The March 5 primary was the first statewide election in North Carolina where voters had to show photo ID after the passage of a constitutional amendment in 2018. The North Carolina Board of Elections said 473 ballots in the March 5 primary were not counted because the voter didn’t have a photo ID. Of the […]
Walking into the Maureen Joy Charter School building is a little like stepping back in time. The lacquered wood floors creak as students walk to class. Sunlight streams across high ceilings. The school’s chief operating officer Samantha Amaral offers a tour of the building. “It was built in 1910, so this is a historic building, […]
Elected officials’ stock holdings have come under scrutiny in recent years due to repeated allegations of lawmakers exploiting their public authority and access to insider information for improper personal gain. State-level officials and candidates are required to submit annual “statements of economic interest” to the NC Ethics Commission to mitigate concerns that personal finances could […]
A manufacturing plant in Duplin County would have to monitor, but not limit, chemical compounds it discharges from its wastewater treatment system into the Northeast Cape Fear River under the terms of a draft permit being reviewed by state and federal agencies. Automotive textile and technology manufacturer Lear Corp.’s draft National Pollutant Discharge Eliminations System, […]
When Pactiv Evergreen announced it would close its Canton paper mill last year, Haywood County Schools was already facing a host of other challenges, among them a declining student population, costs incurred from damages caused during the Pigeon River flood in 2021, and the impending end of COVID-era relief funds. However, after tightening its belt […]
Public funding for a private school education is open to all North Carolina families. But many of the state’s top private schools — from Providence Day in Charlotte to Ravenscroft School in Raleigh — don’t accept it. Why it matters: Families rushed to apply for state funding last month, with a record nearly 72,000 submitting […]
A North Carolina candidate for state superintendent is receiving national news coverage over social media posts that appear to call for violence and evoke extreme rhetoric. Republican Michele Morrow describes herself on her website as a “lifelong Christan conservative.” She has worked as a nurse, missionary and child advocate and has 16 years of homeschooling […]
New Hanover County Commissioners approved the rezoning for a new affordable housing project in Caste Hayne. The housing development will provide 128 units to individuals in the workforce. The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning that will allow a new 128-unit affordable housing project in Castle Hayne. The project was initiated by […]
More than $22 million in state and local grants are ticketed for SCHOTT Pharma’s new $371 million syringe plant in North Carolina. The state Department of Commerce, during Monday’s meeting of the Economic Investment Committee, said the plant in Wilson is expected to create 401 new jobs. The company’s North American operations has two facilities […]
North Carolina primary elections are not over yet, with two Republican runoff elections taking place in May, but many state officials are turning their attention to November for the general elections. And some Democratic leaders are arguing this could be North Carolina’s most consequential election in recent history. State House Minority Leader and Chatham County […]
When Frances Acuña received her flood insurance quote for the coming year, she got a shock: it would be increasing from $450 to $1,893 (£355 to £1,490). “I couldn’t pay it,” she says. “And so now I don’t have flood insurance. But I don’t feel alone as most of my neighbours don’t have flood insurance […]
There’s no doubt it was hot outdoors the day José Arturo Gónzalez Mendoza died after falling ill while harvesting sweet potatoes from a Barnes Farming field in Nash County. The heat index, which factors in humidity with the temperature, measured 96 in that part of eastern North Carolina on Sept. 5, 2023. Scientists say there […]
Durham County’s abuse, neglect, and dependency court effectively prohibited anyone involved in child welfare cases—including parents—from discussing their cases with the media, under a new rule issued in late February. The rule change, approved by Chief District Court Judge Clayton Jones Jr., appears to be a response to our three-part investigation with WBTV, “Best Interest […]
An upcoming legal action in North Carolina will test how federal courts interpret a 2023 decision by the Supreme Court of the U.S. The ruling in Sackett v. EPA narrowed the definition of wetlands that qualify as waters of the United States. Father and son Melton E. “Val” and Skip Valentine acquired 1,700 acres of […]
With new national clean air protections in place, a UNC-Chapel Hill study suggests that future air quality measures may need to be more localized. The study, led by professor Sarav Arunachalam with UNC’s Institute for the Environment, looked at the national trends of tiny air-polluting particles known as fine particulate matter, or PM2.5. “These are […]
