WBT. A little over a
month ago, the North Carolina State Board of Elections officially
kicked off a project to fix the registration for more
than one hundred thousand voters across the state of North Carolina.
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That project known as the Registration Repair Project. To get
an update. About a month or so after that launched,
terreso Opeka Carolina Journal dot com. It joins us on
the News Hour. Teresa's some pretty big numbers. We've been
tracking this for quite some time here on the program.
What are we learning this morning from the state Board?
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Sure, good morning, Nick, Thanks for having me so. Yep,
you said that kickoff was a little over a month ago,
and they have made some significant progress at the State
Board of Elections. So more than twenty thousand voter registration
records for people in North Carolina have been fixed under
their Registration Repair Project. But now elections officials are still
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they're milling out the remaining eighty two, five hundred and
forty individuals who records still need updating. So, as you mentioned,
the election State Election Board on July seventeenth, started that
major initiative with the project to collect the missing ID
numbers from roughly a little over one hundred and three
thousand registered voters who records lacked either the social Security
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number or driver's license number, actually the last four of
the social So the project was to bring the state's
voter rules into compliance with both federal and state laws.
Also recent court rulings and an ongoing lawsuit with the
US Department of Justice, and the board unanimously approved a
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three part plan at their June twenty fourth meetings. That's
all this came into fruition. So it seems like they've
been making some really good progress, but they still have
a little ways to go.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yeah, and Teresa, you kind of mentioned there some of
the backstory. There are a lot of different moving parts
this ongoing lawsuit of random voter complaints across the state
of North Carolina. There's been some relatively high levels of
scrutiny on the State Board of Elections specifically dealing with
this issue over the last couple of years. As you're
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reporting this morning, some good work and getting more than
twenty thousand voter registration records dealt with, but still over
eighty two thousand remaining. What does this process look like
for those that might have this issue? Again, no fault
of their own, this is due to some faulty forms
from the State Board of Elections. What are some of
these processes looks like to get this information corrected?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Ah? Sure, So what they're encouraging them to do is
either respond by mail, online or in person. And they
also suit said. The election officials also noted if a
voter receives a letter, but they already have their registration repaired,
that they don't need to take any additional action. But
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in future elections, as you mentioned in person, voters who
still have not provided that required information to update their registration,
they're going to have to vote with a provisional ballot
and provide information either the driver's license number or the
last four numbers of their security number when they vote.
And what the state Board's doing is creating a flag
to appear on these voters' records in the electronic or
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paper poll books used at voting sites. That's to alert
poll workers that these voters must vote provisionally and provide
that missing information in order for their balance to count.
And of course county boards of elections will train poll
workers accordingly, so they all have they have everything set up,
so everything should be hopefully full proof.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Yeah, and you talk about those three different ways in
which that identification information, whether it's a full driver's license
number or the last four of your social security number,
can be provided, Teresa, I would imagine the way that
most folks have dealt with this so far is actually
through a portal that many people already use, which is
actually the Department of Motor Vehicle the DOT and DMV's
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service that they used to pay their yearly property taxes
on their vehicles. That the information can be updated for
free right there.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Correct. Yeah, So, anybody who's got a North Carolina driver's
license or DMV ID card in case you don't drive,
they still have the ID cards for you. They could
submit an updated voter registration form through the DMV's website.
They can go to Payments dot NCDOT dot gov and
there is no fee for the service as you mentioned,
and they can just click yes when as to update
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their voter information. So very simple and an easy way
to update that information.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Some folks might be wondering this morning, maybe their name
is on this list of over eighty two thousand voters. Teresa,
We've got a link over on our website where they
can actually go punch in their name and see if
they're one of these affected voters. Is that correct?
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Yes, that is correct. If you go to the article,
it does have the registration repair search tool, so you
can click on that that's highlighted in the article. That
link will take you directly to that list to see
if you are on that list and that list is
updated daily.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Absolutely, you can do that by visiting our website Carolina
Journal dot com. The headline story State election Board corrects
over twenty thousand records, seeks more ID numbers. We appreciate
the information, the update and the time. This morning from
Teres Opeka. You're listening to the Carolina Journal News Hour.
