A month and more than 2,000 community comments later, New Hanover County planning staff are no longer recommending residential and mixed uses be permitted along the western banks of the Cape Fear River. County staff recently released an updated draft version of an amendment outlining a new place type, downtown riverfront, and land uses allowed […]
Gov. Roy Cooper late Monday afternoon declined to sign a bill that includes granting a state regulatory agency’s request to delay new mandatory catch-reporting rules for recreational anglers and commercial fishermen. The decision was over unrelated provisions that Cooper described as an “unconstitutional power grab.” A paragraph tucked into Senate Bill 607, the 2024 version […]
Nearly 4,000 parcels of land in Stanly County are now in the rural preservation area of the county land plan after a 6-1 decision by county commissioners at Monday’s meeting. A public hearing lasted close to two hours Monday night, with many citizens speaking for and against the proposed amendment. Many of those speaking for […]
Residents of East West Asheville say vacant homes now owned by the NCDOT to make way for the upcoming I-26 Connector project have become havens for drug users and people experiencing homelessness. Cathy Sherman said she moved to Asheville eight years ago and bought a house just off Hanover Street in part because the socio-economically […]
At the release end of the Jordan Lake Dam in Chatham County, an osprey fishes for its dinner. The bird spins in the air, dives low over the water, and yanks a fish out with its talons. A heron, watching from the riverbank, squawks jealousy and lunges at the osprey. But with its long legs […]
Weeks before one of North Carolina’s state-supported behavioral health management agencies merged with another one in eastern North Carolina, there was a flurry of questionable financial activity that led to more than $4 million in payments to two top executives and back pay to the law firm that counseled the organization, according to allegations made […]
Like child care centers nationwide, St. Stephens Loving Daycare Center in Rocky Mount used the tens of thousands of dollars of federal COVID-19 relief funding it received during the pandemic for far more than cleaning supplies and face masks. Director Carolyn Slade said first she used the quarterly relief checks to cover the tuition of […]
Mission Hospital and the Mission Nurses United union didn’t reach a deal on a new labor deal by midnight July 3, the expiration date for the current contract, increasing the possibility of a strike. Nurses told Asheville Watchdog that they and the hospital remain far apart on key issues, including compensation and retention. “I feel […]
Tribal members in Cherokee can legally buy recreational marijuana, and it’s giving some residents hope for marijuana legalization in the state in the future. Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians backed the adult use of marijuana on their tribal land in an overwhelming vote in September and the legal purchase of medical marijuana […]
Ozempic and other injectable weight-loss medications have soared in popularity in the past two years. Supply issues and spotty insurance coverage have driven some patients to seek out compounded versions of the drug, which tend to be less expensive. Anna Wysock’s “aha” moment arrived in an Ohio amusement park, as she got ready to ride […]
North Carolina Republicans have reserved an estimated $5.6 million in television and digital advertising over the coming weeks in three of the most competitive state Senate districts, the party tells Axios. Why it matters: It’s already the most the party has ever spent in state Senate races, indicating just how important these closely contested seats […]
As schedules allow, Moore County Schools Superintendent Tim Locklair and Sandhills Community College President Sandy Stewart meet regularly at the Villager Deli in Pinehurst to talk over their jobs and share information. When they met nine months ago they asked themselves, “What does the community need?” “Obviously, there is a teaching shortage,” Locklair told Stewart. […]
A controversial plan by Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin and his business partner to build a 300-unit apartment complex just off Cedar Creek Road advanced on June 24 when the City Council voted 5-3 to rezone the site and 8-0 to annex it into the city limits. The mayor’s project is one of three residential apartment […]
As a wise man once said, it ain’t over till it’s over; and, while Summerfield farmer and developer David Couch may have won the battle to de-annex nearly 1,000 acres from the Town of Summerfield in order to build a large residential and mixed-use development on the property, in no way is the battle over. […]
The N.C. Global TransPark is set to bring in 444 new jobs and more than $400 million in investment with a new complex the U.S. Navy will use to maintain and repair military aircraft. About $435 million is projected to be used for the construction of the Fleet Readiness Center East C-130 Maintenance, Repair and […]
