Speaking of turkeys, the Rules Review Commission staff recently posed a question about them to their counterparts at the Wildlife Resources Commission. This came in the context of a revision to the rule establishing the spring wild turkey hunting season, which next year will begin on April 11 and run into early May. Approved Tuesday, […]
Happy almost-Turkey Day. Don’t know how you’re celebrating, but North Carolina’s economic development people are marking the arrival of the holiday season with the announcement of a couple more recruiting wins. The larger of the two involves Charlotte-based freight broker RXO, which to obtain state and local incentives is pledging to invest $13.7 million and add […]
There’s a couple more things to say about Monday’s announcement that General Motors is putting together a Formula 1 team to start racing in 2026, courtesy of the British press. One is that GM’s Charlotte Technical Center — which despite its name is actually in Concord — has always been integral to the effort to […]
David Goldman/CNN President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China starting on the first day of his administration, a policy that could sharply increase costs for American businesses and consumers. The move, Trump said, will be in retaliation for illegal immigration and “crime and drugs” […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News Standing on stage during a highly anticipated town meeting, microphone in hand, Spruce Pine Town Manager Darlene Butler responded to a question about lessons learned in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. “I think it’s pretty much a no-brainer with our wastewater system … When […]
Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio The most exciting part of the day at Spruce Pine Montessori School is when the truck arrives to empty the porta-Johns. At that point in the afternoon, the kids abandon their toy dinosaurs and monkey bars, throw up their hands and yell in excitement as they run to watch the […]
Alex Gladden/USA Today Network Tony Johnson has lived in Green Mountain all his life. The small township is rural, mountain country, and Tropical Storm Helene hit it hard. Bridges have been washed away. Trees are down, and Johnson is just trying to get by. On Nov. 23, Johnson stood in the remaining staircase of one […]
Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot North Carolina is at the forefront of a divisive nationwide debate: Should states subsidize private school tuition with public money? This past week, the North Carolina General Assembly voted along party lines to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that, among other things, expands the state’s private school […]
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio Starting on Dec. 1, all county sheriffs in North Carolina must cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Justice and Public Safety portion of House Bill 10. The Republican-sponsored bill was signed into law after legislators voted to override the veto of Gov. Roy Cooper due to a Republican supermajority […]
Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The American black bear population is healthy on the North Carolina coast, but that hasn’t always been the case. The species was in jeopardy in the 1900s for multiple reasons, but particularly habitat loss, and by the mid-1900s, bears could only be found in the most remote coastal swamps and mountains, […]
Madison Lipe/Wilmington StarNews Concern about overdevelopment is nothing new in New Hanover County, but recent plans for a major housing community in Castle Hayne have drawn opposition for many reasons, one being that it’s proposed for the last expanse of old growth forest in the area. The kicker, Castle Hayne resident Kayne Darrell said, and […]
Caleb Herrera/The Daily Tar Heel In a Nov. 7 meeting, the UNC Board of Trustees addressed the ‘no-confidence resolutions’ passed by the Graduate and Professional Student Government and aimed at Chancellor Lee Roberts and Provost Chris Clemens. The conversation occurred while the BOT was discussing a potential increase in graduate student stipends. GPSG President Katie […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView After a disastrous experience with a contractor who defrauded the city by abandoning several parks and recreation projects, Fayetteville City Council members quarreled over how to proceed with new contracts for work on two of those projects — the Mazarick Park Tennis Center and Mable C. Smith Community Center — when bids were […]
North Carolina is playing a role in the launch of a Formula 1 team, pending completion of an agreement in principle between the international racing series and General Motors. F1 officials said Monday that GM and its partners at TWG Global “have achieved operational milestones and made clear their commitment to brand the [sport’s] 11th […]
Winston-Salem’s ProKidney Corp. says it’s made a $22.5 million deal to buy two buildings that will provide the therapeutics company with 180,000 feet of floor space. The deal is expected to close by the end of November, and ProKidney is already leasing portions of the buildings, the company told the SEC on Nov. 20. The […]
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