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Good morning again, it's five point fifty two. Welcome back
to the Carolina Journal News Hour, News Talk eleven, ten
ninety nine to three WBT. Keeping our eye this morning
on the Atlantic as Hurricane Aaron continues to churn as
it makes its approach and splits the gap between the
United States and Bermuda. As of the five am advisory
from the National Hurricane Center, Aaron does remain as a
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Category two storm with one hundred mile an hour maximum
sustained winds, pressure nine hundred and fifty four millibars, moving
north northwest at thirteen miles an hour. While no immediate
direct impacts from the storm are going to be felt
across North Carolina, as it is not going to be landfalling.
There will be some effects from the storm as it
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continues to grow. It is expected to be somewhere near
five hundred miles wide this morning, causing some potential impacts
across the Outer Banks area of our state. As of
this morning, the National Hurricane Center does have some advisories
up for that area. Looking at the map from them
this morning, the Outer Banks is under a tropical storm warning,
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with a state of emergency already declared in multiple municipalities
both Dare and Hyde Counties. Yesterday, Democrat Governor Josh Stein
declared a state of emergency as North Carolina prepares for
impacts from Erin. That state of emergency allows the mobilization
of resources and personnel to assist along the coast. Coming
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up at ten point fifteen this morning, Governor Stein will
hold a media briefing and provide additional updates on the
state of emergency. The governor said yesterday, quote Hurricane Aarin
will bring threats of coastal flooding, beach erosion, and dangerous
surf conditions. North Carolinians along the coast should get prepared
now and sure their emergency kits are ready and listen
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to local emergency guidelines and alerts in the event that
they need to evacuate. Evacuate orders already in a place
for some areas in the Outer Banks, as those the
local states of emergencies have been in effect since Sunday,
and those evacuations do continue as the storm will begin
its direct impacts in terms of a high surf and
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potentially some wind and rain in the Outer Banks throughout
the day today and into tomorrow. We'll be tracking the
governor's press conference this morning. We'll have a coverage on
our website, Carolina Journal dot com, and we'll provide any
updated information impertinent details tomorrow morning right here on the
Carolina Journal News Hour. In some other statewide news this morning,
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making national attention, four firefighters were injured after a gas
leak in building explosion in midtown Wilmington yesterday afternoon. Wilmington
police say that a vehicle struck a building's gas line
on New Center Drive and fled the scene. The suspected
hit and run driver was then taken into custody, with
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authorities believing that impairment was an important factor. That individual.
Forty six year old Adjason Beach of Wilmington, has now
been charged with DWI, a felony, serious injury, possession of
drug paraphernalia, hit and run leaving the scene, as well
as reckless driving and failure to maintain lanes. With that
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ghastly taking place, of first responders, including members of the
Wilmington Fire Department, got on the scene to try and
secure it, then that's when the explosion happened. That explosion
caused a breed to rain down on nearby businesses and buildings,
forcing some to suspend operations and evacuate staff. Rebecca Thurston
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with the Wilmington Fire Department confirmed four firefighters were injured
as a result of the explosion. She said during a
news conference yesterday, quote, we were out here investigating, doing
a primary search of the building to make sure that
everyone was out, and that's when there was an explosion.
Those firefighters were injured during that explosion and evacuation. They
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have since been taken to the hospital, three with non
life threatening injuries, one with severe injuries to their hands
and arms. That firefighter was rushed to the Chapel Hill
Burn Center yesterday due to some of those severe burns.
