The State Board of Elections is meeting Thursday to settle partisan disputes over early voting. Election boards in 20 of North Carolina's 100 counties couldn't reach an agreement over early voting schedules.

Property owners in Beech Mountain sued the town after a six-month infrastructure project disrupted access to their homes. An appeals court has now ruled the project did not amount to a property “taking.”

The project is called the Carolina Corridor Industrial Center, and it will sit alongside Interstate 85. The current concept includes 15 development parcels ranging in size.

The Spotted lanternfly was first detected in North Carolina four years ago. They've already been seen in at least seven counties and pose threats to many plant species, especially grapes.