Taylor made at least one trustee’s ears perk up when she said another priority is strengthening relationships between UNC Chapel Hill and the town of Carrboro. “As far as I can ascertain, the town of Carrboro has not formerly been part of any relationships or conversations with the university, despite the fact that they house […]
There’s another new lobbying shop in town. On Friday, partners John Hardin and Will Morgan announced the launch of The Raleigh Group, to provide “comprehensive lobbying, consulting, government contracting and economic development services.” Both men previously were part of Manning Fulton, a Raleigh law firm. Hardin is the new firm’s president and Morgan is its […]
Ryley Ober/Asheville Citizen Times Multiple 500-gallon propane tanks, shredded particles from Silver-Line Plastics, three transformers containing mineral oil: these are just some of the items of waterway debris reported by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Buncombe County alone. As the area approaches three months since Tropical Storm Helene, several of these larger […]
Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Unemployment in Asheville and Buncombe County eased slightly in November 2024, although five Western North Carolina counties still have the highest jobless rates in the state. The figures from the North Carolina Department of Commerce give the latest snapshot of the region’s recovery from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio When Damian Fernández first moved from Florida to Swannanoa, North Carolina, last year, he thought he’d come to a “climate sanctuary.” For a while, Warren Wilson College was the weather safe haven Fernández expected. The storms he initially saw as president of Warren Wilson College were nothing like the hurricanes he was […]
Dave Philipps/The New York Times Alicia Arritt spent years as an Army nurse working with combat veterans with brain injuries. And when she started a relationship with Matthew Livelsberger in 2018, long before he shot himself and blew up a Cybertruck in Las Vegas this past week, she recognized many of the symptoms in her […]
Jimmy Potts/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood County Emergency Services Director Travis Donaldson is reminding Haywood County residents that disaster assistance has been extended into early February, and encouraging them to consider their options for help with flood recovery. The Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster unemployment assistance and individual financial assistance programs have been extended for this […]
Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Charlotte Sparks likes to get her hair done at Empire Beauty School. It gives students a chance to practice what they’re learning, the 84-year-old Greensboro resident said. On the weekend before Christmas, the school’s beauty salon also offered clients a chance to learn. The school was one of six sites in […]
Coastal Review Online A federal report that tracks industrial releases of chemicals into the environment will include additional PFAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. Nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances have been added to the Toxics Release Inventory, or TRI, a running list of chemicals manufactured and used by certain facilities. Industries and federal […]
Guy Lucas/High Point Enterprise A state judge has ordered the foreclosure sale of the historic Castle McCulloch property in a complicated financial case dating back 20 years. The trouble for Richard Harris, the owner of Historic Castle McCulloch LLC and Castle McCulloch Inc., stems from 2004, when he agreed to a deal suggested by his […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio A judge will soon decide whether a lawsuit related to the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire can move forward. The suit was filed on behalf of five residents who were evacuated from their homes during the January 2022 fire. It alleges the company was negligent in failing to properly store and handle […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView Public school students in Cumberland County will face more severe consequences for missing school and stricter guidelines for excused absences starting Monday. The new attendance policy is effective immediately for high school students. It will go into effect for middle and elementary school students in August at the start of the 2025-2026 school […]
North Carolina’s economy likely will keep thriving in 2025, but President-elect Trump’s professed intentions on tariffs and immigration are clouding the picture, panelists in Business North Carolina’s annual economic forecast say. Campbell University economics professor Mark Steckbeck noted that the state defied predictions of a slowdown in 2024. For 2025, he posits a growth rate […]
Gov. Josh Stein marked his first full day in his new office by signing five executive orders he and his aides believe will bolster western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. Stein’s Executive Order No. 1 gives the Department of Public Safety and Department of Administration permission to waive a number of normal procurement rules […]
Burgin’s comments at Thursday’s confab also touched on potential legislative issues. For starters, he told participants to expect legislators to introduce a bill in the upcoming long session that addresses the use of cell phones by students in K-12 schools. He said he’s heard from principals who report that over 70% of the 9-, 10- […]