The building was set to open in just a couple
of weeks, set to be the new home of Eastern
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Carolina Veterinary Medical Center, scheduled to open in the early
parts of September. It was about a four year construction project,
all up in flames this morning, as that gas leak
and building explosion completely destroyed that building. All early reports
indicate it is a complete and total loss. Fortunately, all
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staff of the Veterinary Clinic and the construction workers that
were putting the finishing touches on that building were safely
accounted for, and there were no pets inside at the
time of the explosion. We've got some pretty unbelievable pictures
of that this morning over on our website, Carolina Journal
dot com. That story's headline is firefighters injured after building
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explosion in Wilmington. Well, that's going to do it for
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It's five oh six and welcome into a Wednesday edition
of the Carolina Journal News Our Newstock eleven, ten ninety
nine three WBT. I'm Nick Craig, a good morning to you.
We are keeping our eyes once again this morning on
the tropics, tracking Erin as it continues to move ever
closer to the continental United States, particularly the east coast.
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As of the five am advisory just down minutes ago
from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, Aarin does
continue to weaken this morning. It is now a low
grade category two storm with its maximum sustained winds around
one hundred miles up per hour, pressure sitting at nine
hundred and fifty four millibars, moving north northwest at thirteen
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miles an hour. The latest on the storm and as
we stand here this morning, it sits about five hundred
or soles from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and is expected
to continue northward, bringing the worst of the weather and
the worst of the impacts to North Carolina's outer Banks
area as we get into the latter parts of today,
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Wednesday and through tomorrow, before continuing to make its transition
east and moving away from the North Carolina coast. And
really the coast of the entire country. What makes the
storm interesting as it is expected to strengthen as we
get through the day tomorrow. The storm is estimated to
be somewhat near five hundred miles wide, meaning that its
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impacts it could span very far from the center of
the storm. Earlier this week, we covered multiple areas across
North Carolina that do have emergency orders in effect. Local
states of emergencies declared for Dare and Hyde Counties in
the outer Banks, with mandatory evacuations in place in place
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for places like Okracoke and Hatteras Island. We're learning details
this morning that Governor Josh Stein has declared a state
of emergency as the tar Hill State prepares for some
limited impacts from Hurricane Aaron. The Governor will be holding
a press conference at ten point fifteen this morning where
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he will brief medium, provide updates and on the status
of the storm and emergency efforts across the across the state.
The governor said in a press release yesterday. Quote. Hurricane
Aaron will bring threats of coastal flooding, beach erosion, in
dangerous surf conditions. North Carolinians along the coast should get
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prepared now and sure their emergency kits are ready, and
listen to local emergency guidelines and alerts in the event
that they need to evacuate. North Carolinians who have evacuated
the Outer Banks area can find one shelter operating. The
state operated Disaster Shelter is operating in Warren County and
(02:59):
being hosted by the Warren County Emergency Management Group. Pets
are allowed at that shelter. As the storm is expected
to increase in size and strength during the next forty
eight hours, causing extensive beach erosion. Waves could be anywhere
between fifteen and twenty five feet. Coastal flooding could impact
some roads. We've been talking about North Carolina Highway twelve
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throughout the week that runs through the Outer Banks. Some
video I saw yesterday shows that even some of the
high tides are already causing the road to be taken
over by water. That is why those emergency orders were
put into effect and evacuations took place on Monday and Tuesday.
In terms of the impact across the rest of the country,
(03:43):
the National Hurricane Center makes it immediately clear right on
their homepage, noting that beachgoers are cautioned against swimming out
at the most United States East Coast beaches due to
life threatening surf and rip current conditions, and that is
exactly what we have seen. A no swim advisory has
been put in place for Wrightsville Beach that's just outside
(04:06):
the Wilmington area after more than seventy water rescues on Monday.
As the storm does continue to churn in the Eastern Atlantic,
we will continue to track those details and we'll be
covering Josh Stein's emergency press conference, his state of emergency.
We'll have those details a little bit later on today
over on our website, Carolina Journal dot com, and we'll
(04:29):
have any relevant information from the governor coming up for
you tomorrow morning right here on the Carolina Journal News Hour.
Turning our attention to another statewide story this morning that
did get some pretty big national news yesterday. Up to
four firefighters have been injured after a gas leak and
massive building explosion in midtown Wilmington yesterday morning. In a statement,
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the Wilmington Police Department noted that a vehicle struck a
building's game gass line on New Center Drive in Wilmington.
