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The interior of a slot machine is exposed as workers install electronic games at Wind Creek Wetumpka, a gaming casino owned by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians under construction Oct. 24, 2013, in Wetumpka, Ala. (Associated Press file)
Jul 23, 2026

Rockingham County asks NC Supreme Court to toss casino-related rezoning lawsuit

Rockingham County‘s attorneys filed a legal brief on July 20 asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit challenging a 192-acre rezoning tied to a controversial casino […]

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Oct 1, 2025

NC appeals court revives challenge to Rockingham rezoning amendments

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled residents have standing to challenge Rockingham County rezoning amendments, reversing dismissal and citing Gardner precedent on legislative zoning challenges.

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Aug 19, 2025

NC appeals court revives lawsuit over Rockingham rezoning

The North Carolina Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit challenging Rockingham County rezoning, ruling plaintiffs had standing under the Declaratory Judgment Act without alleging special damages.

A man wears a ‘Keep Sapelo Geechee’ sticker during a meeting of McIntosh County commissioners Sept. 12, 2023, at Darien, Ga. (Associated Press file)
Jul 25, 2024

Court OKs referendum on Gullah-Geechee community zoning

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge on Tuesday approved a referendum sought by residents of one of the South’s last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants, ordering an Oct. 1 special […]

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Jun 30, 2021

Comments during rezoning hearing can’t support tort claim 

  Allegedly malicious misrepresentations that were made during a public hearing in opposition to a proposed land rezoning constituted protected petitioning activity and thus couldn’t form the basis of a […]

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