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Novant Health, the second-largest hospital operator based in North Carolina with more than $9 billion in annual revenue, promoted three executives as it continues revamping its executive leadership. John Gizdic was named chief operating officer, with the presidents of the Charlotte, Winston-Salem and North Carolina Coastal regions reporting to him, along with its physician organization. […]
With several shootings, a homicide, drug violations, illegal alcohol sales and gang activity all taking place on the property of Edge Lounge at 1219 S. 5th Ave., its closure was inevitable. “We’re here today to send a very important message: nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,” New Hanover and Pender counties District Attorney Ben David […]
Some residents of northwest Moore County are organizing to try to block development of a proposed luxury driving resort just south of Randolph County that was announced last week. One of them, Joe Freeman, a farmer who said his family has owned land in the area since the 1700s, said that contrary to the upbeat […]
The more than 1 million recreational fishermen in North Carolina will soon face new reporting requirements for some of the state’s most popular saltwater catches under legislation adopted last year, and many anglers aren’t happy about it. But when the new red tape rules will take effect remains to be determined. Under the provision tucked […]
A bipartisan proposal to fix issues with the implementation of a state law that provided for arrest records to be automatically erased in some cases is no longer moving forward. Instead, a legislative committee approved on Wednesday legislation that would repeal the law allowing automatic expunctions. The existing law expunged arrest records after people were […]
The “Keep Portland Weird!” t-shirts are on sale and it’s still common to encounter employees wearing N-95 masks. Yet that’s not what greets visitors at the iconic Powell’s Books downtown here. The first image is of the private security guard staged just past the entrance. With its ubiquitous hipster coffee and IPAs, enduring live-and-let-live ethos […]
RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital are launching a college sports-specific investment fund, one that could lend as much as $2 billion to athletic departments across the country. Led by RedBird founder Gerry Cardinale, Collegiate Athletic Solutions (CAS) is hoping to cash in on a college sports industry in upheaval, with athletes on the verge of […]
Mission Hospital faces an exodus of urologists, and five physicians from a local urology group refuse to practice at the HCA Healthcare-owned hospital, potentially reducing the number of specialists in the system to two by summer. One Mission Urology physician left in October 2023, another was terminated in January, and one plans to leave by […]
Jane O’Neal is the latest member of the Red Springs town government and law enforcement staff to part ways or be fired by the Robeson County town. O’Neal, who is 68, had served as the town manager since March 2023. She tendered her resignation on May 11. As town manager, O’Neal managed the day-to-day operations […]
Proposed revisions to Macon County’s flood damage prevention, soil erosion and sedimentation control, and water supply watershed protection ordinances have resulted in a flood of input from the public, many of whom cite the deadly Peeks Creek disaster of 2004 as a reason to keep strict restrictions in place. “These back-to-back hurricanes led to widespread […]
Lawyers with the North Carolina Attorney General’s office tried three times to convince a federal court the state’s “ag-gag” law should stand. They lost in U.S. District Court, which ruled the law violated the constitution. They lost at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the lower court. They petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court […]
After Port City United made headlines in recent months due to the arrests of two employees, one commissioner, vocally against its continuation, says he engaged in an alarming incident by a suspended county employee after Monday’s commissioner meeting. Dane Scalise told Port City Daily on Wednesday he felt threatened by what unfolded. “It was scary,” […]
The state Court of Appeals overturned a 2023 Mecklenburg County move to terminate a mother’s parental rights before attempting to notify Cherokee tribal leaders. The case involves a now 5-year-old child who, according to court records, may be of Cherokee descent. The U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act requires courts to notify and allow time for […]
Local political activist Margaret Ackiss has responded to a $100,000 libel and slander lawsuit filed against her, denying some allegations, admitting no knowledge of others and providing a list of 14 defenses against the lawsuit. Ackiss hired Morrisville-based law firm K&L Gates LLP – a firm founded by Microsoft-founder Bill Gates’ father – to represent […]