The driver of that car fled the scene. The suspected
hit and run driver was then taken into custody, with
authorities believing that impairment was the factor, and overnight we
are learning details about that individual. Forty six year old
(05:18):
Jason Lee Beach of Wilmington has been charged with a
felony DWI causing serious injury, possession of drug paraphernalia, hit
and run, the leaving the scene, reckless driving, and failure
to maintain a lane. He is currently being held under
a one hundred thousand dollars bond at the new Hanover
County Detention Center. With this after the gas leak took place,
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the building later exploded. Fortunately it was under construction and
not currently occupied, but it was set to open in
less than a couple of weeks as the new home
of the Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center that was scheduled
to open within the first couple of weeks of September.
According to the medical center's Facebook page, they noted that
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all staff and construction workers were safely accounted for and
no pets were inside at the time of the explosion.
The video which if you haven't seen it, and some
pictures of that, we've got those linked over on our
story on our website this morning, caused debris from the
building to rain down on nearby businesses, forcing some of
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them to suspend operations and evacuate staff and customers due
to the falling at debris. Rebecca Thurston with the Wilmington
Fire Department confirmed that originally three firefighters were injured as
a result of the explosion. That number has now ticked
up to four, three of them dealing with minor injuries. However,
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one of those firefighters dealing with some very severe burns,
being rushed at to the Chapel Hill Burn Center throughout
the day yesterday for burns on the firefighters hands and arms.
This was a very active situation that had a major
road in Wilmington closed for a couple of hours, or
more than a couple of hours, I should say, probably
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a little over six or seven hours throughout the day yesterday.
The Wilmington Police Department, noting that it was a very
active situation. Emergency crews were clearing out the building while
the gas leak was taking place, as they were trying
to do their best job as first responders to try
and secure the scene. It was during that process in
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which something sparked the gas leak, causing that massive building explosion,
causing debris to shoot up seemingly hundreds of feet into
the air. Then that out of control fire burned in.
From all accounts and all videos and pictures that have
been made available, that building appears to be a complete
and total loss this morning, with extensive damage seen throughout
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the entirety of the building. A pretty wild situation did
make some pretty big national news throughout the day yesterday. Again,
one firefighter is at the Chapel Hill Burn Center this morning.
Three others have been released from New Hennerver's Novont Health
Regional Medical Center with those minor burns. We will continue
(08:13):
to track any additional details on this story, potentially what
caused the ignition of that gas leak, and more information
about the individual who is now in custody this morning
charged with this and has been arrested and booked under
causing this situation too unfold. We've got a story this morning,
including again some pretty wild pictures, over on our website,
(08:35):
Carolina Journal dot com, the headline story firefighters injured after
building explosion in Wilmington. You can read that and view
those pictures at Carolina Journal dot com. It's five twenty one.
Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News I don't not forget.
If you miss any portion of our show or want
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Carolina Journal YouTube channel. In some other statewide news this morning,
the United States Department of Homeland Security as well as
the Apex Police Department. That's a municipality in Wait County.
We're working earlier this week, and I searched for a
criminal illegal alien wanted on multiple sex offense warrants after
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he was able to escape from police. Law enforcement says
that twenty seven year old Jonathan Escabido Ramirez ran away
from officers in the area of Lufkin Road and East
Williams Street on Monday morning. Reports say that DHS had
warrants for Ramirez, who was convicted of sexual battery against
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a fourteen year old in May of twenty eighteen. A
couple of months later, he was deported. That was July
of twenty eighteen. However, he later illegally re entered the
United States. He has also wanted for illegal re entry
after deportation and failure to register as a sex offender.
According to the Department of Homeland Security. The search, which
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took place on Monday, included police drones and canines in
a wooded area and was called off several hours later.
Ramirez is described as a Hispanic adult male about five
feet tall who was last seen wearing a yellow neon shirt.
