Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A resident effort to strengthen Brunswick County’s extreme weather pet protections failed to gain support from commissioners. Meanwhile, the county’s long-time senator is a veterinarian and wildlife farmer who has taken credit for killing animal welfare legislation at the state level. Homestead Animal Rescue owner Mary Ann Harris started a petition […]
Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio With Asheville Police Department’s new leeway from the FAA on its use of drones, many are still concerned about potential surveillance overreach while supporters say the technology improves public safety. On Jan. 15, APD was granted a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Everette Harris voted by mail in the May 2014 primary election. But before Election Day came, he died, and his vote was removed from the count. A decade later, three people — Wilfred Shea, 96, Michael Talbot, 78, and Daniela Smith-Davis, 18 — cast their ballots in the 2024 general election. […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio Charlotte Catholic High School Principal Lori Phillips is stepping down effective Friday, the Diocese of Charlotte announced. The resignation comes after a flurry of controversies in recent weeks. Those include the diocese’s recent decision to switch to a Catholic-centric accreditation system called Lumen, which prompted petitions and pushback from parents, including a […]
Kate Denning/Technician The NC State Board of Trustees met for the first time since November on Friday. Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Ed Stack gave an update on the chancellor search and Chancellor Randy Woodson addressed President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders and their impact on the University. Stack said the chancellor search […]
Claire C. Carter/Fayetteville Observer The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met with four of Cumberland County’s state legislators this week to request $128.5 million for projects including a new school, an aquatic center and youth mental health services. In attendance were Sen. Val Applewhite, a Democrat who represents District 19; Democratic Reps. Mike Colvin of […]
The Coastland Times The Currituck County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting on January 27 to discuss new business items, including the authorization of two sole source purchases, the approval of an awarded contract for the Hangar Taxilanes and T-Hangar project at Currituck Regional Airport, the approval of a design fee proposal for the […]
Tom Joyce/The Mount Airy News Come July, three years will have passed since the Main-Oak Building collapsed and sat unrepaired in Mount Airy’s central business district, but a resolution to its lingering unsafe condition could soon emerge in court. “It’s in the judicial system right now,” Mayor Jon Cawley disclosed during a city council meeting […]
A Tennessee-based political consultancy, the Poplar Group, has added a North Carolina arm by bringing a Triangle-based communications professional on board. Crystal Feldman Lorbacher, once press secretary to former Gov. Pat McCrory, has joined the firm as a partner. She is a Durham native and Jordan High School grad who went on to earn a bachelor’s […]
Meanwhile, the House Finance Committee moved its first piece of legislation, endorsing a bill that would raise unemployment insurance payouts and give employers a small tax break. Tuesday’s vote put House Bill 48 on the path to the House floor, with only a review by the chamber’s Rules committee standing in its way. But it […]
Tuesday’s markup of the House’s latest hurricane recovery package underscored the continuing difference between the parties on how best to help small businesses in western North Carolina keep their doors open. Among the amendments to House Bill 47 approved in committee is one that reallocates $60 million away from repairing state facilities in the region […]
Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Bryan Lewis, 59, of Forsyth County, found a lump on his neck over a year ago. He had just moved to North Carolina and didn’t have health insurance through his employer, so he signed up for a plan through the insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act. Soon after, he […]
Katie Dukes/Education NC The number of licensed child care programs in North Carolina continues to decline following the expiration of federal pandemic-era funding. Since that time, the General Assembly has offered only partial and temporary extensions of stabilization grants. Those efforts have not been sufficient to halt or reverse the trend of program closures. Based […]
Paul Woolverton/CityView United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday signed a memo that says Fort Liberty will become Fort Bragg again, but this time it won’t be to honor Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the Department of Defense announced. Instead, America’s largest Army post (in terms of population) will be named in honor of […]
Brian Murphy/WRAL News The long-anticipated development project around Raleigh’s Lenovo Center moved one step closer to becoming reality Tuesday when the city’s Planning Commission unanimously approved the site’s rezoning application. But dozens of students and leaders from Cardinal Gibbons, the private Catholic high school that sits across the street, attended the meeting to voice concerns […]
