Diane Wilson/WTVD A couple living in Pittsboro, North Carolina learned that 20 acres of their land was nearly sold off without their knowledge. This involves 20 acres of land along Olive Chapel Road in Apex, which has been in Bob Kelly’s family since the 1800s. “My grandmother was born (on the property) in 1887, so […]
Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Work on Project Grace is moving full speed ahead at the corner of North Third and Grace streets in downtown Wilmington. New Hanover County’s $56 million redevelopment of its downtown library branch and the Cape Fear Museum reached a key milestone last month when crews removed a tower crane from the construction site. […]
Jakob Emerson/Becker’s Hospital Review Barriers to accessing GLP-1 medications are beginning to break down as drug manufacturers, insurers, and lawmakers look to expand availability, lower costs, and address continued high demand. In December, Eli Lilly partnered with telehealth company Ro, enabling eligible patients to receive Zepbound prescriptions during telehealth visits and have the medication shipped […]
Christopher Miller/Independent Tribune As part of a new era of county leadership, Chris Measmer, the new chairman of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, laid out his vision for the year ahead in an exclusive interview with The Independent Tribune. More than anything, Measmer, who is in his second term on the commission after first […]
Mebane Rash/Education NC Janet Blount, the director of human resources for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, has announced updates to the leadership and organizational structure of the department under Superintendent-elect Maurice “Mo” Green’s leadership that are “designed to drive growth, efficiency, and collaboration across the organization.” The announcement says Green’s changes are “necessary to […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Protestors are planning to gather at Wilmington Police Department headquarters to push for reforming the agency’s handling of sexual assault cases, but police say some of the proposed policy changes could make the process harder. Cassie Payton, a Wilmington resident and organizer of Saturday’s protest, is pushing for the WPD to […]
Paul Nielsen/The Mountaineer Repairing the closed Depot Street bridge may take just a month, maybe less, once work begins. But that may be the easy part. Getting a contractor to bid and then begin construction on the estimated $331,000 project may be a major hurdle as there is plenty of construction work available in the […]
Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Inside the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s hail lab, lab technician Michelle McClain loads a 3D-printed hailstone into a cannon. She’s running a simulation on a patch of IBHS-certified roof. The goal is to create a roof that can guard against wind and water penetration. She fired the hail cannon, […]
Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Hurricane Helene has taken a devastating toll on the region’s economy, with Buncombe County’s unemployment rate soaring — from the state’s lowest to its highest in October. This week, the North Carolina Department of Commerce announced some relief: an extension to Jan. 7 to apply for disaster unemployment assistance. At […]
Vicki Hyatt/The Mountaineer If Spirtas Worldwide and Two Banks, LLC (the corporation formed by Spirtas to purchase the Canton properties) is successful in its effort to purchase the Canton mill site owned by Pactiv Evergreen, the town has a more certain path forward, particularly when it comes to its wastewater treatment. As it stands now, […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Go ahead and call Evan Gadow a Boy Scout. The shellfish farmer, lifelong North Carolinian, husband and card-carrying Eagle Scout, the Boy Scouts of America’s highest achievement, had a record as pure as the driven snow. “I pride myself on that,” he said. “I’ve never gotten into trouble before. I’ve never […]
Carli Brosseau & Sarah Nagem/Border Belt Independent By the time Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene resigned in January 2023, it was clear that state investigators were chasing leads far beyond a recorded phone call in which he called his deputies “snakes” and “Black bastards.” District Attorney Jon David was prepared to argue in court that […]
Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times In a Dec. 6 ruling, a North Carolina Business Court judge dismissed counterclaims HCA Healthcare filed in response to N.C. Attorney Josh Stein’s lawsuit against the Nashville-based for-profit health system. Stein, North Carolina’s incoming governor, sued HCA in December 2023 alleging HCA breached the terms of its 2019 acquisition of Mission […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView Businesses in low-to-moderate income areas in Fayetteville could be eligible to receive up to $750,000 under a new city loan program designed to grow small businesses in economically disadvantaged areas. Administered by the Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corporation and supported with $2.5 million of Fayetteville’s American Rescue Plan Act funds and $2.5 million […]
Selena Simmons-Duffin/Public Radio East In the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing, there’s been a lot of attention on the dysfunction of the health insurance industry. The shooting triggered a flood of emotional posts online about health insurance denials. Since suspect Luigi Mangione’s arrest, attention has turned to a handwritten note, police say they […]