Apex police set in a Facebook post that people in
the area should continue to quote be on the lookout
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for this wanted fugitive and call nine to one one
immediately if they see him. Illegal immigration has been an
important issue for elected leaders across the political spectrum, both
nationwide and here in North Carolina over the last couple
of years. The General Assembly recently overrode one of Democrat
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Governor Josh Stein's vetos involving an immigration bill, while the
other one is calendar to be voted on that could
happen over the next couple of weeks. Senate Bill one
fifty three, the North Carolina Border Protection Act, mandates a
broad cooperation between state agencies and federal immigration authorities. That
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piece of legislation seeks to curb sanctuary city policies across
the state as well beyond law enforcement, Senate Bill one
fifty three instructs state agencies such as the Department of
Health and Human Services, as well as the Division of
Employment Security, to review public benefits distributed to unauthorized immigrants
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and ensure that those benefits are curtailed where prohibited by law.
The bill also includes a provision to waive local government
immunity for jurisdictions that are deemed sanctuary cities or counties,
allowing private citizens to sue them meeting this city or
county or municipality to sue them if they suffer harm
(12:17):
as a result of a legal immigrant activity. Additionally, it
bars the entire UNC system and their campuses from adopting
policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Governor Josh
Stein said in June, at a time when our law
enforcement is already stretched thin, this bill takes state law
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enforcement officers away from their existing state duties and forces
them to act as federal immigration agents. Furthermore, under current law,
people without lawful immigration status are already prevented from receiving
Medicaid snap Section eight housing and other benefits. The Senate
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overrode that veto back on July the twenty ninth, and
the House is expected to try and override the veto
coming up here in less than a week on August
the twenty sixth, when the General Assembly is back in session.
Another piece of legislation dealing with the hot button topic
of illegal immigration is House Bill three eighteen. That's the
(13:22):
Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act. That legislation compels law enforcement
agencies to honor detainer requests from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
also known as ICE. When an undocumented individual is arrested
and an ICED issues a detainer, local officials must hold
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the person for up to forty eight hours to allow
for federal authorities to exchange and rather hold a federal pickup.
The legislation prohibits local governments from adopting sanctuary policies and
introduces penalties, including a loss of state funding, for non compliance. Additionally,
(14:04):
it requires jail administrators to notify ice when they reasonably
believe that someone is in custody who is unlawfully present
in the United States, even if a detainer has not
yet been issued. Governor josh Stein said while he vetoed
House Bill three eighteen because he believes it's unconstitutional, he
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in fact does support the bill's efforts to require sheriffs
to contact federal immigration authorities about people in their custody
charged with things like sexual battery, armed robbery, arson, assault
on public officials and court personnel, alongside other dangerous crimes,
with the governor noting people who commit these crimes should
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be held accountable whether or not they are here without
legal authorization, and those charged with serious offenses ought to
receive increased scrutiny from federal immigration officials. However, the governor
says his oath of office requires that he upholds the
Constitution of the United States, with the governor saying quote, Therefore,
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I cannot sign this bill because it would require sheriffs
to unconstitutionally detain people for up to forty eight hours
after they would have been otherwise released. The Fourth Circuit
is clear that local law enforcement officers cannot keep people
in custody solely based on suspected immigration violations. But let
(15:34):
me be clear, anyone who commits a serious crime in
North Carolina must be prosecuted and held accountable, regardless of
their immigration status. Now, the governor releasing that nice press
release saying that he is in fact in favor of
the legislation, but for whatever reason, he couldn't sign it
into law. While the General Assembly did the governor's work
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for him, they did deal with the override of that
back on to lie the twenty ninth, with both Democrats
and Republicans of dealing with this in both the North
Carolina Senate and House. It did in fact become law
and is currently law now, regardless of the Governor's veto.
