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Relief efforts ramp up across the state in the wake of tropical storm Helene. Operation Airlift sets up at the Concord airport. Atrium Health deploys a mobile hospital to Tryon. Officials try to understand how the storm will affect voting in the state.

Rescue and recovery efforts continue in western N.C. in the wake of Helene. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson suffers second-degree burns at a campaign event in Mt. Airy. Tommy Tomlinson reminds those who emerged from the storm unscathed to count their blessings.

Downgraded to a tropical storm, Helene continues to batter the Carolinas with heavy rain and area flooding. Some kayakers in western North Carolina look for opportunity in the midst of the dangerous conditions. CMS votes against a proposal that would have created 800 new magnet school seats.

Former President Trump made a campaign stop in Mint Hill Wednesday. CMS will consider new policy language to protect staff and students against gender or sexual orientation harassment. Audubon North Carolina hires a new executive director.

CMS approves several changes to student assignments, but passes on a plan to create hundreds of seats in early college programs. One of Charlotte's biggest single-family home landlords agrees to a $48M settlement with renters. Severe weather is headed this way as Tropical Storm Helene approaches Florida.

A CMS vote could switch neighborhood assignments for 800 students next year. Absentee ballots for the November election will start going out today. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he's considering legal action against CNN following their report that he made racist and sexual comments on a pornographic website.

Key staff members leave Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor. Greensboro settles “unwanted touching” claims against its former city manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba. A North Carolina appellate court keeps Duke Energy’s new rates in place for customers with solar panels. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson says in his "On My Mind" column that the scandal Robinson found himself in last week was driven by Robinson’s own desire to be noticed.

Mark Robinson responds to a CNN report that he made numerous disturbing racist and sexual comments on an online pornographic forum. As Charlotte’s annual Festival in the Park celebrates a milestone this weekend, a look at its founding 60 years ago. What is happening with the Panthers? Charlotte FC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month tomorrow with its third annual Por La Cultura game.

More than 200 area organizations signed a letter to N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper imploring him to veto HB10. Charlotte area homes sales have cooled. The Aldersgate retirement community recently announced layoffs and now looks to possibly affiliate with another retirement center.

Mecklenburg County commissioners will ask the N.C. General Assembly for authority to place a sales tax on the ballot in 2025 to help fund the Red Line commuter rail. City leaders in Tega Cay hire a new company to take a crack at culling the deer population. A storm battered the Cape Fear area Monday with historic rainfall.