Parker Asmann/InSight Crime For the first time, a US bank has admitted to helping criminal networks in Colombia launder hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money, highlighting the fruits of a renewed push to target those aiding the region’s money launderers. TD Bank, N.A. and TD Bank USA, N.A. pleaded guilty to a money […]
The Independent Tribune The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $2.5 million in brownfields assessment selection grants for the Centralina Regional Council and the city of Kannapolis. The EPA has selected the Centralina Council of Governments to lead a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant of $1.5 million, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be […]
Gilat Melamed/CBS 17 News Musicians and music lovers came together in Raleigh Sunday night to help Western North Carolina. The ‘Music for the Mountains’ benefit concert was held at Red Hat Amphitheater. The concert raised $1,104,000, according to organizers. Band Together, which uses music to benefit non-profits, is one of the organizers of the event. […]
Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Two years after Pinehurst codified rules and regulations surrounding short-term rentals (STRs), the Village Council is considering a handful of minor tweaks to make the ordinance more effective. During the council’s most recent October work session, Village Manager Doug Willardson presented a series of potential strategies to shore-up STR enforcement, […]
Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved and paid more than $63 million to residents of Buncombe County in housing and financial assistance for Tropical Storm Helene. FEMA had paid a total of nearly $174 million in North Carolina as of Oct. 26, one month into the disaster recovery, according to data […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Retail outlets in East Asheville, from big box stores like Walmart to specialty tourist destinations like Antique Tobacco Barn, are struggling to return to normal after Tropical Storm Helene ravaged the area in late September. Retail locations that remain closed for an extended time not only limit residents’ access to […]
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles and the majority of the Charlotte City Council voted last week to “end” the employment of the city attorney, Patrick Baker, according to a memo obtained by WFAE and people familiar with the matter. The memo does not disclose the reason for Lyles’ and the council’s decision to […]
Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio A claim that the Helene death toll in Buncombe County is more than three times higher than state officials are reporting has gone viral over the last week. But, after a thorough fact-check, BPR News has found plenty of evidence the claim is not true and may stem from […]
David Klepper/The Associated Press Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America’s political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows. The content, spread by Russian state media and […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Lost in the aftermath of the damage Hurricane Helene dealt to Canton is the fact that when the storm hit on Sept. 27, the town still hadn’t fully recovered from deadly flooding in 2021. But on Oct. 24, Mayor Zeb Smathers and Canton’s governing board approved critical next steps for four […]
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio The largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River is heading to the polls and could make a decisive impact in North Carolina’s 2024 election. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina of approximately 55,000 members reside in their ancestral homeland of Robeson County as well as the surrounding Hoke, Scotland and […]
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Access to clean water remains a chief issue for Pender County residents as leaders agreed to carry out a $400,000 study to determine the best methods for limiting PFAS pollution. Pender County Commissioners unanimously approved a $400,000 contract with Cary-based engineering firm WithersRavenel at the Monday meeting. The project aims to […]
Madison Lipe/Wilmington StarNews The New Hanover Board of Education, school district staff and county staff have been discussing ways to fund much needed expansions, renovations or even new school buildings. As New Hanover school district leaders discuss renovations, expansions and possibly new school buildings, they’re grappling with which needs to prioritize and how to pay […]
Outer Banks Voice In his weekly newsletter released on Friday, Oct. 25, State Senator Bobby Hanig addressed the continuing deadlock over re-instating Jockey’s Ridge State Park as an Area of Environmental Concern and stated his intent to get legislative approval in the upcoming session. “It’s been frustrating to see the back-and-forth surrounding whether Jockey’s Ridge […]
There’s been a big shakeup in East Carolina University’s senior staff, with Chancellor Philip Rogers announcing on Thursday that he’s replaced the institution’s provost and general counsel. In an email to ECU faculty and staff, Rogers said he’s installed music professor Chris Buddo as interim provost and made Meagan Kiser the interim general counsel, a […]