We've got some details on both of these pieces of
legislation House Bill three eighteen as well as Senate Bill
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one fifty three. And this very interesting story unfolding in Apex,
North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, earlier this week. All
of that available on our website This Morning, Carolina Journal
dot com. You'd like to read some more the headline
story criminal illegal aliens still at large after search called
off in Apex. You can read those additional details over
(16:41):
at Carolina Journal dot com. It's five thirty six. Welcome
back to the Carolina Journal News our newstock eleven ten
ninety nine three WBT. As we continue to track tariffs
and there are impacts not only across the United States
but here in North Carolina, we focused this morning on
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countries like Mexico, and while Mexico was not included in
the August the seventh tariffs, President Donald Trump did impose
a twenty five percent tariff on Mexico back on March
the fourth last year. In twenty twenty four, Mexico emerged
as a top export destination for US agricultural products, with
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sales exceeding more than thirty billion dollars and supporting an
estimated one hundred and ninety thousand American jobs. That's according
to a press release from us DA. Agricultural trade between
the United States and Mexico under the USMCA, that's the
United States Mexico Canada Agreement totaled nearly seventy nine billion
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dollars last year. As continuing a steady growing trend over
the past decade. Between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty four,
agricultural imports from Mexico to North Carolina rose sharply, climbing
from forty five and a half million dollars to more
than one hundred million dollars in that ten year timespan,
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an increase of approximately one hundred and twenty two percent.
According to data from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services in twenty twenty four, the top three
agricultural imports from Mexico were cigars and cigarettes made with
tobacco or substitutes, edible vegetables and certain roots, as well
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as prepared cereals, flours, starches, or milk products including baked goods.
During that same time period, agricultural exports from North Carolina
to Mexico remained relatively flat, from two hundred and twenty
four million dollars in twenty fourteen to two hundred and
forty one million in twenty twenty four, a rise of
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just eight percent over that same ten year timespan. Again,
that data coming from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
According to Joseph Harris with the John Locke Foundation, the
leading agricultural exports to Mexico in twenty twenty four included
miscellaneous edible preparations, a broad category that covers items such
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as condiments, soups, protein powders, and processed foods, along with
unmanufactured tobacco, as well as a manufactured tobacco products and
related tobacco goods. According to Harris, yet despite imports growing
much faster than exports, exports are still more than double
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the value of imports, driven mainly by miscellaneous preparation items,
unmanufactured tobacco, and processed tobacco products. One exception to Trump's
twenty five percent tariff on Mexico is a material commonly
used in fertilizer, which was given a lower rate of
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just ten percent. Joseph Harris noted through May twenty twenty five,
agricultural imports from Mexico totaled seventy six point six million dollars,
more than double the thirty five point eight million dollars
recorded in May of twenty twenty four, with him saying
much of this year to date surge likely reflects importer's
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front loading orders in anticipation of those tariffs taking effect.
According to the USDA, the growth of US exports to
Mexico is driven by several key factors, including increasingly disposable
income among Mexico's upper middle class, widespread recognition of US
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brands and food trends, and robust demand for premium agricultural products.
Steve Troxler, the Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture,
told The Carolina Journal quote, Mexico is a long value
trading partner with the United States, and I don't see
that changing. We've got details not only on the back
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and forth trade between the United States and Mexico, but
all of the other tariff discussions, including the August seventh
tariffs that went into effect back a few weeks ago,
and some of the other impacts on North Carolina's various industries.
I'll note agriculture does continue to be the largest of
those industries in the state of North Carolina. You can
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read this story and all of our other tariff coverage
on our website this morning at Carolina Journal dot com,
where it's now five point forty one News Talk eleven
ten ninety nine to three WBT. A little over a
month ago, the North Carolina State Board of Elections officially
kicked off a project to fix the registration for more
than one hundred thousand voters across the state of North Carolina.
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That project known as the Registration Repair Project. To get
an update. About a month or so after that launched,
terreso Opeka Carolina Journal dot com. It joins us on
the News Hour. Teresa's some pretty big numbers. We've been
tracking this for quite some time here on the program.
What are we learning this morning from the state Board?
