Philip Isley, chairman of the Centennial Authority, choked up as he tried to put the events of the day into perspective. The board, which owns PNC Arena, had just voted Thursday to approve a 20-year lease extension and an 80-acre development agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes, a pair of deals expected to radically alter west […]
A city council member argued Wilmington is failing to abide by rules governing appointments at a recent meeting, noting another member has served six years over the limit on the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority board. At the June 18 meeting, council member Salette Andrews raised a motion to replace council member Charlie Rivenbark, who […]
The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority on Wednesday approved its operating budget for the 2025 fiscal year, with planned spending down slightly from the previous year amid projections of flat revenue growth. The $27.3 million budget — most of which will go toward marketing Asheville and the surrounding area as a tourist destination — was […]
A superior court judge, on Thursday, denied a Carteret County Board of Education (BOE) request to stay a legal order issued June 5 that nullified the district’s early school calendar that had students report back to classrooms Aug. 13 for the 2024-25 academic year. The board is still moving forward with an appeal of the […]
When H.P. Trousers closes in August, it won’t be because business has been slow. Quite the opposite, said Ryan Coleman, the owner of the clothing store and bar in the heart of High Point’s downtown catalyst district across the street from Truist Point stadium. “It has been amazing — far more than what I expected. […]
The polarized immigration debate in the United States generally revolves around illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, but those numbers don’t indicate what happens to these and other migrants who stay in the country. A Washington Post analysis of more than 4.1 million U.S. immigration court records from the past decade reveals a population that […]
State House lawmakers, locked in a budget standoff, unveiled an emergency stopgap funding measure Wednesday aimed at helping child care centers keep their doors open. The move came as child care advocates rallied for more funding outside the legislative building Wednesday morning — before taking their message inside the statehouse, where they sang and chanted. […]
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina’s anti-rioting law, whose criminal penalties were raised last year by state legislators. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina sued over the law, after the Legislature increased punishments in response to protests against racial injustice and police brutality […]
In a split decision, Whiteville City Council voted Tuesday to pull $2 million in funding that had been allocated to build a park planned for the former Lewis Smith Shopping Center on the downtown’s south side. That move reduced the project allocation from around $3.18 million to about $1.18 million — a little over a […]
An already-tense election is proving even trickier for Jewish candidates to navigate, especially Democrats. Since Oct. 7, deep divisions have developed within the Democratic Party over the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war and ensuing protests on college campuses. As Election Day gets closer, Democrats are having to walk a fine line among those who have traditionally supported […]
High temperatures and weeks of clear skies might have you wondering when it’s going to rain. But for North Carolina farmers, the impact goes even further. As of Tuesday, central North Carolina has gone more than 18 days without widespread rain. Heat advisories were also recently issued for some counties as we see ongoing temperatures […]
Multiple Forsyth County leaders spoke out against a local government bill that would change all of their respective municipal elections, apart from those in Winston-Salem, from nonpartisan to partisan. Sen. Paul A. Lowe Jr., D-Forsyth, said House Bill 1064 was a “hodgepodge of local stuff,” disagreeing with Sen. Timothy D. Moffitt, R-Henderson, that the bill […]
A pilot program that outfitted DWI offenders with alcohol monitoring bracelets proved successful in breaking the cycle for those with drinking problems, but state funding for the pilot period has run out — leaving it up to local jurisdictions whether to continue it. The Waynesville Police Department is one agency that has whole heartedly bought […]
I have an idea for the University of North Carolina Asheville and the Asheville Ideas Fest folks: Consider ending it. If you’ve got a $6 million budget deficit and your chancellor just decided to cut four academic programs and curtail a fifth to save money, maybe you shouldn’t be putting on a festival that has […]
Following a heated exchange with another county commissioner during a closed session, Swain County Commissioner David Loftis was expelled from the board’s June 18 meeting. While closed sessions are typically not accessible to the public, the incident that led to the expulsion was captured by a microphone that apparently was accidentally left on while the […]
