NC Medicaid costs fluctuate each year. The state Department of Health and Human Services forecasts how costs might change and asks the legislature for funding adjustments based on those predictions. For the 2024-25 fiscal year, the department asked for almost half a billion dollars extra to meet higher costs — an adjustment known as the […]
After the driest June in recorded North Carolina history, farmers across the state are coping with the impacts of intense drought. According to the US Drought Monitor, 22 North Carolina counties are experiencing severe drought, while one county — Columbus County, a rural, agriculturally driven county in the southeastern part of the state — is […]
A summer COVID-19 spike has become an unwelcome trend that’s tied to the change of seasons. Medical professionals say that coronavirus cases have spiked so far this summer, a development that has occurred each summer since the pandemic emerged in early 2020. Nationally, COVID-19 case rates and emergency room visits linked to the virus each […]
Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest community in the United States founded by formerly enslaved people, has been trapped in a cycle of disaster and disinvestment for decades. The town of around 1,200 people sits on a plain below the banks of the Tar River, and it has flooded more than a dozen times in the […]
The ransomware group linked to a June cyberattack against auto industry software provider CDK Global received a payment of more than $25 million two days after the attack that hobbled software used by roughly 15,000 car dealerships in the U.S. became public, researchers told CyberScoop. A cryptocurrency wallet likely controlled by BlackSuit — the ransomware […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders say they’re promoting equity with a new schedule that standardizes what teachers get paid for taking on such extra duties as band, dance, drama, yearbook and academic clubs. The new stipend schedule, which does not cover athletics, ranges from $200 for teachers who advise student clubs to $2,000 for high-school band, orchestra […]
An Onslow County deputy is out of a job after a video released this week appeared to show his role in a fight between residents and protesters in a neighborhood where Native American artifacts were found. On Wednesday, a group of Indigenous activists called 7 Directions of Service shared the video of the fight last […]
A new skyscraper is coming to Raleigh, and it’s going to be one of the tallest buildings in the city. Real estate company CBRE said ground is set to break on the 37-story luxury apartment building by the end of the year. It will beat out The Eastern in North Hills by one story and […]
Is Old Well Management the collective that Carolina needs? It is not unusual for conference powers to be fiddling with their NIL programs, since the enterprise of paying college athletes is still in its embryo stages. There are lots of ways schools are constantly maneuvering to get the best athletes. Ohio State alumni were furious […]
Last month, UNC Asheville chancellor Kimberly van Noort proposed the closure of several academic programs and departments in response to budget deficits. The cuts were prompted by UNCA’s declining enrollment and subsequent financial difficulties. But the proposed cuts significantly undermine UNCA’s liberal-arts mission. The school proposes to cut the following programs: Ancient Mediterranean Studies (degree […]
After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with few friends, an apparently thin social media footprint and no hints of strong political beliefs that would suggest a motive for an attempted assassination. Even […]
North Carolina education officials are recommending that the state end a testing requirement for college students who want to become teachers. Typically, for a college sophomore to be admitted into a program at their university to complete a degree in education, they have to first pass a test called the Praxis Core that’s designed to […]
The nation’s car dealerships experienced total losses of more than $1 billion as the result of a nationwide hacking and ransomware attack on their software and systems last month, according to a new estimate from East Lansing-based consulting firm Anderson Economic Group. A cyberattack on Chicago-based dealership software provider CDK Global that began June 19 […]
With the race to become North Carolina’s next governor entering its final few months, Democratic nominee Josh Stein has raised twice as much money as Republican nominee Mark Robinson. And Stein heads into the final stretch with nearly triple the amount of cash on hand. Both men have raised more than any other past candidates […]
It’s been a year since Canton papermill workers walked through the shoot for their final shift, but across town, the fate of the mill’s satellite facility in Waynesville has remained in limbo. Media attention has swirled around what would become of the shuttered behemoth mill site in Canton, stripped of equipment and mothballed. But the […]