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Sure, good morning, Nick, Thanks for having me so. Yep,
you said that kickoff was a little over a month ago,
and they have made some significant progress at the State
Board of Elections. So more than twenty thousand voter registration
records for people in North Carolina have been fixed under
their Registration Repair Project. But now elections officials are still
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they're milling out the remaining eighty two, five hundred and
forty individuals who records still need updating. So, as you mentioned,
the election State Election Board on July seventeenth, started that
major initiative with the project to collect the missing ID
numbers from roughly a little over one hundred and three
thousand registered voters who records lacked either the social Security
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number or driver's license number, actually the last four of
the social So the project was to bring the state's
voter rules into compliance with both federal and state laws.
Also recent court rulings and an ongoing lawsuit with the
US Department of Justice, and the board unanimously approved a
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three part plan at their June twenty fourth meetings. That's
all this came into fruition. So it seems like they've
been making some really good progress, but they still have
a little ways to go.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yeah, and Teresa, you kind of mentioned there some of
the backstory. There are a lot of different moving parts
this ongoing lawsuit of random voter complaints across the state
of North Carolina. There's been some relatively high levels of
scrutiny on the State Board of Elections specifically dealing with
this issue over the last couple of years. As you're
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reporting this morning, some good work and getting more than
twenty thousand voter registration records dealt with, but still over
eighty two thousand remaining. What does this process look like
for those that might have this issue? Again, no fault
of their own, this is due to some faulty forms
from the State Board of Elections. What are some of
these processes looks like to get this information corrected?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Ah? Sure, So what they're encouraging them to do is
either respond by mail, online or in person. And they
also suit said. The election officials also noted if a
voter receives a letter, but they already have their registration repaired,
that they don't need to take any additional action. But
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in future elections, as you mentioned in person, voters who
still have not provided that required information to update their registration,
they're going to have to vote with a provisional ballot
and provide information either the driver's license number or the
last four numbers of their security number when they vote.
And what the state Board's doing is creating a flag
to appear on these voters' records in the electronic or
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paper poll books used at voting sites. That's to alert
poll workers that these voters must vote provisionally and provide
that missing information in order for their balance to count.
And of course county boards of elections will train poll
workers accordingly, so they all have they have everything set up,
so everything should be hopefully full proof.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
Yeah, and you talk about those three different ways in
which that identification information, whether it's a full driver's license
number or the last four of your social security number,
can be provided, Teresa, I would imagine the way that
most folks have dealt with this so far is actually
through a portal that many people already use, which is
actually the Department of Motor Vehicle the DOT and DMV's
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service that they used to pay their yearly property taxes
on their vehicles. That the information can be updated for
free right there.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Correct. Yeah, So, anybody who's got a North Carolina driver's
license or DMV ID card in case you don't drive,
they still have the ID cards for you. They could
submit an updated voter registration form through the DMV's website.
They can go to Payments dot NCDOT dot gov and
there is no fee for the service as you mentioned,
and they can just click yes when as to update
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their voter information. So very simple and an easy way
to update that information.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Some folks might be wondering this morning, maybe their name
is on this list of over eighty two thousand voters. Teresa,
We've got a link over on our website where they
can actually go punch in their name and see if
they're one of these affected voters. Is that correct?
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Yes, that is correct. If you go to the article,
it does have the registration repair search tool, so you
can click on that that's highlighted in the article. That
link will take you directly to that list to see
if you are on that list and that list is
updated daily.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Absolutely, you can do that by visiting our website Carolina
Journal dot com. The headline story State election Board corrects
over twenty thousand records, seeks more ID numbers. We appreciate
the information, the update and the time. This morning from
Teres Opeka. You're listening to the Carolina Journal News Hour.
