The Associated Press When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state. Trump in September promised that he would sign legislation to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe, a distinction that would unlock access to federal […]
Caroline Parker/EducationNC Doug Thomas has been driving a bus for Yancey County Schools (YCS) for three years. He starts his day running a route and after dropping students off, he heads to East Yancey Middle School where is he one of two custodians. Many of the roads on his route follow a river or a […]
Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio As a bitingly cold wind blew through the Nolichucky Gorge, raft guides Jubal Roe, Dennis Ashford, and Dale Swanson bushwhacked across the riverbank to see what railroad company CSX has been up to for the past day or so. Ashford, who is also a professor of chemistry at Tusculum College, […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One Cape Fear town is looking to be more responsive to the calls for more sustainable development that have been a constant fixture of planning conversations in the region. In the wake of damage imposed by recent storms in the state, the Leland Town Council is reviewing options to increase development […]
Vicki Hyatt/The Mountaineer As Haywood County flood survivors wait — and wait — for temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency housing units, winter has arrived, and those unwilling to leave their property are living in flood-damaged homes, cars or tents. Haywood County officials are being hammered on social media for not taking action to get flood […]
Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice The North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) will not be receiving the $425 million federal grant for the Mid Currituck Bridge that the agency had hoped would offset the cost of the project. On Oct. 20 of this year, the US Department of Transportation announced the awarding of the infrastructure grants […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square A practicing physician in Congress from North Carolina, where four of six branches of the armed forces are represented, says the newly created efficiency department of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy has a chance to help America’s veterans. U.S. Rep. Dr. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., said, “We need DOGE to make sure […]
Chase Pellegrini de Paur/IndyWeek On Thursday night, a power outage left the Durham Public Schools board of education meeting with few lights and no airflow. That bunker vibe was perhaps appropriate for the four and a half hour long marathon meeting in which staff introduced a rotational bus service plan to provide transportation to students […]
Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times On Thanksgiving eve, Noah Laycock, 3, runs around the south Asheville former Gold’s Gym location with a blissful ease. His long blond hair swallows up his face as he sits with Jean “Mama J” Gibbs, who watches as little Noah’s brothers and sister run around a yoga studio full of cots, […]
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