Jennifer Shutt/NC Newsline The Biden administration’s request for nearly $100 billion in natural disaster response and recovery funding is on track to sail through the U.S. Senate after both Republicans and Democrats expressed strong support during a Wednesday hearing. Members of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, however, voiced concerns with how the federal government prepares […]
Kevin Griffin/Greensboro News & Record A High Point towing company is facing scrutiny from the city of Greensboro and the N.C. Department of Justice following complaints about unauthorized towing during N.C. A&T’s homecoming last month. On Tuesday, the Greensboro City Council voted unanimously to give City Attorney Chuck Watts the authority to file a lawsuit […]
Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice Two recent subpoenas issued in connection with an ongoing federal investigation have put the spotlight on Dare County’s relationship with two entities—its former affordable housing partner Coastal Affordable Housing, LLC and EJE Dredging, the owner of the Miss Katie Dredge that has been working in the county for the past several […]
Daniel Sheehan/Wilmington StarNews A pharmaceutical storage company is building a new facility at Wilmington International Airport’s Business Park that will bring more than 500 jobs to New Hanover County, airport officials said. The company, Frontier Scientific Solutions, made the announcement last week alongside airport and county officials, including New Hanover County Board of Commissioners Vice-Chair […]
Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Despite recent rainfall, wildfire risk remains high in Western North Carolina, especially after an unusually dry October. According to the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released on Nov. 14, Western North Carolina is abnormally dry, indicating a higher-than-normal risk of wildfires. “The rain’s beneficial. We need it, we want it, we’re grateful […]
Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County commissioners approved a settlement Tuesday with the Colonial Pipeline Company, more than four years after a pipe burst beneath a Huntersville nature preserve, flooding the ground with some 2 million gallons of gasoline and other fuel. The Aug. 14, 2020 spill on the Oehler Nature Preserve was the […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The New Hanover County Commissioners approved an additional $6.4 million for New Hanover High School repairs on Monday, though not without some hand-wringing. New Hanover County Schools has spent the last several months completing the first phase of foundational repairs to the south and west walls of the century-old building, and […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chapel Hill Town Council approved the elimination of one community advisory board — the Community Policing Advisory Committee — at its Wednesday night meeting, while a second vote to eliminate more fell one vote short of eliminating eight more. Council members voted 8-1 in favor of cutting the policing committee, which […]
It only took them a year and almost seven months to do it, but legislators have finally OKed Gov. Roy Cooper’s choice to lead the State Bureau of Investigation. The House voted 112-1 and the Senate 49-0 to confirm Cooper’s nomination of Chip Hawley, who is the current chief of the State Capitol Police. At […]
E.J. Victor, a high-end Morganton furniture manufacturer, is laying off 121 workers in a downsizing related to Helene storm damages and a dispute with its insurance provider. “This layoff is the result of significant damage to the production facility from Tropical Storm Helene and our inability to rebuild due to non-payment of our casualty insurance […]
Senate Bill 382, which is now heading to the governor’s desk, may not have much to say about hurricane relief but it’s underscored a clear strategy difference between the parties on how to handle the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Democrats like Gov. Roy Cooper and Buncombe County Sen. Julie Mayfield have stressed the need to […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Even though the City of Asheville is once again delivering potable water after Tropical Storm Helene devastated the water system Sept. 27, serious questions about the water’s safety, and the future of the water system remain. Readers have sent dozens of questions to Asheville Watchdog, so we’ve compiled a roundup of them […]
Lisa Worf/WFAE Radio The American Red Cross North Carolina still has eight shelters open in western North Carolina to house people who lost their homes during Helene. It’s time for a fact-check of another claim to surface in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. A man who calls himself the Appalachian Prepper on TikTok posted a […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Like much of Haywood County, Waynesville wasn’t affected by Hurricane Helene as badly as many other Western North Carolina communities, but businesses, residents and the town still incurred millions in costly damages that will take time to fix. Town government was hit across nearly all departments and lost property, vehicles, infrastructure […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations when he steps into the White House, and Trump on Monday confirmed he plans to use the military to remove immigrants. Many in Charlotte’s immigrant community are bracing for deportations — as immigration lawyers plan to ramp up legal services. A few days after the […]
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