(27:03):
Good morning again, it's five point fifty two. Welcome back
to the Carolina Journal News Hour, News Talk eleven, ten
ninety nine to three WBT. Keeping our eye this morning
on the Atlantic as Hurricane Aaron continues to churn as
it makes its approach and splits the gap between the
United States and Bermuda. As of the five am advisory
from the National Hurricane Center, Aaron does remain as a
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Category two storm with one hundred mile an hour maximum
sustained winds, pressure nine hundred and fifty four millibars, moving
north northwest at thirteen miles an hour. While no immediate
direct impacts from the storm are going to be felt
across North Carolina, as it is not going to be landfalling.
There will be some effects from the storm as it
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continues to grow. It is expected to be somewhere near
five hundred miles wide this morning, causing some potential impacts
across the Outer Banks area of our state. As of
this morning, the National Hurricane Center does have some advisories
up for that area. Looking at the map from them
this morning, the Outer Banks is under a tropical storm warning,
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with a state of emergency already declared in multiple municipalities
both Dare and Hyde Counties. Yesterday, Democrat Governor Josh Stein
declared a state of emergency as North Carolina prepares for
impacts from Erin. That state of emergency allows the mobilization
of resources and personnel to assist along the coast. Coming
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up at ten point fifteen this morning, Governor Stein will
hold a media briefing and provide additional updates on the
state of emergency. The governor said yesterday, quote Hurricane Aarin
will bring threats of coastal flooding, beach erosion, and dangerous
surf conditions. North Carolinians along the coast should get prepared
now and sure their emergency kits are ready and listen
(28:54):
to local emergency guidelines and alerts in the event that
they need to evacuate. Evacuate orders already in a place
for some areas in the Outer Banks, as those the
local states of emergencies have been in effect since Sunday,
and those evacuations do continue as the storm will begin
its direct impacts in terms of a high surf and
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potentially some wind and rain in the Outer Banks throughout
the day today and into tomorrow. We'll be tracking the
governor's press conference this morning. We'll have a coverage on
our website, Carolina Journal dot com, and we'll provide any
updated information impertinent details tomorrow morning right here on the
Carolina Journal News Hour. In some other statewide news this morning,
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making national attention, four firefighters were injured after a gas
leak in building explosion in midtown Wilmington yesterday afternoon. Wilmington
police say that a vehicle struck a building's gas line
on New Center Drive and fled the scene. The suspected
hit and run driver was then taken into custody, with
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authorities believing that impairment was an important factor. That individual.
Forty six year old Adjason Beach of Wilmington, has now
been charged with DWI, a felony, serious injury, possession of
drug paraphernalia, hit and run leaving the scene, as well
as reckless driving and failure to maintain lanes. With that
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ghastly taking place, of first responders, including members of the
Wilmington Fire Department, got on the scene to try and
secure it, then that's when the explosion happened. That explosion
caused a breed to rain down on nearby businesses and buildings,
forcing some to suspend operations and evacuate staff. Rebecca Thurston
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with the Wilmington Fire Department confirmed four firefighters were injured
as a result of the explosion. She said during a
news conference yesterday, quote, we were out here investigating, doing
a primary search of the building to make sure that
everyone was out, and that's when there was an explosion.
Those firefighters were injured during that explosion and evacuation. They
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have since been taken to the hospital, three with non
life threatening injuries, one with severe injuries to their hands
and arms. That firefighter was rushed to the Chapel Hill
Burn Center yesterday due to some of those severe burns.
The building was set to open in just a couple
of weeks, set to be the new home of Eastern
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Carolina Veterinary Medical Center, scheduled to open in the early
parts of September. It was about a four year construction project,
all up in flames this morning, as that gas leak
and building explosion completely destroyed that building. All early reports
indicate it is a complete and total loss. Fortunately, all
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staff of the Veterinary Clinic and the construction workers that
were putting the finishing touches on that building were safely
accounted for, and there were no pets inside at the
time of the explosion. We've got some pretty unbelievable pictures
of that this morning over on our website, Carolina Journal
dot com. That story's headline is firefighters injured after building
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explosion in Wilmington. Well, that's going to do it for
a Wednesday edition of the Carolina Journal News Hour. WBT
News is next followed by Good Morning BT. We're back
with you tomorrow morning five to six right here on
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