Keith T. Barber/The (Burlington) Times-News The inspiration to build a film school from scratch in Alamance County began 11 years ago for veteran filmmakers Dean Jones and Starr Jones while working on a locally-produced film project, Jones said. “It started with a film that we had produced here in 2013 — it was released 2016 […]
Luke Barber/The Watauga Democrat Watauga County is progressing with hurricane debris removal efforts after contracting with the US Army Corps of Engineers, although it may take some time before the public engineering agency makes its way to the area. According to Watauga County Emergency Services Director Will Holt, the US Army Corps of Engineers has […]
You’ll recall that back in August, lawyers for the federal government, North Carolina and seven other states filed an anti-trust lawsuit alleging that Texas-based RealPage is helping landlords engage in price fixing. Well, there are new developments. On Tuesday, the feds and the states amended the suits to add six national landlords to its list […]
When Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters after session on Wednesday that he’d have committee assignments finished this week, he really meant they’d be ready on Thursday. The list is noteworthy for some changes in chairmanships and the first assignments for the Senate’s new members. Chair shuffles targeted among others the Senate’s Commerce and Insurance […]
House Democrats have shuffled part of the leadership team serving under their leader, Rep. Robert Reives, D-Chatham. Reps. Cynthia Ball, D-Wake, and Brandon Lofton, D-Mecklenburg, are continuing as deputy Democratic leader and legislative chair, respectively. The whip team changed, with Reps. Gloristine Brown (Pitt) and Ya Liu (Wake) joining holdover whips Terry Brown Jr. (Mecklenburg) […]
Gov. Josh Stein has joined others in publicly mourning the Jan. 7. death of Dr. Lavonia Allison, a longtime leader of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People. With her passing, “we lost an icon,” Stein said via on social media. “She was a fierce and strong leader — a powerful and inspiring advocate for […]
After getting home from Wednesday’s opening of the General Assembly, I cooked dinner and sat down to watch my hometown burn. The fires in Los Angeles have rapidly become a disaster on the scale of another Hurricane Helene, with an early damage guesstimate of up to $57 billion that will seem all too familiar to […]
Jimmy Potts/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood County commissioners asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to “step it up” regarding its response in the wake of Hurricane Helene. County Commissioner Jennifer Best kicked off a lengthy dialogue with her fellow commissioners criticizing FEMA’s response so far during a county meeting on Monday. “It’s time to call out […]
Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise The public will have an opportunity next week to weigh in on a proposed new city zoning district aimed at revitalizing former industrial parts of High Point. The Southwest Mill District, created in coordination with the city and the Southwest Renewal Foundation, is intended to preserve the historic character of […]
Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio NC public schools have been hit with a major data breach of teachers’ and students’ personal information. A hacker attacked the PowerSchool information system that schools use to track data on student enrollment, grades, health and attendance. PowerSchool is the largest provider of cloud-based education software for K-12 schools in the U.S., […]
Rusty Jacobs/WUNC Radio There’s a legal principle — enshrined in a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case known as Purcell — that says judicial intervention too close to an election is inappropriate because it could undermine the integrity of the voting process. And that principle is why North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Richard Dietz dissented in […]
Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News Overdose is a significant cause of maternal death in North Carolina, according to the state’s latest maternal mortality review. Among the 76 pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in North Carolina in 2018 and 2019, a little over one quarter — 20 deaths — were from overdoses. Nearly all of the deaths were […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A 20-acre plat annexed into Wilmington city limits in December has been greenlit for 253 apartment units, despite city staff’s claims the development is not suitable for the area. Developer HHHunt wants to build an apartment complex, Abberly Landing, at 7725, 7729, 7753 and 7759 Alexander Road. It will be the […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio A judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit related to a 2022 fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant can move forward as a class action. Should the plaintiffs win the suit, approximately 6,500 residents who evacuated during the incident could become eligible for compensation. The plaintiffs allege the Winston Weaver Company was […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online They did it. The final $1 million grant the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust needs to top off the cash pot necessary to buy the undeveloped southern tip of Topsail Island has come through. Coastal Land Trust Executive Director Harrison Marks said he anticipates closing on the nearly 150-acre tract known […]
