North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is facing backlash for a clip circulating online of the MAGA Republican saying that “some folks need killing.” In the video, which was taken from Robinson’s speech to Lake Church on June 30 in White Lake, North Carolina, the lieutenant governor speaks about the meaning of the upcoming July […]
Some high-profile North Carolina Democrats are raising concerns about President Joe Biden — and pushing for him to show voters he’s up for the job — as calls for the president to halt his reelection efforts mount in the wake of a debate debacle. Meanwhile, Democratic governors from across the country discussed their concerns with […]
Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law new restrictions on vaping products, and he’s expected to sign a ban on sales of a drug known as “gas station heroin.” The goal is to prevent the sale of products that haven’t been FDA approved. The bill will require the makers of vape pens and other similar nicotine […]
Rockingham County taxpayers may soon foot the bill for a staggering increase in insurance premiums and deductible costs on liability coverage for the troubled county jail, where 11 inmates have died over the past three years and several staff have been cited for criminal misconduct, according to commissioners. After weeks of searching, the county’s Safety […]
Asheville’s population will continue to boom over the next 25 years — and with it, the need for more housing is expected to become even more urgent. That’s the message City Council members heard in a recent presentation on Asheville’s latest Affordable Housing Plan, which is being finalized and will be released to the public […]
North Carolina Medicaid managed care has finally been extended to Medicaid enrollees who also need services for behavioral health or intellectual or developmental disabilities. More than 210,000 people could benefit from “tailored plans” that launched on Monday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. “This is another critical milestone in our work to […]
As the property acquisition for the mammoth I-26 Connector project continues, NCDOT data on initial appraisals and final settlements show a 25 percent increase on average between the two. The discrepancy reinforces what local eminent domain attorneys and property owners in NCDOT cases have told Asheville Watchdog: It’s best not to take the state’s first […]
As we celebrate the nation’s birthday and what it means to be an American, a U.S. Navy veteran who has lived in the U.S. for more than seven decades and considers himself as patriotic as anyone said the state of Tennessee is challenging his citizenship. The state said he’s not a U.S. citizen, but he […]
The Shull’s Mill Dam is an obstruction, but it’s been a long time since it was watertight. Water flowed from an eye-shaped hole in the middle of the dam, a remnant of flooding during the 1940s. Now, the rest of the dam will come down during the next couple weeks. “It’s so deteriorated, we’re going […]
Multiple organizations are responding to the school board’s decision to terminate the contract of the superintendent earlier in the week. In a 5-0 vote late Tuesday night, the New Hanover County School Board fired Charles Foust, the district’s first Black superintendent who was on the job for almost four years. The New Hanover County NAACP […]
It’s no surprise that the residents in the Town of Summerfield were disappointed that the NC General Assembly tore nearly 1,000 acres away from their town and put it into unincorporated Guilford County; but what is surprising is that, in the wake of that act – which will lead to a large residential development that […]
A contentious provision that would all but eliminate protections for archaeologically significant resources was stripped from an energy and environmental bill at the eleventh-hour last week, just days after an altercation at a site where Native American human remains were found during construction. Sen. Norm Sanderson, R-Pamlico, asked the Senate late Wednesday evening to approve […]
A U.S. Senate report released last week accused four of the nation’s largest behavioral health companies of putting profits above the safety and treatment of children placed in their care. The blistering report — Warehouses of Neglect — is the result of a two-year investigation by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) into psychiatric […]
This summer, residents of Southeastern North Carolina are anticipating the outcome of the expert discovery phase in the legal action against chemical manufacturer Chemours, while rural water facilities in many part of the state await crucial guidance on how to filter out the devastatingly high levels of PFAS in their drinking water. When President Joe […]
The UNC System has sent guidance to university chancellors as they make decisions on how to comply with a mandate from the UNC Board of Governors that targeted diversity, equity and inclusion offices. The letter from the legal staff at the UNC System was sent to the chancellors late last week. In May, the UNC […]
