The dueling Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement projects have been scored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, spelling out how much funding the state agency is willing to put toward the projects. As expected, the option to replace the structure with a tolled bridge ranked higher than the same project without a toll — […]
Last month, the Carolina Leadership Coalition and the Carolina Partnership for Reform commissioned Meeting Street Insights to conduct a statewide survey of registered voters in North Carolina, which took place between April 25-28 of this year. The survey had a sampling size of 500 registered voters with a margin error of plus or minus 4.38%. […]
The Charlotte Area Transit System may not be able to build the 26-mile Silver Line light rail under a new transit proposal being considered. The proposal would cap the total expenditure on new rail projects at about 40% of the revenues from a new, one-cent sales tax. A revised transit plan is showing signs of […]
Another home has crumbled into the sea in Rodanthe, N.C., the scenic Outer Banks community where rising seas and relentless erosion have claimed a growing number of houses and forced some property owners to take drastic measures to retreat from the oceanfront. The National Park Service, which manages the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, said an […]
Compensation levels for CEOs hit new heights last year, but they were more of a mixed bag for leaders of some of the Triangle’s largest companies. State of play: Of the 24 publicly traded Triangle companies surveyed by Axios, 11 of their CEOs received pay increases in 2023 and 11 saw decreases, according to U.S. […]
Cars just aren’t worth repairing anymore. One in every five cars seen by an insurance adjuster is estimated to cost too much to be repaired and returned to drivable condition. There are a ton of factors to look at here, but with high-tech lighting and sensors at the extremities of every car these days, increased […]
A gene found in a strain of avian influenza – H5N1 – was detected in industrial discharge from the Forsyth County/ Winston-Salem wastewater treatment plant last month, scientists found, coinciding with an outbreak in a herd of dairy cattle in west-central North Carolina. Scientists at Stanford and Emory universities published their findings May 20 in […]
In a year marked by delays and technical issues, North Carolina school districts are finding creative ways to increase student completions of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) across the state. This year, five school districts (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Guilford County Schools, Iredell-Statesville Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and Union County Public Schools) are part […]
The risk of derailment increases with freight train length, according to an academic study published today, which found that a 200-car train is 24% more likely to derail than a 50-car train. The study — by researchers from Brigham Young University, Georgetown University, and Virginia Tech — analyzed Federal Railroad Administration rail equipment accident data […]
Nearly 150,000 policyholders in the state will have to wait almost a year to find out if the cost of their mobile home insurance will increase. The North Carolina Rate Bureau filed April 8 a proposed overall state average increase of 82.9% for mobile home fire policies and 49.9% for mobile home casualty policies, both […]
Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast is looking at further delaying a planned $4 billion factory in North Carolina, a person briefed on the matter said, as the loss-making company struggles to gain favour with U.S. consumers. VinFast announced in 2022 that it would build an EV and battery factory in the United States with an […]
The Charlotte City Council on Tuesday voted 9-1 to approve a new power-sharing agreement with a countywide body, the Metropolitan Transit Commission, to determine how decisions are made about transit funding and leadership. The vote came after the city made last-minute concessions to Mecklenburg County and the six towns represented on the MTC. Hours before […]
A federal program that provided subsidized internet access to low-income families is expected to end on Friday, affecting more than 900,000 households in North Carolina. Created through the federal 2021 infrastructure law, the Affordable Connectivity Program was touted by the Biden administration as the “largest high-speed internet affordability” initiative in American history when it launched. […]
Tameka Ford of Cabarrus County said she cries often at night about her housing situation, contemplating moving away. Ford and about 30 others with Down Home North Carolina rallied in support of allocating funds towards affordable housing development ahead of the May 20 county commissioners meeting, where she also spoke during public comment about her […]
In August 2021, when a student was shot at New Hanover High School, panic and fear rippled through the community. The shooting was a result of a fight that broke out in the hallway with dozens of students watching. The incident left one student with non-life-threatening injuries that required surgery. And Chance Deablo, who was […]
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