Appeals Court rules against both Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County in 911 funding fight

Appeals Court rules against both Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County in 911 funding fight

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against both Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County in their dispute over funding for the county’s 911 center. The decision arrived nearly two years after the state’s second-highest court heard arguments in the case. A unanimous three-judge appellate panel agreed Wednesday that neither the plaintiff city nor the defendant county had a right to settle the funding dispute through North Carolina’s Uniform De…