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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Election Day is here, and Apex's new high school hits the playoffs

Plus, a lithium-ion battery ban starts Dec. 1 and Cary's Black Creek Greenway is back open.

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News Notes

Early voting

Wake County voters cast 334,127 ballots in the 17-day early voting period that ended Saturday, about 38% of the county's 870,308 eligible voters, according to unofficial figures. The Wake Weekly

Wake County's early vote jumped 53% from 2022

Source: The Wake Weekly

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2022 early voting219.2K
2026 early voting334.1K

Playoffs

, the Apex high school that opened in 2025, is the No. 17 seed in the East 6A bracket and faces No. 16 South Johnston in a first-round game that kicks off the playoffs Friday. The winner plays No. 1 seed J.H. Rose (10-0) on Nov. 13. The Daily Reflector

Patriots

Apex Friendship beat Panther Creek 31-14 in Friday's regular-season finale to win the title. It's the Patriots' first 10-0 season, and they went 7-0 in conference play. HighSchoolOT

Batteries

North Carolina will ban lithium-ion batteries from landfills and permitted incinerators starting Dec. 1. Wake County is urging residents to keep them out of household trash and recycling bins and take them to designated collection sites. Holly Springs Update

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Greenway

If you walk, run or bike in Cary, Black Creek Greenway is open again. The renovation finished seven months ahead of schedule, and the trail is now 12 feet wide. WPTF

Black Creek Greenway's renovation by the numbers

2.5 miles
of greenway improved
12 feet
wide after the widening
7 months
ahead of schedule

Source: WPTF

New store

TESO Life, a national retailer of Asian goods, opened its Durham store at 14600 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 31. The Cary location at 2420 Walnut St. hasn't announced an opening date. Durham Herald Sun

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Past issues

  1. Sun., Nov. 8Green Hope rolls past Willow Spring 49-17 in the playoffs
  2. Sat., Nov. 7Cary's police chief will retire in January; Green Hope, Holly Springs win
  3. Fri., Nov. 6Seaforth wins its first girls tennis state title
  4. Thurs., Nov. 5Apex's Taylor Grace Green joins the Rockettes, and Falls Lake runs low
  5. Wed., Nov. 4Courage miss the playoffs by two points; Wake voters weigh school bond
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5AM Apexto me · Tues., Nov. 36:00 a.m.

Election Day is here, and Apex's new high school hits the playoffs

Plus, a lithium-ion battery ban starts Dec. 1 and Cary's Black Creek Greenway is back open.

The TLDR

  1. Wake County's early vote topped 334,000 ballots, up 53% from 2022
  2. Felton Grove meets South Johnston in Friday's first round of the playoffs
  3. Apex Friendship beat Panther Creek 31-14 for the conference title
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