Joe Fisher & Allen Cone/U.S. News & UPI.com Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Monday, and right away announced a series of changes, including declaring national emergencies at the southern border and energy. Trump, after being sworn in as president for the second time shortly after noon, […]
Kevin Griffin/The (Greensboro) News & Record Eight months after all nine employees of the town of Summerfield resigned, the town is pursuing an investigation into allegations of potential financial irregularities and removal of records by former staff members. A preliminary report presented by a former state auditor to the town council on Tuesday included allegations […]
Kip Tabb/Coastal Review Online Members of the Dare County Board of Commissioners vowed a fight Wednesday during a special meeting called to discuss the county’s interest in purchasing land in Wanchese, where residents remain vehemently opposed to a planned densely built residential development and where work has already begun. Wanchese residents opposed to the cluster […]
Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Marina Drysdale, 61, moved to North Carolina in February 2022 to be closer to her family. She left behind her career as a health unit coordinator in Florida. But since moving, Drysdale hasn’t been able to find a lasting job near her Eden home in Rockingham County, and she’s worried […]
Kristen Blair/Education NC The North Carolina Charter Schools Review Board (CSRB) considered renewal terms for 38 public charter schools at its meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, ultimately approving renewals for 32 schools. Citing financial and noncompliance concerns, the CSRB voted to close one longtime Durham charter school, Community School of Digital and Visual Arts. In […]
Sarah Krueger/WRAL News North Carolina has more state-maintained roads than any other state except Texas. Those roads are kept busy in large part by tractor-trailers. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, more than 15 million tractor-trailers passed through the state last year. A specialized unit within the Highway Patrol known as the Motor […]
Alexa Wandersee/Port City Daily After several years of struggling to keep bus drivers employed, a new plan of action to help Pender County Schools recruit and retain workers was on the table at a recent school board meeting. Staff presented the board of education with a plan that would require $731,000 to cover pay increases […]
Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot The Moore County Land Use Plan Steering Committee is looking to finish its work and hand up recommendations to the Board of Commissioners this spring, but recently passed state legislation is adding complexity. Several members in the 30-person committee are wondering what the updated document will ultimately look like, following […]
Andrew Stuckey/WCHL Chapelboro The North Carolina General Assembly got the 2025 legislative session started earlier this month, and the leadership in both chambers and parties feature some new faces. House Minority Leader and District 54 Rep. Robert Reives spoke with 97.9 The Hill about some of those leadership changes. “I think we are going to […]
Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise High Point University has donated $250,000 to Business High Point for the development of the Washington Street Historic District, HPU President Nido Qubein announced Monday at the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast. Mayor Cyril Jefferson and Business High Point President and CEO Rachel Collins accepted the […]
Also on Friday, Duke Energy announced that it’s joined forces with other utilities and nuclear companies to apply for an $800 million U.S. Department of Energy grant it hopes will push small modular reactor technology forward. The Tennessee Valley Authority is leading the effort to secure the grant, as it hopes to build the nation’s […]
In keeping with the idea that you release bad news on a Friday, Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey this past Friday announced that he’s agreed to allow homeowners insurance rates to rise by a statewide average of 15% over two years. This is pretty far from the 42.2% the N.C. Rate Bureau originally asked for, and […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio Many athletic directors at the state’s public universities have gotten used to pinching pennies to run their departments. They expected the trend to continue this year, with some even projecting multimillion-dollar deficits or significant staff cuts. Instead, sports betting has become an unexpected fairy godmother, granting the universities millions in tax revenue. […]
Liz Bell/Education NC The Saturday in September after Hurricane Helene hit Watauga County, David Jackson found himself walking the aisles of the local Harris Teeter, the only grocery store in town with power. “We were all just kind of wandering around, not really with an agenda, just like, it was a place to be,” said […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer North Carolina’s new attorney general, Jeff Jackson, made a stop in Canton on Thursday to discuss the ongoing litigation between the state and Pactiv Evergreen over millions of dollars in grant money the state wants back from the paper manufacturer. “This is one of the first things that I’m doing as […]
